ovulating question

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Registered: 09-05-2003
ovulating question
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Mon, 10-20-2003 - 12:09pm
I was on BCP for 7 years. Went off them 9/22/03. Got AF 10/16/03 (which is great considering some people don't get AF for a while). I don't have an interest in charting unless we have problems TTC. But I would at least like to know when I ovulate. Do I need to wait until I start AF again in order to figure out how long my cycle is (28 days or more, etc.) What's the best thing for me to do?

Thanks,

Allison

Lilypie Expecting a baby Ticker
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Registered: 04-02-2003
Mon, 10-20-2003 - 1:51pm
I dont have much/any (current at least) experience with bcp's but I'd say to give yourself another cycle or two before you start to see any regularity...but if you want to, you could buy an ovulation predictor kit and start to test that way to hopefully gauge when you o. There is a chart inside the kit that shows what day to start testing on based on how long your cycle is so if you wanted to, you could start based on the 28 day cycle and see how it goes. GL to you!
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Registered: 05-16-2003
Mon, 10-20-2003 - 2:35pm
OPK's and or charting are the only sure ways I know of to tell if you ovulate -

you could always temp this month - just to get an idea of what your body is doing - then don't do it next. At that poing you'd have some sort of idea of when you may ovulate - that way you can make sure you BD around those times!!

Denise

Denise