~* For the "Did I O?" Ladies *~ (An Ovulation and BBT Temping Guide)

[Nafretili]

I've just started charting 7dpo. Will probably take me a month to understand the changes but I'm hoping my temperature changes around AF (Which hopefully won't come!) so I know I'm doing it right!

 

[ticking.clock]

ok this question may be TMI but here goes..........

when taking your temp vaginally how far inside do you put the tip?? just at the enterance or what?

From what I've read, you insert it up to the digital window and then stop.

thanks for that

i'm due to ovulate around now but if i dont get a BFP this month i'll change how i take my temps

 

[Nafretili]

I do mine orally should you do it vaginally?

 

[jessa_cole]

I do mine orally should you do it vaginally?

It depends on what you're more comfortable with. I do mine orally because I prefer that but some women do theirs vaginally because the temp isn't affected by outside influences like a colder/warmer room.

 

[Nafretili]

Ahhh Okay I see thank you I'm new to this

 

[pinksprinkles]

I temp vaginally. I tried temping orally but I breath through my mouth way too much for it to work for me.

 

[SA JennyPenny]

BBT yoda's...I seek ur help...pls have a look @ my chart..started opks @ CD10..but some dark and some light..all mumbo jumbo...so VERY confused this cycle! Usually 38 D cycle... I am desperate to know if iv O'd.

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/m/chartgraph_module.php?d=2011-09-19

Hope that works...link thingi didn't want to be nice...

 

[pinksprinkles]

I can't get it to come up.

If you go to Fertility Friend and click on the Share tab towards the top right, part way down the pop-up menu are the Homepage options. If you click on Get Code you will bring up a page that has your home page address. To see what other will see when visiting you homepage, click on View instead. If you need to make changes to it (or set it up for the first time) click on Setup- also in the Sharing menu.

 

[Floralaura]

Houston we have a problem..After I posted my + OPK the other day I either think I 1) havent ovulated or 2) REALLY suck at charting lol

 

[SA JennyPenny]

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2cb0da - hope this one works now..sorry iv been one of the sad blackberry crash victims!

 

[taylorxx]

I do mine orally should you do it vaginally?

It's really up to you. I found vaginal to be more accurate, but more of a hassle. Oral worked fine for me so I stuck with it. Just do not switch in the middle of your cycle as vaginal temps are generally much higher than oral temps. xx

 

[taylorxx]

LOVE YOU PINKSPRINKLES!! Great thread, so informative!!

 

[pinksprinkles]

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2cb0da - hope this one works now..sorry iv been one of the sad blackberry crash victims!

Hm, I'm not seeing O. How long do your cycles typically last?

 

[pinksprinkles]

LOVE YOU PINKSPRINKLES!! Great thread, so informative!!

Thanks, hun. I'm really glad you like it!

 

[SA JennyPenny]

Well nothing cast in stone..as I'm pcos, annovu...last months was 38 days, clomid and provera..was just such a successful month considering I hadn't O'd since m/c Dec 2010. I had a lot of twinges and jabs in both ovaries (more my left one which I never get twinges from) around when temp dropped ..but temps r so irratic! Feeling very disheartened! (

 

[SA JennyPenny]

Dbl post. Argh darn blackberry!

 

[SA JennyPenny]

Oh boy...so in my dire straits and tears my friend from makingbabies suggested could my thermometer batteries be flat? Stupid-o me I go look and there's an X over the batt image which means ALL my temps are incorrect for the last month! I'm assuming all of them anyway...who knows when the batt bombed!!!!

 

[ocean_pearl]

Thanks for posting this Pinksparkles! Very informative and easy to read.

I've been trying for 18months now without any opks, temping. But I'm thinking of temping because I don't even think I am ovulating due to coming off the depo injection.

Question: is temping like using opks, in that it doesnt exactly tell you an egg has been released, but just tells you you may have released an egg?

Also, do you have to take your temp more than once a day, in case ovulation occurs later that day?

Thank you!

 

[taylorxx]

Thanks for posting this Pinksparkles! Very informative and easy to read.

I've been trying for 18months now without any opks, temping. But I'm thinking of temping because I don't even think I am ovulating due to coming off the depo injection.

Question: is temping like using opks, in that it doesnt exactly tell you an egg has been released, but just tells you you may have released an egg?

Also, do you have to take your temp more than once a day, in case ovulation occurs later that day?

Thank you!

It only tells you the day after you've ovulated. Some women get a dip temp the day of ov, but you won't know until a few days afterwards. If you don't want to use OPKs, just BD every 2 days and everyday when you think you're in your fertile period. It tells you exactly when you ovulated (if you do it right and there's no outside factor like a fever, waking up freezing/sweating, etc). You only take your temperature once. You take it at the same time as soon as you wake up. So if you wake up around 7am every morning, set an alarm and temp as soon as you wake up before you get up or even speak, with a basal body thermometer. An hour late/early can make a + - .1 difference, which is crucial to temping. You can go back to sleep if you'd like, just be sure to record the temp. Your temp doesn't rise until the day after you ovulate xx

 

[pinksprinkles]

Well nothing cast in stone..as I'm pcos, annovu...last months was 38 days, clomid and provera..was just such a successful month considering I hadn't O'd since m/c Dec 2010. I had a lot of twinges and jabs in both ovaries (more my left one which I never get twinges from) around when temp dropped ..but temps r so irratic! Feeling very disheartened! (

Don't give up hope on O'ing soon. I'm super irregular with my period (was annov from Dec 2010 to May 2011, so have only had 4 cycles this year) but most of the time when I O, it isn't until after CD 25. If last month you has a 38 day cycle, then I'm guessing you O'd around CD22-CD28, so O'ing soon would make sense if the meds worked this month.

Oh boy...so in my dire straits and tears my friend from makingbabies suggested could my thermometer batteries be flat? Stupid-o me I go look and there's an X over the batt image which means ALL my temps are incorrect for the last month! I'm assuming all of them anyway...who knows when the batt bombed!!!!

Oh that really stinks!! But I'm glad you found out, and that you have time to get a new thermometer/battery before your next cycle starts.