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LOL....the charting is pretty much straight forward I think. Just take your temp at the same time or close enough to the same time every morning before u get out of bed, and mark it on the chart.

yea i got that part, but it says you should have a rise in temp 2 or 3 days after you O and in the sample chart it looks like her temp went down on the day they say she Od
http://assets.babycenter.com/ims/Content/bbt_sample_chart.pdf

idk if u can see that or not lol

Yes, that is how you spot when u ovulated. There is a dip in the temp the day of ovulation, then it shoots up.

Charting is actually to help you figure out how long your luteal phase is.

With charting alone, however, by the time u see a temp dip, it is too late, so it is best to check cp and cm while u are charting.

As you are closer to ovulating, your cm changes consistency, and your cp changes to a higher position.

Hope that helps.

ah i love it that makes more sense
now i gotta read up on cp. i knew about cm a little bit, like how ull have ewcm a day or two BEFORE u O. youre breakdown definitely helps

Awww.. glad I could help.

I forgot to tell you also that charting helps to let you know if you're pregnant as well, as your temps will stay high if you are pregnant.

With checking cervix it took me a while to figure out what my closed cervix felt like, as opposed to open.

yea i have a feeling im gonna struggle with that part lmao
so how do u figure out ur LP?

Lol.
Well for your Lp, if you are using one of those online charting, it will pinpoint when u ovulated based on your temp...then you count the days AFTER you ovulated to the day BEFORE your next period.

So say you ovulated on June 1, June 2 is when u start counting, so June 2 with be 1 dpo.....then say you get your period on June 14, then June 13th is when you stop counting.

So June 2 - June 13th is 12 days...so you would have a 12 day LP...your period starts the next day which is June 13th...

Your LP stays the same always...ovulation day will change...but once you ovulate, then u start counting 12 days after you ovulate and u will pinpoint when ur next period would start.

ahhhh thank you! cool im excited about trying to pinpoint my O better. i can so see myself driving myself crazy come august lmao

I'll help you drive yourself crazy!!!

lmao im sure u will
speaking of crazy, have u POAS today