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BBT rise still only 0.3 almost a week after ovulation? Strange cycle this month. Help?

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paintfairy · 15/04/2020 08:55

I've been tracking my cycles (not always bbt) for nearly 2 years. Usually I ovulate day 11 or 12. Oddly this month it was day 17. My opks were all over for a week (also unusual) and I didn't actually see my peak. Usually I get literally a one day surge.

I've attached my chart. Usually my BBT would sit around 36.7 by now? (sometimes it takes a couple of days to increase to that). Obviously I'm nearly a week after that now. Not only that- there have been decreases? So what's going on? Any ideas please?

BBT rise still only 0.3 almost a week after ovulation? Strange cycle this month. Help?
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Ltay2 · 28/04/2020 09:01

@paintfairy So annoying 🤣 still can't officially confirm my O day although based on CM I am fairly certain it was the day that was predicted.

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paintfairy · 28/04/2020 08:57

@Ltay2 that's how it got me. I literally was sleeping for no more than 2 hours at a time. For weeks. I was shattered. I just stopped doing it for a bit. I envy these people who can just not worry about it and sleep perfectly well. 🤣

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Ltay2 · 28/04/2020 07:30

@paintfairy I didn't get much consistent sleep last night again. Took my temp at around 5.20 after just 2 hours sleep. Losing hope of ever sleeping properly again now 🙈

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paintfairy · 28/04/2020 05:36

@Ltay2 So - I took mine at 4.40 this morning because that's when i woke. Given up trying to go back to sleep. 🤣 But it was still 36.67. Which is what it was the last twice taken at later (but different) times. I think the consistent sleep is definitely more important than the time. Obviously the same time would be ideal like. 🙄

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paintfairy · 27/04/2020 09:49

@Ltay2 yeah I was having a break. Partly because I don't want a December baby, partly because I was stressed and partly due to coronavirus. I was going to try again next month.

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Ltay2 · 27/04/2020 09:45

@paintfairy Oh even more unusual! I suppose it would be best to test tomorrow just to be sure. I am so tired today and feeling on and off waves of nausea but sure it's way too early to be a sign of anything (only 4DPO) so probably just due to my messed up sleeping patterns.

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paintfairy · 27/04/2020 09:41

@Ltay2 if AF hasn't come by tomorrow I might do a test. But we used contraception throughout my fertile window, so theoretically it shouldn't be possible!

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Ltay2 · 27/04/2020 09:25

@paintfairy I'm the same with my temps, always 97.13 F before hand. Strange isn't it! Oh how annoying, do you think there is a chance of you being pregnant?

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paintfairy · 27/04/2020 09:13

@Ltay2 yes I would. And maybe once you've taken the pressure off, you'll find you sleep better and manage to get more temps than you thought?
I actually seem to wake more in my luteal phase I think. On reflection. I tend to know I have ovulated because before - my temp is usually really stable. Like 36.31. Every day no matter what time. After ovulation I might not get a good reading but it becomes inconsistent. So it's semi helpful. 😂

And I'm still waiting for AF. Getting fed up now.

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Ltay2 · 27/04/2020 08:55

@paintfairy Maybe I should just stick to OPK and CM tracking and use BBT it and when I can. Just annoying as I have paid £40 annual fee for Natural Cycles app (been using for years successfully for prevention) and now it's not as useful as it's main indicator is temp.

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paintfairy · 27/04/2020 08:53

I woke at 4am today and didn't sleep properly after. So in couldn't temp today. If you aren't getting a decent few hours solid sleep (they say 4) then the temperature is unreliable. If I wake at 5am (but have slept through) I still use it, as its usually pretty correct and no different to if I'd taken it at 6 or 7. But if you've been on and off sleep wise, it just doesn't work.

Often I'm about 7dpo before I can say for sure I ovulated when I thought I did. I started doing opks as a second indicator.

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Ltay2 · 27/04/2020 08:51

@Milkshake54 Sorry EWCM was the day before ovulation.

Ltay2 · 27/04/2020 08:50

@Milkshake54 Yes according to CM I definitely ovulated on the day it's predicted or perhaps the day after. I tracked with OPK's and got a positive test 2 days before ovulation day but then I ran out so I couldn't continue testing to see if the line got darker or went away again. I had definite EWCM on the day of ovulation and had mild ovulation pains, or what I think were ovulation pains as never paid a lot of attention to them before!

Milkshake54 · 27/04/2020 08:44

@Ltay2 do you think you def have ovulated? Do your track your CM?

Ltay2 · 27/04/2020 08:31

@Milkshake54 I would probably say that 5am is closer to normal time. Just confused as I am now 4DPO according to predictions and I haven't yet had a rise in temperature although not sure which ones to count and not count so may have missed it. I have message the NC help desk to see what they suggest ongoing with my sleep problems.

Milkshake54 · 27/04/2020 08:26

It’s not unusual for your BBT to rise whilst sleeping, that’s the pattern they’d expect to see. Which temp is more close to you ‘usual’ time of taking it?

Ltay2 · 27/04/2020 07:57

Ok so I took 2 temps today.

5.10am (after maybe 1 hour solid sleep, 2 hours broken) which was 97.45 F.

7.52am (after 3 hours broken sleep, only 30 minutes or so solid sleep at a time) and that was 98.04 F.

I now don't know which one to use or whether to just discount them both again as neither are after a long solid sleep. Confused

Ltay2 · 26/04/2020 15:50

@paintfairy I know, as if there's not enough to worry about with the whole TTC process, and the world in journey at the moment for that matter.

I found myself waking up last night and calculating when I next needed to wake up in order for it to have been 4 hours and then if I woke up earlier than that I was so anxious about getting back to sleep. I woke up feeling quite refreshed but now I'm exhausted so it obviously affected my sleep quality.

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paintfairy · 26/04/2020 14:52

@Ltay2 no, its mad how my brain just obsesses over it! Can't be good for you at all.

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Ltay2 · 26/04/2020 14:04

@paintfairy Glad it's not just me then. Going to just measure as normal in the morning so long as I've had a good sleep, not going to stress over it being 4+ hours.

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paintfairy · 26/04/2020 12:00

@Ltay2 that's how I got. It just stressed me out! To the point that I couldn't sleep during my LP at all because I was waiting for the temp confirmation.

@Milkshake54 we used contraception this month during my fertile window because I didn't want a December baby. Plus the coronavirus madness. So if I am- that would be ridiculous. 😂

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Suki2020 · 26/04/2020 10:25

@Milkshake54 yeah I set an alarm to wake me up so that I take it the same time everyday. I do wake up during the night though, sometimes 3/4times I do go back to sleep but occasionally I could be awake for a while. I’ve noticed it a bit more this last month but I’m not normally that bad. But every night I will wake at least twice. This is my bbt chart as of today. I’m so confused by it this month.

BBT rise still only 0.3 almost a week after ovulation? Strange cycle this month. Help?
Ltay2 · 26/04/2020 09:48

@Milkshake54 I think that's what I will do from now on. It's how I used to do it but I felt I should do it 'properly' to see how it goes and I feel like it's just making me more anxious! Last night I fell straight back to sleep as soon as I'd woken up in the night, sometimes didn't even open my eyes just felt my brain 'come alive'. But in any case I've missed my chance to take my temp today so will try again tomorrow.

Milkshake54 · 26/04/2020 09:33

@Ltay2 I toss and turn most nights, and sometimes would stir and wake up and check my phone etc. But as long as I didn’t get up, or be awake for ages and struggle or get back to sleep - I’d still take my bbt at 6.30ish. I don’t know if this is right - but it worked for me 🤷🏼‍♀️

Ltay2 · 26/04/2020 08:54

I am struggling so much with taking my BBT. Feel like I slept well last night but no interval of sleep was longer than 2.5 hours and so I missed my longest patch of sleep thinking I'd get more later. This is becoming a daily pattern now and stressing me more than the TWW!