BeachyFeelin
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I hate posting this, because I've been all over this board saying how temping is great......but I realized something this morning and now I can't get it out of my head 
Basically I never, ever get 3-4 consecutive hours of sleep. Like, ever. I go to bed excited that "maybe tonight will be the night" but I ALWAYS wake up once, twice, sometimes three times in the night. Usually for no reason. The other night it was because of a terrible nightmare, last night an earthquake woke me up (oh the joys of CA living). And once I wake up once, it's like guaranteed Ill wake up one more time. Sometimes I have to get up and pee in the middle of the night too
Also - I wear a night guard because I grind my teeth.
With all that said, I DO have the same pattern going before I temp. My alarm goes off at 6AM, I hit snooze twice and finally roll over, take out my mouth guard at 6:10AM and temp.
Is all this screwing up my temp? If you look at my chart is it all over the place. Or is the fact that I seem to have the same routine (although not great) an indication that my temps are fairly accurate?
(for the record I do have some prescription anti-depressant pills i can take before bed that make me drowsy and HELP me fall asleep. but i'm not sure if they are safe to take while TTC yet and they don't always work in helping me STAY asleep, which seems to be my problem. So I've kind of stopped taking them).
Bottom line - does anyone else have problems sleeping but can still rely on temping as an accurate way to predict Ovulation?
Basically I never, ever get 3-4 consecutive hours of sleep. Like, ever. I go to bed excited that "maybe tonight will be the night" but I ALWAYS wake up once, twice, sometimes three times in the night. Usually for no reason. The other night it was because of a terrible nightmare, last night an earthquake woke me up (oh the joys of CA living). And once I wake up once, it's like guaranteed Ill wake up one more time. Sometimes I have to get up and pee in the middle of the night too
Also - I wear a night guard because I grind my teeth.
With all that said, I DO have the same pattern going before I temp. My alarm goes off at 6AM, I hit snooze twice and finally roll over, take out my mouth guard at 6:10AM and temp.
Is all this screwing up my temp? If you look at my chart is it all over the place. Or is the fact that I seem to have the same routine (although not great) an indication that my temps are fairly accurate?
(for the record I do have some prescription anti-depressant pills i can take before bed that make me drowsy and HELP me fall asleep. but i'm not sure if they are safe to take while TTC yet and they don't always work in helping me STAY asleep, which seems to be my problem. So I've kind of stopped taking them).
Bottom line - does anyone else have problems sleeping but can still rely on temping as an accurate way to predict Ovulation?
