So, if you look at my chart, you'll see that my temperature dropped this morning. That usually means a surge of LH is coming into my system, and ovulation is soon. When you see a temperature spike (I anticipate one tomorrow), that means that a bunch of progesterone came into my system. The progesterone tells the uterus to prepare for pregnancy by building up the lining of the endometrium (the inside of the uterus). The progesterone stays high until either a fertilized egg is implanted, or it isn't. If an egg does implant, the progesterone stays in the system and thus your temperature remains high (so, if my temperature never drops, that's a good sign of pregnancy). If no egg is implanted, the progesterone levels plummit, as does my temperature. With no progesterone to keep it up, the uterus sheds the inner lining, which means I get my period. =( On my fertility tests yesterday (one in the afternoon and one at night), both showed small levels of LH in my system, but no official "surge." But, it looks like today will be the day before ovulation, and tomorrow should be ovulation. We went ahead and BDed last night even though it was a low % chance of pregnancy night, but you can never be too sure! We will BD every night until the day after my temperature spike.

After we BDed last night, I put my hips up on a pillow to ... uhh, how do I say this politely?... make sure nothing was lost. I stayed like that for two hours, and then went to sleep. There's no real scientific evidence that this helps, but it just makes sense that you'd want to keep as much in there as you can. =P

It looks so far like my cycle is going to be extremely regular, which is really good. This is only my first month after stopping birth control pills, and usually doctors recommend waiting 3 months after you stop the pills, in order to regulate your cycle. But like I said, so far it looks like I'm really regular. I only took BC pills like a month though, so they must not have screwed up my system like they do to women who take them for years.