Question about Morning BBT Temps - Trying to Conceive (TTC) Message Board

JustDance · 01-16-2006, 01:57 PM

After 9 mos of ttc, I finally caved in and decided to learn about basal body temping and started charting 11 days ago.

Often, I wake up frequently and they say to take the temp in the am after at least 3 consecutive hrs of sleep. But sometimes that is not possible, I'll wake up at 2, 4, 5:30, and usually temp between 6:30 - 7am. I've already noticed on the mornings that I do sleep soundly through the night, my temps are much lower than the mornings that I woke up frequently. (ie, 97.3 - 97.5 on the good sleep mornings and 97.7 - 97.9 on the bad sleep mornings.)

So my question is, do you think this will affect the accuracy of my chart? Do you think I will be able to tell when/if I ov if I can't get a consistent night sleep? Anyone else have a similar problem w/charting?

WhyIsThisMyLife · 01-16-2006, 06:12 PM

I have inconsistent waking times, but usually I still take my temp at the same time. My alarm clock goes off at 5:30 a.m., because that is the time DH gets up to go to work. I take my temp then regardless of if I have been asleep one hour or five hours. I just make sure I don't get out of bed or drink anything prior to taking my temp. I pretty much can see my thermal shift despite my waking times. The only times I've had problems were when I've had fevers.

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Originally Posted by JustDance

After 9 mos of ttc, I finally caved in and decided to learn about basal body temping and started charting 11 days ago.

Often, I wake up frequently and they say to take the temp in the am after at least 3 consecutive hrs of sleep. But sometimes that is not possible, I'll wake up at 2, 4, 5:30, and usually temp between 6:30 - 7am. I've already noticed on the mornings that I do sleep soundly through the night, my temps are much lower than the mornings that I woke up frequently. (ie, 97.3 - 97.5 on the good sleep mornings and 97.7 - 97.9 on the bad sleep mornings.)

So my question is, do you think this will affect the accuracy of my chart? Do you think I will be able to tell when/if I ov if I can't get a consistent night sleep? Anyone else have a similar problem w/charting?

JustDance · 01-16-2006, 10:03 PM

thank you for the quick response. That is good to know. I should see the thermal shift some time this week, then. That will be interesting, we'll see if I have any more luck with this method. I'm definitely becoming more aware of my body.