So you might all remember me from my last post, in which I somehow confused luteal and follicular in my terminology. At any rate, now that I know what I'm referring to, I might be able to get actual answers! I'm not really concerned about anything; mostly just curious. Last month it seemed to take forever for ovulation to happen, but it did, a ( Read more... )

Ever since I began menstruating 13 years ago, I have had the plague of sore boobs. I started tracking my BBT last month and noticed that my breasts became tender the day I ovulated, which I thought actually made a lot of sense. This month, according to my chart, I ovulated on the 16, and should see my period in the next two days or so, but my ( Read more... )

I just finished a chemo regimen for lymphoma three months ago and I'm trying to get back into charting my cycles. My period is finally back this month and I am trying to figure out if I have to start worrying about getting pregnant ( 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 everyone! My name is Andrea, but you can feel free to refer to me however you like. I'm new to the community (literally just joined like, ten minutes ago), and I've read through the FAQs to get started. I guess it'll help if I go ahead and use the question guide thinger to get things started:

1) Are you new to FAM or an experienced FAM user? ( Read more... )

I have been reading about FAM online for a while now.  I would like to use the method for TTA along with a barrier method as a backup.  I've ordered Toni Weschler's "Taking Charge Of Your Fertility" and it should be here soon.  I'm thinking about pros and cons of methods of charting and am after some advice from those already doing it.  I'd also ( Read more... )

I have just started charting (both on fertilityfriend and paper) and temping, and have ordered TCOYF but am waiting for it to arrive. I am hoping to use fam and withdrawal to avoid, a pregnancy wouldn't be awful, but it certainly wouldn't be ideal. Having looked through the tags I was unable to find quite what I am looking for ( Read more... )

I have what I hope is a very basic question...

I've been off bc and charting to avoid for 5 cycles now, just started my 6th. I find myself wondering...If my ovulation almost always occurs 10 days after the last day of my period, would it be fairly safe to assume that I won't ovulate within, say, the first three days after? My husband is STILL too ( Read more... )

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