I logged everything. Actual cycle lengths: 32 days, 40 days, skipped entirely. LH surge timing, ovulation dates or the absence of them, mood, energy. Spreadsheet I brought to every GP appt.
I had numbers now, not vibes. When I finally got to a gynecologist who knew how to read it, she believed me immediately. Anovulation. But here’s what I’m still sitting with: we had 8 mos of perfect documentation and spent that entire time testing on the wrong days.
Day 21 progesterone when my cycles were 40+ days. OPKs starting day 12 when I wasn’t surging until day 18 or later. The tracking was accurate. The protocols just weren’t built for irregular cycles.
So I’m asking people because it’s sitting weird with me: did bringing detailed cycle logs actually speed anything up for you? Or were you still dealing with misaligned testing even with the data in front of your doctor?