Community: Password, Privacy and Account Security on the Internet

• Select a secure password that cannot be guessed by your close friends or even your relatives. This will ensure that it is not guessed by someone using a search engine to gather information about you. FertilityFriend.com automatically assigns a secure password when the account is created. Make sure that if you change it you keep it as secure. Make sure to not use the same password on all your accounts.

• Do not use the same username/nickname on several internet sites, especially those which publicly publish your posts or those controlled by individuals that you do not know in real life. This will prevent people from tracking you from site to site to gather information about you that they can use to gain access to your accounts. FertilityFriend.com does not use any "hints" for lost passwords to minimize these type of issues.Read Full Post
  

Charting: If I turn my chart upside down, I might see a pregnancy sign

There are a few signs we might see, but none of these are definite, for sure pregnancy signs. Some lucky women get these signs and can be hopeful these may turn into pregnancy signs. Sometimes, they do occur in a non-pregnancy chart.

First, there's implant spotting. This sign is a fairly rare and ambiguous sign. It will be a brief one day bit of spotting that can be lighter or heavier around implant time (7-10 days past ovulation). Luteal phase spotting can happen for a variety of reasons. We do recommend you report all unexplained luteal phase spotting/bleeding to your healthcare provider as they can help you find why you're spotting/bleeding. In this link, you will find a FAQ on Luteal Phase spotting.

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Charting: OH, THE EMPOWERMENT!!!

It was years later that I pulled out that tape. When we were ready to try to conceive again, the internet and information had come a long way. Wanting to have as much information as possible on file, I pulled out the video and copied the information so I could plug the data in and have some more statistical data. Oh, gosh, what an eye opener that was! I then realized how far charting had come in those 5 years…and what a pitiful charter I was. There were so many rules I really didn’t follow the first time and as the cycles progressed on my newest “trying to conceive” journey, I saw what a great difference that could make. My biggest flaw the first time was that I simply temped when I first woke up…whenever that might be. While this works OK for some women, it’s really best to temp at the same time each morning and I could see a difference in the temp fluctuations. The Fertility Friend Handbook was so helpful in laying out the importance of temping using a basal thermometer, at the same time each day, the moment you wake up, before doing anything and after 3 hours sleep. I’d give it a try and sure enough, my patterns looked a lot better.

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Charting: Back to the Basics: Temping

When taking a hiatus from charting or starting charting for the first time, it's helpful to review the basics of temperature taking.

Always use a BBT thermometer. This is specially designed for charting. It is more accurate for charting than a fever thermometer. As long as it's a BBT thermometer, it is your preference as to whether to use a digital or glass thermometer. I used digital just because it's easier for me to read a digital readout.

Do your very best to temp at the same time every morning. Even a 15 minute fluctuation in time can affect temps. Set an alarm if you must. For me, if I temped an hour later I could expect the temp to be more inaccurate. I learned this through months of charting. You can see patterns like this after charting a few cycles. If you work shifts you may find this FAQ helpful. If you have other reasons you can't temp at the same time every day, review this FAQ by clicking on this link. Regardless, always note the time you temped accurately on the chart.

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Charting: Sometimes You Really Do Just Have To Laugh!!!

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Site News: New on Tickerfactory.com

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New Rulers and Sliders
With the introduction of the new tickers we have added a few new designs of rulers and sliders.

Weight Ticker New Features
We have added new features to the weight ticker on tickerfactory.com- worth mentioning for those tracking their weight loss:

• Weight Graph: you can now see your weight loss progress on a clean graph and on your own weight loss page.
  
• Body Mass Index. The ticker is now capable of calculating and displaying your body mass index.
  
• PIN protection to keep your data while still having the convenience of no extra registration.
  

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