I don't personally have the same experience but my mom and her sister are/were the same way, so it was definitely a concern of mine all these years. You may be ovulating very occasionally, and maybe the doctor isn't seeing that once in a while ovulation? My mom ovulated just twice a year... and still got four kids! The first one fixed her cycle. My aunt doesn't have children though. But there can always be hope! My mom said that she went on the pill (would have been whatever they used in the 70's) for a year and then it still took a couple years to get pregnant. How long have you had your natural cycle back for? Maybe you just need time. Sometimes the effects of birth control hormones can take a few years to dissipate. And conceiving can take a while too. Have you only been "trying" since October? Or longer? Sorry if that is too much to ask!

Welcome to the group! We're here for whatever support that we can provide!

Lol..Just kidding! We have officially started trying! @dushanek1

So excited!

@Kirstie155 That's awesome! Baby dust sent your way!

@Muse823 Sending baby dust your way!

@StephAStephan sorry to hear about your miscarriages. I don't have any experience of fertility meds but the very best of luck!

@Kirstie155 it will take you a little bit of trying to figure it out and see the trends. Make sure you are doing it at about the same time every morning, before you get out of bed. I notice that if I forget and get up to go to the bathroom or something, and then take my temp it will be off. You are also supposed to track things you do that are out of the norm in case it impacts the temp: did you drink the night before? etc.

I fall into the "lower" temperature bucket, so I am consistently between 96-97, and usually in the upper 97s, maybe 98 after I ovulate.

You'll get it figured out! Good luck TTC this month

@Kirstie155 yep, even 20 mins can raise your temp by 0.2°F. Also, make sure your mouth is closed for at least 5 mins before you take your temp (and obviously no drinking or eating). Also, at the end of your cycle, if you're coming up on day one, there will be a drop in temperature as your progesterone drops. It could be as much as 2 or 3°F. I found mine would still be dropping a bit in the first few days of my period.

I also had a lower BT. Mine was often as low as 95°F until I ovulated. Even now, during the day, it's still lower than "body temperature". Today it was only 96.4. My dad has that too.

@Kirstie155 does your thermometer store the last temp reading? Mine was just a cheap thermometer but for the first few seconds it displays the last temp. So even if you fall asleep I bet your last reading will be there, in the event you fall asleep.

Having to wake up at 6:00 everyday for a few mins was the reason I only charted for 3 months.

But yeah, it's best to take the temp within 30 mins of the same time. If you usually temp at 6:00 but wait till 9:00 one day, you could expect your temp to be approx 1.2°F higher than it would have been at 6:00.

Also, it is SO SO nice to be able to post that HAHAHA no one we know IRL knows the plan so I can't say anything yet, and have to try very hard not to be too obsessed with my friends 9month old girl

@Katycapp and @samlovesthesnow the spreadsheet says you are currently ttc...hows it going? I think I ovulate today, and know the next 2 weeks are going to be so hard for me >.< This is real cycle 1, so trying not to go crazy but man I am terrible at it!

Thanks for asking @Kirstie155 - I'm on month 5 of TTC and waiting to ovulate. I'm tracking my BBT this month for the first time (it won't change what we do, I'll just have a better idea with retrospect as to how good our timing was). I have to admit, I was sort of expecting to get pregnant straight away so my first few periods have come as a shock! It's given me a bit of time to get my life and body sorted out though - aiming back towards a normal BMI and have restarted a regular exercise routine. Hang in there for your 2ww and try not to go mad googling early pregnancy symptoms!

@StephAStephan - read your blog with interest. Fingers crossed that this IUI works for you!

@StephAStephan I also read your blog, sorry you are having troubles. Hope this IUI works! I have to admit infertility is something I am very concerned about, but for no good reason. My mother got pregnant with me and my sister while on the pill some 30 years ago, and my sisters 2 kids were both accidents. I have normal but shorter (24 day) cycles, but my lutal phase is 2 weeks so no worries there. I have every indication that I am ovulating like CM and sometimes feeling ovulation pain. I have been waiting for years for hubby to be ready to ttc, it feels unreal that we actually are. Im a worrier! But fingers and toes way crossed for you lady! I hope this is your cycle

@samlovesthesnow I am also foolishlyhoping thinking that it will happen right away. I keep telling myself since they count from your LMC, Im really 2 weeks pregnant, I just wont know for another 2 weeks, when I miss my period and get the positive. Trying not to get so carried away, because I know how unlikely it is that we will get it straight away. I need to chill or this is going to be a lonnnng journey I do still have quite a bit of weight I'd like to lose, so that will be my focus until I get the positive.

Ahem. Doesnt mean I didnt just add a stroller and diaper bag to my secret amazon baby registry last night tho!

@Kirstie155 I had a chemical pregnancy last cycle. My hcg went down to 0 as of last week and we were given the go ahead to try again after my next true cycle starts. They weren't sure if I will ovulate between now and my next cycle and I haven't been tracking much as I am trying to get my head clear and ready for next cycle. I am going crazy feeling like I am wasting time though. Ugh!
We have been trying for over a year but last cycle was my first medicated and monitored cycle. I am ready to get the ball rolling again!

@katycapp and @StephAStephan Im so sorry about your losses. Everyone deserves to be a mother

I am currently using 3 tracking apps (is this crazy?) and am super terrible at temping. Havent bought OPKs, but just got really intimate with my cervical position which is something that I didn't track before. I thought it was hard to tell when it was open, but apparently that was just when it was closed. My tracker apps said I was fertile Saturday-Thursday (Ovia &FF), Thursday-Wednesday (Glow). We BD on Saturday and Monday, but we went able to later in the week. Not sure when I ovulated? Fingers crossed for all of us