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Justisse Method Chart for women - blank chart
Justisse Method Chart for women - charting mucus only
The inside of your Justisse Method chart contains spaces to record the date your cycle begins, to place the coloured stamp that corresponds with your observations, to record sensation, to record observation notation of the most fertile observation of the day, and to record miscellaneous symptoms, stress, or illness.
If you are recording basal body temperature there is a special Justisse Method chart that has a graph for plotting temperatures, and a space to note how and at what time of day the temperature was taken.Day of Cycle
Day of Cycle
Day 1 of the cycle is the first day of menstruation
Day of Month
Underneath Day 1 of the cycle mark the date menstruation began.
Stamps
There is a place for a coloured stamp on each day. Choose the stamp that corresponds with your observations for that day.
Sensation
Mark down the most fertile sensation of the day in the space marked "Sensations".
D = DRY
S = SMOOTH
L = LUBRICATION
Lubrication is the most fertile sensation. Smooth may be associated with either the presence or absence of mucus. If you feel a smooth sensation and there is no mucus present, it has the same significance as a dry observation. If you feel a smooth sensation and there is mucus present, then smooth is considered fertile.
X Per Day - Most Fertile Sign Seen
Use the observational notations on the back of your chart to best describe your most fertile sign of the day. Mark in how many times it was noticed. If you make the same observation 4 times or more use AD for all day. For example, 0 AD; 6PC X1; 10WL AD; 8C X3; etc. Peak mucus is always considered the most fertile, though remember that all mucus is fertile.
X1 - Seen once that day
X2 - Seen twice that day
X3 - Seen three times that day
AD - Seen 4 or more times that day
Other Notations -- Peak (PK), Intercourse (I/i)
In addition to the notations on the back of your chart you will use the following:
I = Intercourse (penetration and ejaculation)
i = Alternative sex
If barrier methods are used circle the I or i for easy differentiation.
Example: I i (I) (i)
Mark down all I and i under MIscellaneous Symptoms.
PK = Write PK on the purple stamp that is the PEAK day (the last day of PEAK mucus).
The Count of 3
The stamps used within a count of 3 will be a white triangle on green, or a white triangle on violet. The colour you use corresponds with that day's observation. If the observation is from the dry category use a white triangle on green. If the observation is non-peak mucus use a white triangle on violet.
Ovulation does not always occur on Peak Day. About 75% of the time women ovulate on Peak Day or within 1 day before or after Peak Day (1 ≤ PK ≥ 1). About 90% of the time women ovulate on Peak Day or within 2 days before or after Peak Day (2 ≤ PK ≥ 2). About 10% of women will ovulate on the 3rd day after Peak Day (PK ≥ 1).
The Count of 3 is used to account for the range of days on which ovulation may occur with respect to Peak Day. Peak Day plus the Count of 3 are fertile.
The count of 3 after an unusual bleeding episode is necessary because unusual bleeding may in some circumstances accompany ovulation, or ovulation may follow very quickly.
It takes three days for the vagina to return from alkaline to acidic following an episode of non-peak of three or more days. It is therefore important to count 3 after three days or more of non-peak mucus. During those three days there may be sufficient alkalinity for sperm survival. It is also possible for 3 or more days of non-peak mucus to accompany ovulation.
Write 1 2 3 on the three stamps with white triangles following the last day of PEAK mucus of a mucus pattern.
Write 1 2 3 on the three stamps with white triangles following a single day of PEAK mucus.
Write 1 2 3 on the three stamps with white triangles following 3 or more days of NON-PEAK mucus before PEAK/ovulation
Write 1 2 3 on the three stamps with white triangles following an unusual bleeding episode.
On occasion, the count of 3 may be interrupted as the mucus pattern begins to build up again (see "Double Peak" in Chapter 6).
Write 1 2 3 on the three stamps with white triangles following a PEAK mucus symptom on L or VL days of bleeding.