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Charting (Increase Chances for Pregnancy)

Charting

Charting to Increase Your Chances of Becoming Pregnant


What is Charting?
Charting sounds exactly how it sounds. You use a chart to record information, such as how many times you are intimate with your partner, any positive ovulation tests and so forth to increase your chances of becoming pregnant.


Where do I get a fertility chart?
These Fertility Charts can be found online on fertility based websites, through phone apps and you can make your own. Sometimes these charts are also included with the purchase of a BBT (basal body temperature) thermometer. My favorite two are www.fertilityfriend.com and www.countdowntopregnancy.com.


Are the fertility charts free?
Some websites and/ or apps do charge money and some also have free charts. I do know www.fertilityfriend.com and www.countdowntopregnancy.com offer free charts.


What is the difference between free and paid charts?
Paid members may have access to more analyzing tools. For example, one analyzing tool may see how well you timed intimacy during the cycle and will tell you on its scoring system how well you did. As nice as that sounds the thing to remember is all of these things are likely estimations with your chances of conception. But they can have errors and cannot guarantee that you will become pregnant. A woman could estimate to have a really high chance, but does not get pregnant, while another might have a low chance and does become pregnant or vice versa. I have always used free charts and was able to get pregnant with my second child without having to pay for extra features. For me, it was more of a money cost and trying to conceive can get expensive. However, there is no wrong or right way to decide to do free or to do a paid membership and both can help increase your chances of getting pregnant.


What do I need to start charting?
 The minimum you need for a chart is a thermometer to track your BBT (Basal body temperature). Other items that can help make your chart more accurate is the results from OPKs (ovulation prediction kits).

What are the benefits of fertility charts?
They will help you review your cycles, to learn what days you normally ovulate within, how long your cycles are, how well you timed intimacy on your fertile days and they will help you notice things such as if your luteal phase is too short for proper egg implantation. 

 Last Edited: April 21, 2017
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