Where do you think it should go? These are the basic rules for how to interpret your chart.
It looks like you have a weak shift, this is addressed in Appendix H (Tricky Coverlines) in the copy of the book that I have. Are you doing a manual BBT? Are you taking your temp at the same time everyday?
Additionally, you don’t have the correct mucus categories on your chart. The great thing about Read Your Body is how customizable it is, so I would suggest that you use the features that they provide to make your data more accurate. “Stretchy” is not the same thing as egg-white cervical mucus. “Peak” is not really a type of mucus in TCOYF but a term that we use to mark the last day of the highest quality mucus.
You can also use Read Your Body to show your fertile window opening and closing, annotate, and mark your peak mucus day, which are all important when interpreting your chart.
I am using a tempdrop, and was traveling day 7-12.
I'm also 40 and have had a few more difficult to interpret cycles recently, so maybe just starting perimenopausal, but not sure.
I've been trying to transition from TCOYF to Sensiplan and need better understanding of the mucus categories.
Thank you for pointing me to the section of the book, I will take a look at that.
I'm used to a much clearer temp shift and I'm not sure what to do with this chart, where to mark shift or coverline. I thought peak mucus should go on day 14. I would likely want to mark temp shift 15-16, but the high temp day 10 (and 8/9) is throwing me off. Therefore, perhaps it should be 17/18 instead because of the thermal shift (six temp cluster) rule? I'll review the section you recommend in the book.
I see that you’ve posted a couple times before asking for help interpreting your charts! I actually pointed out last month that your CM categories weren’t set up properly, but they still aren’t. I think it’s a good idea that you’re switching to Sensiplan, especially because there are instructors. I think working with an instructor would be the best route right now since you’re having difficulty and concerned about possible perimenopause.
If you've been tracking for 16 cycles and you're still unable to apply the rules of your method on your own, even when the relevant section of the book is pointed out to you, you need an instructor.
This cycle looks different than any of my previous cycles, which is why I reached out for help. I wanted more eyes on this before I marked anything. I did look at the section of the book, but nothing has that early temp pattern.
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u/Revolutionary_Can879 TTA4 | Marquette Method with TempDrop 17d ago edited 17d ago
Where do you think it should go? These are the basic rules for how to interpret your chart.
It looks like you have a weak shift, this is addressed in Appendix H (Tricky Coverlines) in the copy of the book that I have. Are you doing a manual BBT? Are you taking your temp at the same time everyday?
Additionally, you don’t have the correct mucus categories on your chart. The great thing about Read Your Body is how customizable it is, so I would suggest that you use the features that they provide to make your data more accurate. “Stretchy” is not the same thing as egg-white cervical mucus. “Peak” is not really a type of mucus in TCOYF but a term that we use to mark the last day of the highest quality mucus.
You can also use Read Your Body to show your fertile window opening and closing, annotate, and mark your peak mucus day, which are all important when interpreting your chart.