First cycle temping - what's happening?

[elettaria]

I'm on my second cycle with charting, although I've only started temping this month, plus last month I was making mistakes with the CF side of things. Here's my chart, which has just acquired a fine pair of crosshairs. Things to bear in mind:

Comments

[oboegoddess]

Luteal phases can be shorter or longer depending on the person, though it tends to be pretty consistent for one woman cycle to cycle. It's hard to tell since you didn't temp last cycle, but I'd say from the CM it's certainly possible that you have a 10 day or maybe shorter luteal phase. The only way to really know is to temp for a few months and see what your personal pattern is. From your chart, it does appear that you did just ovulate, though.

Going to sleep at different times doesn't seem to affect my temps, as long as I take my temp at the same time everyday, but everyone is different in that respect. Some people have to get the same amount of sleep, and some have to have consistent waking times.

IIRC, TCOYF says that the best time to see the gyno is around ovulation. So if you have a pretty good idea of when you usually ovulate, that would be the best time to schedule an appointment. I'm not sure why, maybe it's easier to see things then?

[elettaria]

I thought the cervix was lower around ovulation, and thus more likely to have the polyp and IUD strings disappear into it? My IUD strings literally vary from non-detectable to about an inch hanging out of my cervix depending on my cycle, and I presume that the polyp will be doing something similar. I'm not even trying to check my cervix position, by the way, it just gets too confusing with the IUD strings and polyp hanging around there. I've never had any trouble feeling the polyp, it's a fairly noticeable bobbly thing which I reckon is at least a centimetre long, but I'm a bit worried that the last doctor to check couldn't find it. I gather from checking online that it's probably why I'm getting so much spotting, and I'm getting a bit fed up with wrecking my nice white bed linen

[oboegoddess]

Actually, the cervix is higher (and softer) around ovulation, and lower and firm during infertile times.

[elettaria]

Blast, you're right. Any idea whether the cervix itself lengthens at any point, though? I haven't been paying close attention to the relative length of my IUD strings at different times, I can almost always feel them, so I can't remember when they do their vanishing act.