Coverline (I need help, PLEASE!) - Trying to Conceive (TTC) Message Board

tglenn · 07-06-2005, 02:42 PM

I am still having trouble understanding coverline. I will give my temps for last month (keep in mind I didn't start charting until week 2 of my cycle) and this month I am only on day 4. Will my cover line be different every month? The O's are the day's I ovulated and the P's are the days of my period. TIA!
June
Day 11 97.4
Day 12 97.4
Day 13 97.5
Day 14 97.3
Day 15 97.4
Day 16 97.7 O
Day 17 97.5 O
Day 18 97.7
Day 19 97.9
Day 20 98.3
Day 21 98.1
Day 22 98
Day 23 98.4
Day 24 98.4
Day 25 98.3
Day 26 98.2
Day 27 98.2
Day 28 98.3
Day 29 98.4
Day 30 97.9
Day 31 98.1 P

July
Day 1 98.1 P
Day 2 97.7 P
Day 3 97.9 P
Day 4 98 P

Heidi1220 · 07-06-2005, 03:03 PM

If your ovulating temp was 97.7 and 97.5...the general rule of thumb is to count back 10 days (before ovulation) and your coverline will be one tenth of a degree higher than your highest "low" temperature. For example, for your temperatures, the highest low before ovulation was 97.5, if this is the highest throughout the whole ten days (don't count the days you're on you're period) then your coverline would be 97.6.

Hope this helps....and good luck!

Yes, your coverline will be different every month, it doesn't have to be, but it's ok if it is.

Heidi

tglenn · 07-07-2005, 10:15 AM

Thanks Heidi...that make perfect sense! I really appreciate it!

confuzeled · 07-08-2005, 02:27 AM

Your coverline changes every cycle and maybe even every day. It's always drawn .1 degree over the highest of your previous 6 temps. I think it's .5 for C temping. So if your highest is 97.4, then the CL is 97.5 The next day, if you cl is 97.5 then your CL will go up to 97.6

I think your O date last cycle was cd 18, it's the day before the rise. Or 15 with a fall back on CD 17.

CL is just there as a visual cue, so you know when you shift.

Heidi1220 · 07-08-2005, 07:31 AM

ok - that confuses me. I read "Taking Charge of your Fertility" and it said you have ONE coverline a month...not one every other day. That doesn't make sense to me. Having more than one coverline a month would make a very confusing chart...don't you think?

I know I'm new to this stuff...maybe I'm wrong?

Heidi