I want to get away from hormones so I am thinking of using a combination of FAM and condoms. My only problem is that I have read that if you don't get the right amount of sleep or if you have an illness that can affect your temperature that you shouldn't use FAM. I have Sjogrens which causes me to have interrupted sleep and random fevers among ( Read more... )

ETA My temperature seems to be dropping back down this morning, so I'm fairly confident that whatever was happening was a fluke or poor charting on my part (due to inconsistent waking times this month for whatever reason). I'm seriously hoping that temperature keeps going down, down, and down (though I still wouldn't mind thoughts on why my LP ( Read more... )

So I've never encountered this in my own chart before, and I'm just looking for possibilities of what might be going on (I have my own theories), but I have a spiky, gradually increasing chart this cycle for whatever reason. I don't have access to TCOYF at the moment, and Google tells me that it's possibly I'm having a slow temperature rise after ( Read more... )

Hi There!

I'm new to Live Journal, and am still figuring out how everything works.  I thought I would create my first post under the FAM page because it's something I'm very passionate about.

I recently founded Ova Ova, a new fertility charting website.  To keep it short, Ova Ova offers a modern, user friendly charting resource for women either ( Read more... )

Hello, I just joined this community so here's my little introduction. (It's also my first post on livejournal so I hope I get it right!)

1) Are you new to FAM or an experienced FAM user?
I have been using FAM successfully for, gosh nearly 6 years now, and I absolutely love it.

2) Why do you want to use FAM? Or, if you are experienced, why have you ( Read more... )

I looked in the tags, but I didn't see anything that looked like it addressed this issue ( Read more... )

I've been charting my body temps since September. I just got off of hormonal birth control (three years on Depo-provera, one year on Yaz and one on Yasmin) in August and wanted to start getting to know my cycle better since that was going to be the only birth control my husband and I use ( Read more... )

i found a research paper on effectiveness/failure rates of FAM. it's a 2007 study ( Read more... )

What in the world is up with this?? my last four cycles have been over 50 days.. yet.. I just started my period yesterday (a few days ago I posted about spotting and thought maybe it was ovulation spotting.. since technically I was in the middle of my cycle and my cervix was high)I also had some type of CM.. it was creamy and stretchy.. but not ( Read more... )

This poll is mostly geared towards contraceptive use, but some of the questions are for everyone, so please do go through the whole poll. I'm interested in what goes wrong with FAM, why it happens and how often it happens. I am not attaching any blame to anyone's slip-ups here, it's hardly a criminal offence to forget to take your temperature, ( Read more... )