Charting - how does travel affect your bbt?

[Eaglebird]

Hi.
This is a bit long winded - sorry.
I started charting my temps on 17th Jan.
The 1st 10 days ranged between about 36.05 degrees C & 36.25 degrees C.
I then went on a last minute holiday, involving a transatlantic flight, and my temps for that week were a bit haywire - most roughly 36.35 degrees, with some higher due to disturbed nights.
I was due to ovulate when I was away (about day 14 /15 of cycle), and got definite physical signs (lots of EWCM & a higher cervical position)but I did not observe a big temp shift. I got a peak on day 16 of 36.55 degrees, but not a sustained rise over the following days.
Due to early morning travel & being stuck in an airport for several hours, I was unable to take my temp on cycle day 17 or 18.
Now that I'm back home, my daily temp is about 36.30 degrees C, which is higher than it was at the beginning of my cycle before I went away.
I'm unsure if I have actually ovulated this cycle. Can anyone advise please?
Is a temp difference of 36.25 at the beginning of the cycle & 36.30 after ovulation (hopefully) an indication that ovulation has actually occurred?
Can travelling cock up your temperatures?
Thanks in advance.

Not an expert, but thinking back to my temping days, I think I used to see a rise of 0.2 degrees which stayed higher for 3 days or more. The month I got pregnant it didn't go down.
You say you couldn't chart on day 17 and 18, which may have shown your temp staying high. I would chalk that month up to experience and see what happens in a month when you are at home. I think that travelling could indeed cock up your temps, as you will have disturbed nights, jet lag etc and if you are anything like me a bit to drink on holiday too!

Thanks for your replies.
I think I'll just put this cycle down to experience and start again properly next cycle.
My temp today was up to 36.70 degrees, which might be part of a thermal shift. I'll continue to take my temp to see what happens, and compare it against next months chart.
I've no reason to suspect ovulation problems. I got pregnant by accident last year , but unfortunately had a m/c at 12 weeks. Now I'm kind of desperate to be pregnant again.
Bloody typical to get pregnant without trying first time, and taking ages when you really want to be pregnant.
I had physical ovulation symptoms, and pounced on dp at what I thought was the right time, so you never know, this might be my lucky month .

This was the first time that I had traveled while tracking my bbt and I had the opposite experience. When I got to my destination (31h and 9 time zones later), the next few days my bbt was so low at a time when my body should’ve been ramping up for ovulation. I’m still trying to figure out how long my ovulation will be delayed for and the exact affects on bbt, but so far, most articles report having low bbts after long traveling because of sleep deprivation. Borrow this is mildly helpful. 🙂