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Re: Day 1 of my cycle
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Wed Jun 29 18:32:27 2005
I have 5 years worth of temp charts and I pretty much know when to
expect everything. I always ovulate just a few days after the big clots
stop, but I still don't know what to count as day 1 of my cycle--the day
the little clots start or the day the big clots start? I don't have
regular blood flow--it's pretty much all clots.
At Wed, 29 Jun 2005, anonymous wrote:
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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/
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>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:
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>>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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