u/Ok_Pause7098

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Back to Day 1 (as of August 19th). This cycle has given me a good understanding that one can do everything correctly time wise and still end up back at square one.

I haven’t been too serious about the TTC thing, and I think mainly that’s because my husband is also the same way. If it happens, it happens, and we will definitely be happy about it. But it doesn’t stop the pain and sadness of doing everything right and the cycle still restarting. I’ve been a bit more serious about TTC these past few months because I grew up in a time when BC was a thing given out like candy. I started taking it at around age 19 for acne (I’m 27 now and stopped taking it in September 2025). I was never taught much about my own body or even BC for that matter. So this past year I’ve really learned a lot. Most of this year was spend avoiding pregnancy because we weren’t ready yet. Now that I’m feeling like time is slipping away from me, I’m starting to wonder if it’s even possible. Maybe there’s just something that’s wrong with me that was never discovered when I was given BC. Because quite honestly, despite my cycles being pretty regular since I stopped taking BC, part of me still believes that I will never get a positive test.

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u/Ok_Pause7098 — 2 days ago
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Confused

I stopped taking birth control in 2025. In early June of 2026, I started using the NC BBT thermometer and logged all my data in NC for all my previous cycles since stopping BC. Only 4 out of the 10 cycles I’ve recorded in NC (both with my old BBT thermometer and the NC one) have a confirmed ovulation. Since I started using the NC BBT thermometer, none of my cycles have had a confirmed ovulation. This cycle is the closest my BBT has ever been to being above the cover line. But to me, it’s pretty clear that I ovulated with a smaller temperature change. Am I missing something?

u/Ok_Pause7098 — 7 days ago