ENDO Messages for June, 2005: Re: Day 1 of my cycle

Re: Day 1 of my cycle

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jun 29 14:54:54 2005

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Because cycle lengths can vary not only from woman to woman but from month to month the easiest way to figure this out is to keep your own calendar and mark each day with:

0 = no discharge, no spotting no nothing D = discharge but not spotting (usually indicates ovulation) SP = spotting, a little bit off and on SP+ = more spotting than a little bit but not a flow, panty liner still works FL = flow of regular amount (keep count of tampon/pad changes) FL + = heavier flow (keep count of tampon/pad changes) CR = cramping (note location as well)

Now comes the hard part, it takes time to do this but really is the only reliable way. Basal Body Temperature charts in addition make it even more reliable.

When you've got at least 3 months worth you should see a fairly predictable pattern emerge, using this information see if you can predict period #4 and see how close you are for accuracy. If you're right on then you can go to the next step which is ovulation prediction, FSH testing, etc.

If you have questions about Basal Body Temperature charting then this is a pretty good site to check: http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/bbt/bbtfaq.html

More information about BBT and ovulation prediction can be found here: http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/484.html and a calculator that you can use with your calendar information is here: http://www.babycenter.com/calculators/ovulation/

Of course if you are already pretty sure what your cycle length is you can always use your best recollection of cycle days with your current cycle days and use the calculator and then mark down when you expect your next period to begin and see if you are right on the mark or a little off. If you're a little off then you can go back to the calculator and re-figure it.

At Wed, 29 Jun 2005, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I have severe endo. I get little clots out sometimes a week or more
>before the big ones finally make it, so when do I start counting my
>cycles? I usually ovulate within a few days after I finally stop
>bleeding, which makes me think that my period was supposed to start when
>I started spotting and it just took that long for it to make its way
>out. Anybody have any ideas? I want to do an FSH test, but it needs to
>be done on specific days of your cycle and I don't know when I'm
>supposed to start counting.

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