It's new. I had a Mirena from July 2009 - November 2012, and during that time I barely experienced any cramping at all. Prior to getting the Mirena, I would get cramps in my lower back for 1-2 days before my period, and then the first 1-2 days of bleeding. After having the Mirena removed, I experienced very light lower back cramps for two weeks afterwards, but I would usually only feel those a few times a day.
Hey! I'm hoping to jump in with a question.
We are going to be TTC #3. I've always charted my months/days and has worked great for us. But after my daughter my cycles have gone wonky. I've been using opks for months now and never had a problem. I want to start temping this month. Today is cd7 and AF just ended last night. Tomorrow I planned on starting to temp. Right now we wake up at 7, but my sons school schedule may be changing and we might have to start waking up at 6. Would changing the time I wake up make a difference in my chart? Or since its just an hour it shouldn't make a difference?
I'm also not all too knowledgeable about temping. What kind of patterns should I looking for? I think I saw that it dips before O, and before AF. But stays high if pregnant?
Sorry for the questions
Hey! I'm hoping to jump in with a question.
We are going to be TTC #3. I've always charted my months/days and has worked great for us. But after my daughter my cycles have gone wonky. I've been using opks for months now and never had a problem. I want to start temping this month. Today is cd7 and AF just ended last night. Tomorrow I planned on starting to temp. Right now we wake up at 7, but my sons school schedule may be changing and we might have to start waking up at 6. Would changing the time I wake up make a difference in my chart? Or since its just an hour it shouldn't make a difference?
I'm also not all too knowledgeable about temping. What kind of patterns should I looking for? I think I saw that it dips before O, and before AF. But stays high if pregnant?
Sorry for the questions
Hello!
If you wake up everyday at 6am then it wont make a difference, if it changes between 6-7 then I would imagine that might make a slight difference. I take mine between 6-7 though also. There is a temp adjuster on FF that lets you adjust your temp depending on what time you woke up. (For those odd occasions where you woke up late etc).
Patterns to look for are basically as you said, generally lower temps before OV/day of Ov and then high temps until AF is due. It should stay fairly high if preggers. Also something to look out for is an implantation dip, which can sometimes happen where temp dips really low if implantation is happening!
Hope my muddled reply helps somewhat!
Clandestine I just checked your chart and saw that AF got you. I'm sorry!
Hey! I'm hoping to jump in with a question.
We are going to be TTC #3. I've always charted my months/days and has worked great for us. But after my daughter my cycles have gone wonky. I've been using opks for months now and never had a problem. I want to start temping this month. Today is cd7 and AF just ended last night. Tomorrow I planned on starting to temp. Right now we wake up at 7, but my sons school schedule may be changing and we might have to start waking up at 6. Would changing the time I wake up make a difference in my chart? Or since its just an hour it shouldn't make a difference?
I'm also not all too knowledgeable about temping. What kind of patterns should I looking for? I think I saw that it dips before O, and before AF. But stays high if pregnant?
Sorry for the questions
Hello!
If you wake up everyday at 6am then it wont make a difference, if it changes between 6-7 then I would imagine that might make a slight difference. I take mine between 6-7 though also. There is a temp adjuster on FF that lets you adjust your temp depending on what time you woke up. (For those odd occasions where you woke up late etc).
Patterns to look for are basically as you said, generally lower temps before OV/day of Ov and then high temps until AF is due. It should stay fairly high if preggers. Also something to look out for is an implantation dip, which can sometimes happen where temp dips really low if implantation is happening!
Hope my muddled reply helps somewhat!
Lol it helped, thanks! I read a little last night on countdowntopregnancy. It said that your temp changes by about .3 degrees every hour. I'm hoping my sons schedule doesn't change until next week and I can try to gradually change my temp time. I'll have to look for the adjuster or sign up for FF since everyone seems to use that site
See, the timing thing is what has me nervous about temping. I wake up often during the night, and both my kids don't sleep through the night yet. Last night I couldn't fall asleep until 3am and I woke up at 6:30 then lied in bed waiting for the alarm to go off. I tried to not move so that it didn't affect my temp. Today is cd8 and my temp was 96.9, if tomorrow's is drastically different should today's temp be discarded already? Or do you not discard a wonky temp until a few days later? I'm not sure what a chart usually looks like the first week of a cycle (my cycles are normally 35days)
See, the timing thing is what has me nervous about temping. I wake up often during the night, and both my kids don't sleep through the night yet. Last night I couldn't fall asleep until 3am and I woke up at 6:30 then lied in bed waiting for the alarm to go off. I tried to not move so that it didn't affect my temp. Today is cd8 and my temp was 96.9, if tomorrow's is drastically different should today's temp be discarded already? Or do you not discard a wonky temp until a few days later? I'm not sure what a chart usually looks like the first week of a cycle (my cycles are normally 35days)
Temp when you first wake up, even if its early. You want to get the waking temperature, even if its not the exact same time every day.
I will say that when I first started temping it totally messed up my sleep because I was so anxious about doing it right, sleeping long enough, waking at the right time, etc. Eventually though it just becomes part of your routine.
