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Sep 10th, 2007 - 18:59:21
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Question
When did I ovulate? I usually have regular 28 day cycles. My husband and I have been charting for about a year and a half and I have never had a cycle like my last one. On day 11, like clockwork, I started having the first signs of fertility via my cervical mucus. On day 16, I saw the stretchiest, clearest discharge. Here's where things seem to have gone awry: on day 17, there was no bbt shift. All of my cervical mucus(CM) signs went away--I was tacky white, but there continued to be no bbt shift for days. Then, on day 22, my bbt shifted.
So my questions are: When did I ovulate? Did I ovulate on my peak CM day? Did I ovulate on the day my temperature was first high? Also, why did this happen?
Thank you so much in advance for your help!
God bless,
Anonymous
Answer
Ovulation can occur within three days of the mucus dry-up, which may partially explain a delayed thermal shift. Other possible causes could be temperature disturbances due to slight illness, allergy, travel, unusual activity or cold environment. Was your luteal phase consistent with your previous cycles? If it was shortened, you may have experienced a low progesterone level this cycle. It's not possible to pinpoint the day of ovulation based on this information, but the timing of your next menses may shed some light, in hindsight.
Andrea and Ron Gronsky
This question was answered by Ron and Andrea Gronsky, a certified teaching couple for the Couple to Couple League, and members of CANFP.
They have been teaching the Sympto-Thermal Method of natural family planning in the San Francisco Bay Area for 16 years.
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