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Temping is tough -- that's why I don't do it! -- but charting and keeping track of your cervical mucus isn't. That's the sort of thing you'd likely notice anyway but maybe not know what it means. That's why it's so enlightening to read Taking Charge of Your Fertility. Totally worth it even if you aren't trying to get pregnant, or get pregnant easily. It explained a lot of things about the menstrual cycle that I had observed for years but didn't really understand or think about in depth.

For me, charting mucus has been enough to get pregnant twice. For others you may need OPKs, temping, cervical checks, whatever. But at least if you read the book you know what to look for and can decide how much effort to put in.[/quote]

Ha - I had the opposite experience!  Temping was easy and CM totally confused me.  And cervical position?  No idea.  Granted, I only did both for one month before I ended up pregnant.

I read TCOYF and recommend it.  It really isn't hard to read or take that long, even though it looks like a huge book.  If you're having sex every day or every other day, you don't necessarily need to know when you ovulated, but it's nice to know when you did so you know when to start taking pregnancy tests and, if you have a whacky cycle like mine was when i got pregnant and ovulate two weeks later than usual, you aren't freaked out when they can't find a heartbeat and your baby measures behind schedule.

also, i am a teacher who tried to time my pregnancy around summer leave.  HA again!  due day before school starts.  not what i had in mind!  but it's fine and actually, now that i've been diagnosed with pregnancy hypertension and would have been told to stay home from work now, it's good that i won't be working this summer.

sure that was more than you needed![/quote]

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