To BBT or not?

Question

Hi ya'll, 
I'm 31 yo, and my husband (28yo) & I are TTC for the first time. I went off BC in late August and at the time my ob-gyn said to just "have fun" and not stress about tracking or temperatures or such for a couple of months.  So I've just been casually tracking my cycle on my fitbit app and keeping a general eye on my fertility window.
Well, here we are four months later and my period just started so still not baby :(
My ob-gyn told me that if I wasn't pregnant in 6 months on the "have fun" method to come back and see her again. That's still two months away, but I saw an ad for Natural Cycles app yesterday with a free thermometer, and I'm wondering if it's worth going ahead and starting to be more deliberate now. 
Open to any recommendations, suggestions or words of encouragement!

Answer

I strongly recommend it! I would actually recommend fertility friend, which is free, and an $8 digital bbt thermometer! Fertility friend has a great free course to teach you bbt, and Taking Charge of Your Fertility is a must-read! Bbt helped me realize I needed to go to my obgyn to help me get pregnant!

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Yes I really benefitted from learning about BBT and charting. I got pregnant right away when I started doing it. Read Taking Charge of Your Fertility.

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I regret ever listening to anyone who said “don’t worry have fun” or “it will happen eventually no need to go crazy tracking” . It takes several cycles to really understand your body and I just started learning BBT (again regret not understanding how my body really worked. I didn’t know you could have all the symptoms and not ovulate certain cycles. I’m not saying go crazy and stress yourself out but give yourself the options and time to see what’s going on. If you are successful right away , awesome! If not at least you have something to show a doctor and consider options. That’s my opinion but I think it’s easier than the heartbreak every month of getting your AF after being diligent on timing every month. Good luck to you!!!

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I also prefer OPKS. It will be more accurate in telling you when you are ovulating. BBT is not going to increase until after ovulation. The benefit of tracking it is that you can confirm you are ovulating by charting and making sure you temp goes up and stays up after ovulation. I used both for about 7 months. The OPK is helpful for timing sex.

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I suggest opks and preseed. 
I try bbt and bought a thermometer pretty cheap at target. But opks I think are more helpful. I use clear blue advanced. They are expensive but worth it in my opinion. Cheapest on amazon. I start peeing on the stick cd 10, and find I ovulate cd 15 or 18.

To BBT or not?

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