These many months we've had Miss M with us, time has flown by. I've seen how fleeting her babyhood, her childhood will be. Every day feels like a gift to be treasured. It's been both easy to see the big picture, and easy to ignore it.
So, it was with a start that I dug out my charting software password, and realized that I started charting four years ago. FOUR YEARS. It seems impossible to believe (hi Manda! Can't believe I've "known" you for that long, either.). Number of cycles charted before Miss M: 19. I missed so many cycles during those years, had such long cycles. . .19.
Then there's the data: it reflects an average cycle of 33 days; average ovulation on CD21; average LP of 12 days. Then there are the outliers, the minimums and maximums of my cycles: At its shortest, I've had a 24 day cycle; max cycle was 41 days. My absolute earliest ovulation date was on CD14, and my latest was on CD28. At its worst, when I was dealing with super short LP, my LP lasted just 8 days; then there was that max of 17 (a brief flirtation with chemical pregnancy). Somehow, raw data makes me feel like I'm in control.
As if.
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Can you see an RE where you are now? I know you're overseas, but I have no clue where. From the sounds of things, you're in a developed area right now... Just curious if Clomid is an option this time around.
Haha...I remember thinking I was in control with all that raw data too.
Welcome back to the crazies!
Congratulations! I remember charting my temps and putting the numbers into the computer software. I taught my girlfriend how to do it too, and it helped her have their daughter who's almost 5 years old now!
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