Making a Calendar if you can't afford one, or don't have one.

Making a calendar can be an easy task. It can be as easy as using a notebook you have lying around that you never got around to using, or you could make a fairly nice one simply by creating one in a Word document.

If you decide to make your own in a journal or notebook, you can set it up however is easiest for you to keep track of your fertility.

However, if you decide you would like to make one in a Word document, I can tell you how to do that if you're unsure.

Open a new Word document and center your text. Here you will type the month and year to aid in keeping accurate records. After that, hit enter and then at the top hit "insert". Here you will see a drop-down that says "table" click on that and make a 7x7 table.

Once you have the table on your page, in the first row put the names of the week. You may start with Sunday or Monday, or whatever day makes it easier for you. Next, move down to the next row and hit Shift+Enter. This will make the boxes bigger. Make it so all the boxes are the same number of lines per row, making the table fit the page without crossing over into another page.

After that you can save the calendar in your computer and then add in the days where appropriate. You may later change the name of the month or the year if applicable to make other calendars rather than making a new one each time, or you may use your master copy to create other copies so you can keep it all on your computer. Whatever works best for you.
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This is about how it should look when you're done. You can always add your own personal touches, and mark it in ways that make the most sense to you. The reason I have 6 boxes instead of 4 or 5 is because I absolutely hate it when you buy a calendar and you have those split days b/c the calendar isn't long enough for those couple of days extra. This will ensure that you don't have to split days which means more charting abilities when you're keeping track of your fertility.

If you want to print out the below calendar, just right click the image and save as. Then you can print it whenever you want it. There is a chance it'll come out fuzzy, but that's ok, because you just label the top accordingly and then fill in the boxes as necessary.