mjc
LIF Infant
Member since 5/06 135 total posts
Name:
Melissa
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Re: fertilityfriend.com question
they have a help section which has a lot of useful information.
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/HelpCenter/FFBook/index.html
Here's a little excerpt about the site and what you can do: (not sure if you know this, or you just aren't sure how to use the calendar or enter your data)
Fertility charting involves observing and recording your fertility signs so that you can easily see your daily fertility status and identify your most fertile time. It is highly effective because your body provides clues, or signs, that tell you about your fertility status throughout your cycle.
There are only a few days each cycle when conception is possible. Charting your fertility helps you to find those days so that you can best time intercourse to get pregnant.
You may have been told that you ovulate or are most fertile on day 14 of your menstrual cycle, mid-cycle or even 14 days before your period is expected. These are myths. While this may be the case for some women, it may not be true for you, even if your cycles are regular. Your own fertility pattern is unique to you and charting your fertility will help you to see it.
What are Fertility Signs?
The most important, or primary, fertility signs are your basal body temperature (BBT) and your cervical fluid. Your basal body temperature can be measured when you wake up with an inexpensive special thermometer that you can buy at your drugstore.Your cervical fluid can easily be observed when you go to the bathroom.
Your basal body temperature increases after ovulation due to increased progesterone in your bloodstream. Your cervical fluid is the fluid that is produced by your cervix that you can see and feel in or outside your vagina. Cervical fluid, which is sometimes called cervical mucous (CM), changes throughout your cycle depending on your fertility status.
Taking note of these observations and recording them is enough to provide the clues you need to help time intercourse appropriately to get pregnant and see when (and if) you ovulate. Other, secondary, optional signs can add extra insight and help to cross-check the interpretation from your primary fertility signs.
Secondary, optional fertility signs that you may or may not choose to observe include: observations of the position, texture and opening of your cervix, results from tests and devices, and other personal observations that you learn to associate with your fertility.
Recording these fertility signs, you can see when you are fertile on a graph. The information can be analyzed and interpreted and the feedback lets you see when you are approaching ovulation, when you have already ovulated, when you should expect your period or a positive pregnancy test, along with other insights that will help you get pregnant and learn about your unique fertility pattern.
Charting with Fertility Friend, you enter your daily observations about your fertility signs online on your personal account on an easy-to-use data entry form. The feedback, interpretation and analysis is interactively and automatically provided for you. The analysis will tell you the best time to have intercourse to maximize your chances each cycle. It will show you when you are fertile, when you have ovulated, when you are no longer fertile, when to expect your period if you are not pregnant, and when you can expect a reliable pregnancy test result.
It can take a cycle or two to really get the hang of charting your fertility signs. Once you understand the signs, however, it quickly becomes second nature. Indeed, many women who start to chart are amazed to discover that their bodies have been offering these signs all along. Some are even outraged that they were not taught to recognize these signs sooner.
Our bodies are providing a bounty of knowledge and it only takes a couple of minutes a day to tap into it. With a little bit of awareness and support, what you gain can be tremendous.
Your fertility signs, what they mean, and how to observe and record them are discussed in great detail in the following Handbook chapter: How to Observe and Record Your Fertility Signs.
Message edited 5/25/2006 7:07:47 PM.
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