Planning a Baby  Discussion Forum

Hey friends,
My husband and I will be ttc from this month onwards. My family physician sugested that use the BBT to track my ovulation. I have roughly a 25 day cycle. It keeps reducing also sometimes and many a times goes up to 27 or 28 days. My question is if it is ok to use a digital thermometer? and do I need to start using Ovulation kits since so many of you seem to be using them. I feel that I should try for a while and not stress over such things right from the begining. Another quick question was if over the counter prenatal pills were ok to take or should I get a presecription from my doctor? TTC replied. Thanks Mithu and Newyork121 for your advice. I did go and get an ovulation kit yesterday. The digital thermometer is not coming of much help to me so I am going to go and get a BBT monitor if required. I also got my Prenatal vitamins yesterday and I start taking them today. Thanks once again for your prompt reply. I really appreciate it. All the best to you guys as well!!! Mithu replied. It is good u r going to start ur TTC :)..25 day cycle is normal ,but there can a chance that u will have an ovulation near Cycle Day 11,12,13 .BBT is really good for checking whether we ovulated or not.Bz it will show a biphasic chart.U can see a Clear thermal shift after ovulation .And also u can say whether u r pregnant or not from the BBT chart. But the only problem is it will tell ur ovulation day only after that happend.So there is a lot more chances that u will miss the ovulation. OPKs are really great.It will detect ur LH surge 12-24 hrs before ur ovulation.U can plan indercouse according to that and can make sure u dont miss the egg(ovum).But using both OPK and BBT is the best.So that u dont miss ur ovulation with OPK and u can make sure u r ovulating from the BBT chart ...Good Luck