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Taking my temp
Does anybody do this? I have started only the last couple of days and I think I OV on friday so I do think that I missed it this month but it has been 36.5 or around about that which I thought was a normal temp? Do you know rouhgly if it's meant to be lower when you first wake up or the higer than it would be throughout the day?
K xxx
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However, it varies from person to person. Mine is habitually 35.5 when I wake up, but apparently that's normal for me!
I think as long as you do it roughly (give an hour or two) at the same time every day, before you move around (or have morning cup of tea - I messed up my first readings by having a cup before taking mine and thinking I was freakishly hot), it should be clear when you ovulate.
Although I've not ovulated yet so I don't know that from experience...!
How many is it meant to go up by? i thought this was a little hot for first thing in the morning? I actually took it this morning and it was 36.5 and then I had a shower took it again and it was 35.something?
K xx
when using bbt by the time you see the temperature rise you have probaby already ov, the value of the bbt chat is to help predict a pattern in your temperature cycles for the future months. ovulation should accur 24-48 hours before the temperature rise is detected,this will help you predict the days on which you are most likely to become pregnant in the following cycle
hth
sarah
In normal cycles, the temperature is low, about 36.5 before ovulation and rises to 37 degrees soon after ovulation. If there are deviations from this pattern, ovulation might not occur
K xx
the temp of your body as soon as you wake up is known as your basel body temp (your bodys temp at rest) for most woman 35.6 tp 36.7 degrees celsius is consided noram b4 ov, this increases to between 36.1 to 37.2 after the changes are typically small frations from 0.2 to 0.5 degree
It can go up even a teeny bit when you ov, that's why the thermometers go to two decimal places. I think you just need to persevere and if you're in any doubt about ov, go for what your ov sticks etc say, not your temperature as there's so much human error involved!
I've been cautioned by my cousin that it isn't fool-proof: she was trying not to conceive using this method, and its the christening next month....
And three months is AGES - when we've got our perfect graphs - with a bit of luck we'll have had a bfp by then and can chuck them away!
k XX
Don't worry - have fun making your graph, and just wait and see what happens. The 'spike' should be clear after a few cycles. x
Good luck!
a monthly change in your bbt is ne of the indications that your ovulatory function is working correctly,once ov has occurred the hormone progesterone is released ,one of the consequences of this is to trigger a slight increase in your bbt,your bbt will remain elevated until just before your next af,the 24 hour period before the temp shift is identifed is the most fertile time of your cycle. you should take your temp from day 1 of your cycle,which is the first day of your af not spotting,take your temp immediately after you wake up and before you undertake any activity,make sure you dont move to much before you take your temp,do not eat or drink anything or get out of bed before you take your temp.and make sure you take your temp at about the same time each day to within an hour or so.
thats it no more instructions like the op has said the ov sticks are so much easier
Charts and all sorts wow the things we do just to have a baby!!
Bring on home time please.....
k xx
Thank you girls for all this info have not really looked up much till a min ago and then started to worry as you can see. I will wait now till CD1 and then try that Thanks girls.
k xx