Describe your daily charting routine.

I would wake up with my alarm, take my temp, then fall back asleep if I did not have work. I would observe any mucus when I’d use the bathroom. I charted with mucus for about 18 months, with temperature for the final 6. While I was single, it was useful for health reasons, but for sex both regular cycles and postpartum, continuous mucus made me feel like a gatekeeper of sexuality. It allowed for me to gave a 24 hour heads up on when my period would arrive as well as when my PMDD would appear.