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Hii everybody,

I need help understanding my cycle this time. I have been trying to conceice now for the past 4 months and I had a regular 34 day cycle, except for in September when it got delayed by 13 days ( so i got my periods after a gap of 47 days. I should have got in on septmebr 23 but i got it on 7th of october). The first day of my last period was the 6th of november, which came after 31 days. So i have been thinking that this time too i would get my periods aafter 31 days and I have been charting my BBT this cycle and also using OPK to predict my ovulation. My BBT on 17th was 97.0, 18th- 97.05, saturday (the 19th ) was 97.20. , sun-97.50, mon-97.38, tuesday-97.05, wed 97.39, thursday-97.05, fri- 97.20, satureday- 97.33 ( i have been charting temperatures at the same time each morning).

My OPK started showing positive from sunday onwards... seeing the dip in temp on tuesday i thought i was going to ovulate. but for some reason we were not able to have intercourse on tuesday. But i did check my opk on wednesday (because if my cycle is 31 days long this time i should have ovulated on 23) and i should say that i did see a positive test line which was much darker than the positive test lines i had the previous few days. so does that mean i ovulated on thursday because there was a temp dip on thursday. though my tempetare has been increasing on friday and saturday i am not very sure if this temperature rise indicates if ovulation has occured.

please help me understand what the ideal temperature rise should be after ovualtion. also if i do have an anovulatory cycle this time will my periods be like ordinary periods or will it be different. archie replied. Dear IB,
To be honest, you are stressed on issues those are not so nice to get stressed on.
I do know what it means to wait for finding ovulation day and let ttc begin on right time.
Still looking at your BBT chart I see a lot of trouble.
You said you take temp at the same time but do you know that you are not supposed to make moves in bed before taking temperature because some time slightest activies affect BBT. BBT is a perfect in itself alone but precision is something very difficult to achieve.

Yes, temp rise is usually following ovulation.

There is almost no way to tell whether or not the anovulation period will be of same extent as ovulatory in your case.
Nonetheless anovulatory cycles are usually shorter or longer than regular ovulatory cycle.

Also the fact you got OPK positive should rule out possibility of anovulatory cycle.

Now the concern is whether you can keep it calm before getting to know outcome or continue stressing out youself.
Please do not think so much besides taking bbt and leaving outcome to time.

Not having intercourse on OPK day does not mean a failure is likely. if your vaginal environment is sperm friendly then your body can retain them viable as long as 5 days in fallopian tube, thus an intercourse 5 days before exact ovulation has equal chances of success than the one exactly around ovulation.

good luck
Archie