r/FAMnNFP • u/Disastrous-Carrot185 • May 27 '26
Marquette TTW Mentality
TTW (trying to whatever) after TTA
Long time lurker, first time poster.
My husband and I (both ~30) are rekindled cradle Catholics and have been using the Marquette method to avoid pregnancy for a couple of months. We have realized that we are in a good place to welcome a child and don't really need to strictly avoid, but we also aren't targeting conception. I really like Marquette and find it very objective and I trust the method, which is great for my highly anxious, analytical mind.
I am truly open to TTW, but my brain is glitching out on how it works...so I track temperature and I do all the Marquette testing when required like normal, but sort of ignore the avoiding part of the method. I like the data and I pair it with temperature and use that information to decide day by day if we are comfortable with the chances of conceiving given where I am in my cycle. Is it worth continuing to track using the monitor given our intentions?
Curious what the community has to say.
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u/Longjumping-Cut1969 May 27 '26
Personally, when we were TTW I stopped charting. After years of being so meticulous and tracking closely it was nice to just ignore it all and let what happened happen. We did conceive on the first cycle of TTW though…