someone help read temps?

Question

got period feb 12th.
feb 13 didn't chart

started charting on day 19th.
20-35.6
21-36.6
22-36.2
23-36.4
24-36.4
25-36.6
26-36.5
27-36.6
28-36.5

yesterday the 27th, we had intercourse and before that i had slight pain in my ovaries, around there can't explain. and continue till this moring. could this be ovulation?

Answer 1

You don't show any temperature signs of having ovulated. The pain could be the egg getting ready to release. Are you monitoring your cervical mucus and cervix position? Temperature change tells you that you HAVE ovulated. Cervical changes tell you that you ARE about to ovulate.

So have fun and keep up the Baby Making Sex for a bit more time until you see that temperature change.

Good luck!!

The goal of fertility charting is to predict your next ovulation as accurately as possible so you can time sexual intercourse for a successful pregnancy. It will show you when you are most apt to be fertile, when you have probably 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. The key to charting is learning to recognize the effects of specific hormones on your body. From the information you gather, you will learn to document the changes on your specially designed fertility chart. Constant, and careful, use of your fertility chart will allow you to time intercourse so you can maximize your chances of becoming pregnant. It will also allow you to recognize any potential problems that may be occurring within your cycle. As mentioned above, the chart requires very little expense, thought or work. I must admit, though, that you may eventually find it to be very tedious and stressful. Your fertility chart will contain a variety of your personal information. Each chart has some difference, but basically, you will find that all charts have three common parts (BBT, cervical mucus and cervix changes). You will find that all BBT charting will require you to have three simple pieces of equipment - your fertility chart, a quality basal thermometer and a pen. You can use your thermometer in any of the traditional means such as vaginally, orally or rectally, not on the skin or in your ear. The key is to have a good quality thermometer that measures in small increments and to learn to use, and read, it with accuracy. You will also need to learn to recognize changes in your cervix and cervical fluids. Your chart has areas to document each of these categories and than some. Checking, and documenting, these fertility signs take only a couple of minutes each day. These signs do not necessarily occur at any precise time frame and need to be monitored throughout the cycle. Some of the most important changes happen a couple of days before, on the day and immediately following ovulation. You will also begin to pay more attention to body changes such as tenderness on one side (ovulation pain -mittelschmertz, which means ‘middle pain’), increased sex drive, fuller vaginal lips, breast tenderness, slight pain of discomfort in the pelvic region, headaches, midcycle spotting, and vaginal sensations. Any, or all of these, can occur at, or around, the time of ovulation. If you don’t notice any of these additional signs, it does not indicate a lack of fertility. You may notice other signs throughout your cycle and from cycle to cycle, that are not mentioned here. You may want to record any additional observations on your fertility chart. I know I always feel the egg release and travel down the fallopian tube that is my person sign.

The first day of each fertility chart begins on the first day of your menstrual period. It will end on (but not include) the first day of your next period. Your temperature will be taken each morning, upon waking, at approximately the same time each morning. All other body changes can be noted as the day progresses, but for accuracy, I suggest that you try to set a regular time for each test. Morning is best, before you urinate, for most things, except the OPK test. Remember your fertility chart is to predict ovulation trends based on past menstrual patterns, but close observation of your cervix and cervical fluids can be used to predict impending ovulation, specially when combined with an OPK. It is extremely important that you remember that your predictions have limited accuracy, the care you put into your monitoring, and documenting, will have a major impact on your results. There is always going to be a certain degree of error both as a result of outside factors and human error. Your fertility chart is a calendar used to show the patterns of your fertility cycles, the more regular your cycles are, the more effective the calendar method is for predicting your ovulation patterns. The more careful you are, with monitoring and documenting, the more accurately you can predict ovulation, the higher the chance is that you will become pregnant sooner.

The goal to fertility charting is pregnancy. The idea of predicting ovulation is to time sexual intercourse during your most fertile time. Most fertility, and relationship experts, recommend that you have sexual intercourse on a regular basis. Reproduction specialists recommend an increase in sexual activity to daily during your most fertile time. But, if the man has sperm issues, every other day is still the best practice. In the beginning of ‘trying to conceive’ (ttc), sex two to three times per week, every week, sounds like fun. Unfortunately it can become structured and routine. Surprisingly, it is often the men who find the sexual demands of ‘baby making sex’ to be stressful - can you say ‘performance anxiety’. I suggest that you take this into consideration, right from the start. You need to be careful that ‘baby making sex’ does not take priority over making love. If you find this is becoming an issue, take a break from planed sex for a bit, work on you two, as a couple. You should still try to chart and prepare so that next month you can start fresh and new. Sometimes the entire process can become way too overwhelming and you need to take a charting holiday. If you need to take that break, do it! Drop it all for a bit and pick it up when you feel better about everything. You need to stop and think about how important it is that this baby has both of you when it is born. You will find a special section on your chart to document the days that you have intercourse.

You should find that your menstrual cycle is made up of three phases. The first stage is the beginning on your cycle and is known as menses. Charting begins on day one of menses. The second phase is the follicular phase and occurs after menses and before ovulation. The length of the follicular phase may vary from cycle to cycle and from woman to woman. The follicular phase length determines your cycle length. Ovulation divides the follicular phase from the luteal phase. The luteal phase occurs after ovulation and lasts from 12 to 14 days, but may last from 10 to 15 days. The luteal phase length is usually fairly consistent rarely changing, more than a day or two, from cycle to cycle in an individual woman. You may have been told that most ‘regular’ cycles last from 29 to 30 days, as you are probably aware, we are all different and so are the lengths of our cycles. A typical menstrual cycle may be anywhere from 21 to 35 days, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Our cycles are all individual and different things can affect each cycle, but hopefully yours will show the hormone patterns that you seek. Life happens and things affect our bodies differently. You will probably find that no two cycles are exactly the same, but they should be similar. Charting will help you to realize when the three phases occur in your cycle so you can determine when you are most likely to conceive. You probably grew up believing that you ovulate, or are most fertile, on day 14 of your menstrual cycle, mid cycle or 14 days before your period is expected. This time frame is known as the cover line, but the assumption is based on broad averages and they may not be true for you, even if your cycles are regular. When cycles are irregular, it is usually a result of ovulation occurring earlier or later than expected. Knowing when you ovulate allows you to have a good idea if intercourse was well timed for conception and lets you determine your luteal phase length. Knowing your luteal phase length tells you when to expect your period or a positive pregnancy test result. Though not accurate either, the luteal phase is supposed to be 10 to 17 days long. By using this, you count back the length of your longest luteal phase from the length of your average cycle. It is suggested that you mark and ‘O’ on your chart to signify the earliest that you may ovulate. If you have a ‘regular’ length cycle, this means you should mark you ‘O’ at, or around, day 11 in your upcoming cycle. You can use this ‘O’ as a warning point for you to be a bit more observant in your monitoring.

Answer 2

The pain you felt could be related to ovulation. The trouble is that when people feel "ovulation pains" they might not be at the exact moment the egg pops out. They might be a day or so in advance, or even afterward.

Your temps look like they have been very steady for the last several days. The best thing to do is keep temping, and look for that shift.

Something that might help you would be using charting software - it helps you find the right signs. (see my sources below for some ideas)

Best of Luck to you!