I've been tracking AFs & CM and doing OPKs (which may not be as reliable as I thought with PCOS - oops!) as well as keeping a note of anything else (cramps, sexy times, etc.) with Ovia but it's so hard to pin down a possible O that I would really like to start temping - I put it off for ages because it seems hard to get an accurate BBT figure but my DH says he'll just wake me up by sticking the thermometer in my mouth (clean your minds, ladies!) so that might help keep things consistent but I'm concerned that either I'm 'doing it wrong' (is that possible?) or that the my therm is broken because I just did 4 tests one after the other and got: 35.88, 37.03, 35.84 and 36.93 - lots of big differences there!
I know I won't get my BBT in the middle of the day but I can't imagine my temperature is fluctuating that much while I'm sat at my desk? I'm just wondering really if I need to be consistent about where it is (EG under/over tongue, mouth-tightly shut or not...) etc. or if I just need to buy a new thermometer
Would love some advice!
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Roxy1212 · 24/03/2015 18:03
STEP AWAY FROM THE THERMOMETER NOW!!!!
Only take your temperature the moment you wake up- otherwise you will, indeed, get wacky and conflicting readings. This is precisely what I did when I first started temping, and it drove me insane.
Yes, you do need to be consistent re: position- tucked firmly under your tongue. There's no harm in buying a new thermometer- they're pretty cheap after all- but I bet the one you have is just fine (yep, I did that too 
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Have you read "Taking charge of your fertility"? Chapter and verse on temping, and all the rest. There's also a connected website- //www.tcoyf.com.
Remember, you're looking for a pattern, not just one reading, so it will probably take 2-3 cycles for you to get the hang of how it (and your body) works. I loved keeping paper graphs, and obsessing about tiny fluctuations...
And then one day, you'll have the satisfaction of seeing the line on the graph go up, at the point where, in all your previous cycles it went down, and then go up a little further than ever before, and....bingo!
(currently 30 weeks pregnant at 41, and the thermometer has been firmly retired).
ps- no way I could take vaginal temps, as DS comes into my bed for a cuddle every morning, and insisted on copying me and taking his temperature too...,
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