lorena_bosca
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Intro and FF O-day question
Hi everyone.
This is my first post here, so introductions are in order. I am 26 and just got my Paragard inserted on 12 March after coming off of approximately 9 years of HBC use. I started charting for PMS purposes and to understand my cycle better since it has been so long since I've had cycles that aren't controlled by hormones. I've been a member here for a while and have really learned a lot from reading past and current posts. I've read TCOYF, too.
I'm using Fertility Friend to chart, in spite of the fact that it isn't particularly good at marking O days. My first "cycle" was my coming off of my latest BCP, a mini-pill called Errin. So I'm on my first real cycle 1) with my Paragard and 2) without interference from synthetic hormones. I'm not sure how to read this current cycle. FF says I o-ed a couple of days ago. I'm not sure about that, mostly because of my erratic temps during menstruation and immediately after and because of my sticky cf around FF's O-day. So a couple of questions: 1) do you all think FF is right here? and 2) can ewcf sometimes look like sticky cf? (The sticky cf I was finding on cd 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 was semi-opaque and ranged from dry-ish to moist. It would stretch, sometimes in one thread but more often in two or three strings to about 1" and would also ball up and stay that way. I'm taking allergy medication; could that mess up the liquidity of my cf? Does this cf I'm calling sticky really sound like ew-ish cf?)
Okay. Here's hoping you all have some suggestions for me. I would really appreciate them!
Chart is here.
Best,
Lauren
This is my first post here, so introductions are in order. I am 26 and just got my Paragard inserted on 12 March after coming off of approximately 9 years of HBC use. I started charting for PMS purposes and to understand my cycle better since it has been so long since I've had cycles that aren't controlled by hormones. I've been a member here for a while and have really learned a lot from reading past and current posts. I've read TCOYF, too.
I'm using Fertility Friend to chart, in spite of the fact that it isn't particularly good at marking O days. My first "cycle" was my coming off of my latest BCP, a mini-pill called Errin. So I'm on my first real cycle 1) with my Paragard and 2) without interference from synthetic hormones. I'm not sure how to read this current cycle. FF says I o-ed a couple of days ago. I'm not sure about that, mostly because of my erratic temps during menstruation and immediately after and because of my sticky cf around FF's O-day. So a couple of questions: 1) do you all think FF is right here? and 2) can ewcf sometimes look like sticky cf? (The sticky cf I was finding on cd 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 was semi-opaque and ranged from dry-ish to moist. It would stretch, sometimes in one thread but more often in two or three strings to about 1" and would also ball up and stay that way. I'm taking allergy medication; could that mess up the liquidity of my cf? Does this cf I'm calling sticky really sound like ew-ish cf?)
Okay. Here's hoping you all have some suggestions for me. I would really appreciate them!
Chart is here.
Best,
Lauren