Fertility Education Trust

guidelines to charting your fertility cycle, page 18 of 26

2. The Mucus Symptom - Advantages of the new Charting System

The lower down the mucus chart you go, the more fertile the symptom.
The colours help to emphasise the significance of the different symptoms
A typical cycle produces a visual ‘V’ formation
PEAK DAY is easily identified as the last X in the green block.

but do not let the chart dictate what you think you ought to see! You must mark down only what you actually see, feel and experience. Do not simply follow the order of the chart because you think that’s what it ought to be. There are many variations provided, but they may not all apply to your cycle. The chart design is there to help you, it must not brain wash your thinking! Do not feel you have to stick to the same colour block necessarily for a whole day. Choose whatever best describes your symptoms, and gradually a pattern will emerge - YOUR pattern. By charting many indicators and general body signs you gradually become the mistress of your own fertility cycle and then, knowing where you are in it becomes as natural as knowing which day of the week it is!