Charting question - O date confusion!

[rockymtnmama]

Hello ladies,

I am new to the ttc forum, this is the first month my partner and I are actively ttc. I need help!

I have been charting for awhile now, temping for the last 3 cycles and this cycle is throwing me for a loop! So, I had a positive opk 4 days ago on cd 15, my temps went up the following day (cd 16) and opk that day was neg. The weird part is, I am now on cd 18 and I still have eggwhite cm?!?! Has anyone else experienced this? I took an opk today and it was negative. When do you think I actually o'ed?

my chart

thanks so much for your wise thoughts!

[karmab]

your chart looks good. the corpus luteum that is making the progesterone that makes your temp rise- it also makes a little estrogen. you can see ewcm sometimes with an estrogen surge. sometimes you see your temp drop for a day, too, sometime between 4-8 dpo most often, and it comes right back up. it's no problem.

[rockymtnmama]

Thanks for your input karma. My cycles are pretty consistent as far as ewcm goes, so it kinda threw me to have it after I supposedly ovulated!

So do you think FF's ovulation date is right?

[karmab]

i think it's right + or - 12 hours or so. you could have o'd on cd15, maybe, although it's not typical to o on the same day as a +opk, it does happen. but i think cd16 is the most likely. do you have it set on opk method now? ff would likely make your coverline 97.5, so i think advanced and research would both say cd16, and fam method would either say cd16 or even maaaybe cd17, but my best guess is your cd16. good luck!

[karmab]

oh, one more thing, in case you come across this again- ff says that it's a normal variation to have ewcm during your luteal phase from time to time or for some women. it's nothing to worry about. if you have a sustained thermal shift (which it's looking like you do- they say 3 days, and those are definitely post-o temps, unless you are sick with a fever,) disregard the fertile mucous- you arent fertile at that time, it's just a little estrogen effect. if you havent seen a thermal shift, if your temps are bouncing around and you arent certain that you have o'd and you see ewcm, then assume you are fertile at that time- which is totally common sense.

[rockymtnmama]

Thanks again Karma! I have FF's ovulation monitor set on opk now, when I did advanced it gave me an O date on cd 15, which I don't agree with, although I guess anything is possible! Either way, I think we got our timing pretty good this month.

Now for the dreadful 2ww!

[karmab]

may the time pass quickly, and your bfp be on the way!