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Postpartum Doula serving the Dayton Ohio Area.
09/21/2026
Watch out later this week for the drop 👀
And yes this will be free...
Between bedrest, nausea, and pregnancy loss in my previous 1st trimesters, I knew just winging how I would feed myself and my family was now an option.
Stick around for how I made this time SOOOO much easier and delt with symptoms through food.
09/16/2026
You spent all this time, energy, and even money trying to get pregnant. Have you really thought about what is next?
New FREE resource coming next week...
Follow along so you don't miss it!
How do you actually use your chart to get pregnant? There are three things we want to look for:
1) Opening of the fertile window with the development of mucus.
2) identifying the most fertile days with cervical mucus or LH.
3) Closing the fertile window with cervical mucus or temperature.
Comment CYCLE for the link to work with me and learn more!
(You can also use this information to avoid pregnancy, but there are more caveats. To effectively avoid pregnancy you should always work with an instructor certified in an official NFP method)
09/12/2026
If you know me personally, you know honesty is just my default. I bring that into my work as well, I will always tell you the good with the bad.
If this is your style and you want to work with my comment CYCLE for the link to my website to see my offering for cycle tracking (or you can always go find it from my service menu).
I tracked my cycle all the ways so you don't have to!
This is my cycle 3 of the Kegg Clinical Trial.
Fertile window summary:
Actual Fertile Window: Day 13-20
Kegg Fertile Window: Day 13-20
Billings Fertile Window: Day 13-20
Sympto-thermal Fertile Window: Day 8-21
It took 3 cycles for Kegg's algorithm to finially get an accurate fertile window (peak fertility-dark green and overall fertility-light green). If you are counting on their 6 month pregnancy guarantee, this only gives you ~4 months where it actually gives you the best days to try.
This cycle my ovulatory hormone tests actually aligned perfectly with my observed biomarkers. It was likely the previous cycles were off due to the normal adjustment period of postpartum hormones.
⭐️ Estrogen started rising day 13 with the onset of fertile mucus.
⭐️ LH began to rise cycle day 17 (it may have began sooner but morning LH tends to be lower).
⭐️ Estrogen peaked day 16, the first day of slippery mucus.
⭐️ Estrogen fell after peak.
⭐️ Progesterone started rising day 18, with the sudden drying sensation, followed by a temperature rise day 19.
⭐️ Estrogen hit a second peak in the luteal phase.
⭐️ Estrogen and Progesterone fell right before the end of the cycle causing a temperature drop and the beginning of the next cycle.
Because I have continuous discharge, under the sympto-thermal method I am considered fertile as soon as my period ends. With Billings, I am able to identify my personal Basic Infertile Pattern which gives me a much shorter fertile window. Both methods have the same mucus peak day. I confirmed a temperature shift two days after mucus peak, closing my fertile window with the sympto-thermal method.
Overall Billings was the most accurate this cycle. Sympto-thermal was far more conservative, but that is also why it is so effective.
09/10/2026
"Just take birth control until you are ready to get pregnant."
"Come back after a year of trying."
"Your periods are regular so everything is fine"
"Avoid undercooked meat/seafood and lunch meat"
"Just eat saltine crackers for nausea"
"Your prenatal is enough if you can't keep food down"
"You can eat unhealthy now!"
"Enjoy sushi or a deli sandwich for your first postpartum meal"
"Prep freezer burritos for postpartum or get takeout"
09/08/2026
Sorry to break it to you but your period tracking app doesn't actually know your fertile window. Its just using the rhythm method.
If you really want to learn to track your cycle FAM is the way to go. Just check out the fertility stats on the last slide for evidence why.
The newest device sounds like a great way to make cycle tracking easier! The marketing is so convincing!
However these devices are not perfect, can lead to more confusion, or can increase distrust in your body.
This was my experience this cycle charting with proov, kegg, Billings and SymptoThermal. Billings is my primary method, and it really showed its strong suit this cycle, when I lost even my temperature history.
Cycle summary:
Actual Fertile Window: Cycle Day 10-17
Kegg Fertile Window: Cycle Day 13-21
Billings Fertile Window: Cycle Day 9-18
SymptoThermal Fertile Window: Cycle Day 9-18
(Technically I cannot close the fertile with a SymptoThermal cross check this cycle so I wpuld have to use a mucus only rule that is not often recommend)
09/01/2026
You took the first step and started charting your cycle, but now you are lost and overwhelmed by all the data.
Lets break it down what all the different data tells you about your fertility.
As a wave of follicles develop they release estrogen, causing the cervix to open and mucus to develop.
The body releases LH around 36-48 hours before ovulation to lutenize the dominant follicle. Estrogen peaks around this time.
The dominant follicle ruptures releasing the egg and collapses into the corpus luteum. The corpus luteum continues to release estrogen for the rest of the cycle.
Progesterone causes body temperature to rise about 1/2 degree Fahrenheit.
You don't have to track all these signs but using a combination gives high certainty ovulation occurred.
Potential fertility begins when the cervix opens, as s***m can live in high quality mucus for up to 5 days.
After ovulation the egg can live for 12-24 hours if not fertilized.
Kegg gives you a fertile window based on your cervical mucus. However in my experience it takes at least two cycles to get an accurate fertile window.
Measuring urinary hormones can give you quantitative insight to your cycle. However it still only gives you a snapshot of your hormones at one time during the day. Certain hormones peak at different times. Estrogen readings can also be influenced by alcohol consumption.
If you want quantitative data, urinary hormones can be a good option. However you can see the same hormone trends in other biomarkers.
Basal body temperature (BBT) rises in response to progesterone the second half of the cycle, creating a biphasic pattern. Using temperature rise to confirm ovulation is well researched and effective.
However temperature CANNOT tell you when the fertile window opens (looking at you natural cycles). You can use an average of temperature rises over the previous cycles and assume the fertile window opens so many days before. However this is not the true opening of the fertile window, which has to be determined with an estrogen sign.
Mucus is the single most informative biomarker. You dont need to see mucus either, most women can tune in
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