I'm temping now!

[justme00]

I got a BBT and I am now going to start temping. I'm still sort of sick so it might affect things. Does anyone have some tips on temping properly?

Thanks ahead of time!

 

[Jayne]

Main tips for temping are set your alarm for the same time each morning so that you can temp and then either get up or go back to sleep.

Don't get up and then temp, make sure you temp before you do anything, ideally before you even speak. Oh, and make sure you've had at least 3 hours solid sleep.

Temping does take a month or two to get into, but once you do, it's like second nature.

GL!

 

[Lazy Leo]

Hey there, you're in the same boat as me. I started temping two days ago. First morning was great but this morning, i turned the alarm off and went straight back to sleep. Wakened an hour later, text my mum and then realised I hadn't temped it takes a bit of getting into but I'm sure its habit forming!

 

[babezone]

Hey i started temping this month...Im not getting the hang of it lol....my OH has his alarm set for 6am mon-fri so i jus wack it in me gob as soon as it goes off....only annoying thing is the weekends lol cuz ya have to set ya alarm for same time lol so im awake at 6 on a sat n sun lol....but its def a good way to see things. im hoping i ovulated today ....my temp will soon tell me tomo xxx good luck xx

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[jo27]

Good luck i'm going to start also, i've just found the kit i bought ages ago but never bothered using it!

 

[loopylew]

this is my second month temping and im still getting the hang of it, my chart said id ovulated on cd13 then changed today to not ovulated at all. Having any alcohol the night before seems to affect my temps so i've started to disregard the morning after a drink. But the best advice i would give is definately taking your temp at the same time every day incl w'ends, which is hard, i messed up last month by being off work a week and having lie ins.

 

[jo27]

I might have that problme this week as i'm off work don't fancy setting my alarm for the usual time i would have to get up for work!!!

 

[loopylew]

i think the most accurate thing is the cbfm, im hoping that anyway, i think temping there is so much room for mis-interpretation etc

 

[jo27]

How are you getting on with the cbfm? I get o pains and also EWCM so figured if i temp that will confirm when i think i O well hopefully anyway!

 

[loopylew]

starting next cycle, waiting for my sticks to arrive, cbfm arrived Thurs. I don't seem to have ewcm and it all seems the same from about cd 10onwards so i figure my cbfm will help me properly, not ha d apositive on an opk either

 

[suzan]

Good luck!

 

[jo27]

starting next cycle, waiting for my sticks to arrive, cbfm arrived Thurs. I don't seem to have ewcm and it all seems the same from about cd 10onwards so i figure my cbfm will help me properly, not ha d apositive on an opk either

I've never had a positive on an opk either, i've only use cheapies tho, good luck

 

[loopylew]

i bought 5 boots ones and they've still said negative from cd11 or 12 i think i started with them

 

[jo27]

I did them pretty much every day for two cycles and not a thing sometimes a faint line and sometimes nothing!! I've just posted on your question to ask is it still possible you're yet to o?

 

[loopylew]

yeah i've had a faint line or nothing. I've ran out of tests now as well. Last mth FF said id ovulated really late but the whole chart was innaccurate anyway so i can't go by that. I was hoping that this month would be better.

 

[justme00]

well I started off on a bad note. I wake up at 8am on the weekends but wake up at 6am on the week days. My temps are gonna be screwy on teh weekends because I'm not waking up at 6am if I don't have to!

 

[Costella]

I just started temping this month. I've been having a hard time taking it at the same time every morning! And my temps are up and down, up and down. But this is my first month off the pill and first month temping...I figure it will get easier as I go along. I just need to get in the habit of taking my temp at the same time no matter how tired I am!!!
Good luck!!

 

[SwissMiss]

Hey girls, Im in my second month temping... its goin' ok, and if i may, most BBT thermometers have like this memory function that i would die without. i get up at 6.30 on weekdays, but NO WAY will you get me outta bed that early on weekends. I keep the alarm set, shove the thermometer in, fall asleep til it beeps the temp and then shove it back on my nightstand and fall back asleep... when I turn it on again when i wake up naturally, it shows the last temp taken, the one I took half in a coma at 6.30am!! just a tip... good luck!!!

 

[Lazy Leo]

That's exactly what I did this morning SwissMIss. BTW, love the new pic xx

 

[Tanya819]

Good luck with all the temping ladies. I personally like temping b/c it gives me something to do to pass the time when TTC. Then I become obsessed with the chart gallery, but that's a whole other story.

And I second the greatness of the BBT thermometer with memory. I too fall back asleep on weekends and don't see my temperature until well after 9am.