BBT Notes that I recommend
As I talked to my patients when they meet me first time, the BBT chart and note can help us remember and better understand daily body conditions. Also they can save both of us time when we meet and discuss your condition next time. Now-a-day, few people bring in the paper chart to our meeting and instead we use more on-line sites to review patients cycles.
The followings are sites which my patients use to record updates of BBT and notes.
1) fertilityfriend.com free BASIC membership:
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/
The primary tab content is mostly what I need, however, the other tabs such as "Special", "Meds" "Custom" are helpful for you to record daily conditions.
To share chart with me:
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/TechFaqs/Sharing-Your-Chart.html
Don't forget to give name of the chart you want to share. As I receive fertilityfriend's email of patient's chart link with no name for the chart, simply reading the chart, I don't know who the patient is.
Then you are able to setup sharing from desktop or from your smart phone apps. If still you don't know how, click the share button under the my chart, copy the whole link under "simple link" and paste into your email and send to us. Then I just need to clike the link to access the chart you want to share to me. Example like
http://FertilityFriend.com/home/xxxbbb/
Or desktop: click on chart, under the chart, there is one button labeled "Share", click that and enter our email address. FF will send us link to your chart.
Or IPhone smart phone apps: go to the page have list of selections, there is one called "email shared chart link". Click on that and you can enter our email address and message must include your name. So when F.Friend sends us the link, it has your name in the message. Otherwise, we cannot know whose chart it is unless you give your name in the chart title.
Basal Body Temperature Curve:
The temperature plot represents each data point by a small dot. Each dot is
linked to the previous one by a line.
Black Dots:
If data is missing, the dots are linked with a dashed line. Discarded temperatures are displayed as black dots.
Open Circles and Dots:
If something in the data indicates that the temperature may be slightly inaccurate (either by events selected in the Special data area or by a time difference larger than normal), the temperature is plotted using a circle instead of a dot. Please note that these points do not need to be discarded. The circle will just indicate to the reader areas on the chart where the data may be less accurate.
Square Points:
When you have entered a note or if you check something in the Special data section, the graph will display a square instead of a dot. This is useful to check patterns and symptoms not directly related to charting. Note that this display is not enabled by default. It can be enabled on a chart by chart basis by clicking on the Display Settings link below the chart. | Crosshair:
The crosshairs may be one of two different colors: When it is red it indicates an ovulation detected automatically based on your data or set by one of our guides. When it is blue, it indicates a manual override by the user.
A dashed crosshair means that your fertility signs are somehow in conflict. Look below the chart in the ovulation detector section for details. The horizontal line is called the coverline. The vertical line marks the day of ovulation.
DPO Count:
After ovulation you will find the count of your Days Past Ovulation (DPO) just above the coverline.
Green Line:
The temperature graph line turns green after recording an HPT positive. |
Following are some abbreviations commonly used.
Cervical Fluid (CM Line):
The cervical fluid (also called cervical mucus and abbreviated
CM) data line
uses the following codes:
| Label |
Fluid |
| M |
Menses (Period) |
| L (Pink background) |
Menses Light(Period) |
| H (Pink background) |
Menses Heavy (Period) |
| * |
Spotting |
| - |
Dry |
| S |
Sticky |
| C |
Creamy |
| W |
Watery |
| E |
Egg White |
|
A blank entry means that you
did not record your CM that day.
The Menses and spotting can be
combined with the other fluid types in a two letter code. For
example egg white fluid with spotting will be displayed "E*".
Menses are displayed on a pink square.
The corresponding square is
colored in green when your entry denotes a clearly fertile
sign.
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Medications
Special, Custom Data
The chart also includes 3
categories of data which are displayed on multiple lines.
The medications group of data is displayed on
multiple lines with a predefined code. The Special and Custom
data use a system of numbers with the key directly available at
the bottom of the chart.
Medications
(Meds Lines):
The Medication/Medical Procedure lines
use the following code:
| Label |
Meaning |
| C |
Clomid |
| E |
Estrogen |
| FS |
FSH |
| FE |
Femara/Letrozole |
| H |
HCG |
| m |
Metformin |
| P |
Progesterone |
| X |
Other |
| T |
IVF Transfer |
| * |
More than one
selection |
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