Basal temperature

[laurah92]

Hey everyone,
I'm now going onto my third month of ttc, I have been using ovulation kits for the last 2 months but thought I would start tracking my basal temperature as well, I'm completely new to it so I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on it? It says you have to do it at the same time every morning before getting out of bed but does it matter if it's an hour different or so? X

Hi ladies,
Hope you all had a nice weekend?
I really need some help? I took my temperature this morning and it's really high, I will attach a picture of my chart so far, my temperature that I took this morning is classed as abnormal?! I'm so confused what is going on, I'm only cd 9 today, I took ovulation test last night and it was low at cd 8 and then I took one this morning at cd 9 and it's saying I'm at my peak already and will ovulate tomorrow at cd 10, the massive temperature rise is confusing me tho, can anyone give me some advice?

Hi 👋 I so wish I could help but I don't understand this while temp thing myself yet really hope someone can come along and help x

My fermometer has arrived and all paired up, took my first temp just now to try it and make sure I k ow what I'm doing. Now I just need to understand it as I actually have no idea what I'm looking out for

@raspberryjamlove me either I just hope I start to see a pattern, not enjoying my alarm going off early on my days off tho lol 😂 let me know how you get on with it. What thermometer did you get? X

I have an early alarm which never fails - a bearly 2 year old I got the fermometer. Think I already messed up my first reading lol but plenty of time to get it right I guess! Wish I had started earlier! Which one do you have? X

@raspberryjamlove haha yours seems a better early alarm than mine lol, mines just my boring phone going off at 6 in the morning lol 😂 I just got one off amazon called baby mad, don't know how good it is x

Not sure how good mine is tbh but I have the app now and let's see. Tbh both times I have got pregnant in the past I have just gone off EWCM so I should probably just go off that but feel like I wasn't to give myself the best chance! X

@raspberryjamlove just try it for a little while and see how you get on, I'm only going to use the ovulation kit and track my temperature/cycles etc till I can see a pattern, I know my body and know my ovulation and if I actually am ovulating or not then I will stop it all and just go with my body and signs x

Snap I think it's that reassurance that you are ovulating when you think you are and tbh anything to feed my obsession - I wasn't like this at all before until I had a miscarriage. Lockdown doesn't help as you seem to have more time to think about thing's X

@raspberryjamlove yea exactly, it's just reassuring to see that your ovulating and your body is doing what it's meant to be doing, I always get so happy when I see a smiley face on my ovulation kit 😊 I know what you mean, I can never wait for the next day to wake up, pee on a stick and take my temperature lol 😂

Hi @laurah92 and @moreinfopls how are you both getting on? Are you still temping? Mine is a bit erratic but doing my best with it! X

@raspberryjamlove hey 😊 how are you? Yea still tempting, mine has been a bit all over the place too, I'll attach a picture, ignore the beginning of it tho, I had a temperature as I got a horrible cold so the beginning of my chart is a bit crazy and high. I think I ovulated really late this month at cd 25 which would make me about 6 dpo, have a look and see what you think? X

@raspberryjamlove heya, my April has been all over the place. I've caught thr virus, have been off sick for 3.5weeks now, so i am glad i am not pregnant now and dont have that extra worry. I am on medication and my ovulation is delayed, as expected...so i think i need to properly recover and then we'll try again next month!
Doing charting has actually really helped me to feel calm about things, understanding a bit better about what is my body doing and telling me. Right now is telling me to relax so that's what i an doing!

Also, don't worry if your temps are erratic now - these are strange times and our bodies just need patience and calm now! Take care

Thank

Hi @laurah92 I find them hard to interpret but I think you're right, what cd do you usually ovulate? After tracking a few months I've realised I tend to get peak LH cd 13 and ovulate on cd 14...well I think anyway, I have all the signs! Did you do lh testing this cycle or have any other symptoms only ovulation?

My chart is suggesting I didn't ovulate as my temp isn't a big enough jump but im 99% sure I did and it's because my temps fluctuate so much. I'm finding temping hard to do as I have a toddler who isn't a great sleeper so I'm tossing and turning when I hear him crying and some nights having to go to him. I love the idea of temping and will carry on but don't think I can do it very accurately atm!

Oh no @anotherfeduplady I hope you're doing ok. Sounds like you've had a very rough month! X

@raspberryjamlove by your chart, I would say that you did ovulate on cd 14 but like you this is my first month of temping so I'm really not 100% sure. Since coming off the pill in January, my cycles have been all over the place in length so not really sure what my normal is yet. Yea I'm still using ovulation kits too. I believe I have PCOS, as every month I have been doing tests, I get more than one peak in the cycle, this month I got 4 before I believe I did actually ovulate so I'm keeping an eye on that and if it continues then I will talk to dr about it, that could also be causing my chart to be a bit all over the place too. How many dpo are you now? X

@laurah92 yes sounds like it's worth speaking to the gp to get t their thoughts on it. That's interesting you have a few peaks, so you get any other symptoms? I tend to get ewcm and also tummy ache. It's great you're tracking now as will give your gp plenty of info to go off, I really wish I'd started tracking things better a few months back.

I'm 2dpo atm so a long wait! Xx

@raspberryjamlove yea I'm going to give it a few more cycles of tracking and if it's still the same then will talk to dr, atleast then I will have a good 3 months of info to give them so if there is a problem, hopefully they can help me quicker. Yea I know, when I looked it up online, it said PCOS that cause you to have more peaks in a cycle even when not ovulating yet as hormone imbalance, this is why I believe there is a possibility. Obviously I would love to be pregnant right now but I would also like to know that my body is doing what it's meant to be doing properly so I know that I do have a chance each other. I normally get really heavy watery cm and twinges around o time. I think I'm around 7-8 dpo now if I did even ovulate. Are you going to wait till af is due to test or will you start testing before? X

@laurah92 I always say I'm going to wait but always end up testing really early and getting annoyed at myself as once I've started testing I can't stop! lol! Also when I was pregnant last time I didn't get my bfp on a normal test (not frer) until 2 days after af so I know I really shouldn't...but I definitely will when will you? X

@raspberryjamlove I'm exactly the same. I say I won't test till af is due but I always do lol and like you, once I start testing, I can't stop. How long did it take you to fall pregnant last time? X

Hi @laurah92 with my 1st I didn't track anything we just said we wouldn't use protection and it happened very quickly probably 2 months after. With the baby we lost last year it was again about 2-3 months though I wasn't tracking it. I didn't become crazy with testing etc until after then! One thing I can tell from my app is that I didn't get my BFP until 3 days after af was due but I wonder if I implanted late which has a higher chance of miscarriage...of course I have actually no idea!

How's the temp tracking going? My app recognised ovulation today so that's a positive. Still a bit all over the place though! X

@raspberryjamlove I'm 10 dpo today and my temperature dipped this morning, I'm hoping it rises again tomorrow. I don't know weather to take that as a good sign of not. Feel very uncomfortable and constipated, sick 🤢 headache 🤕 very sore, swollen and heavy boobs and a bit crampy and very exhausted. I'm hoping it's all signs of implantation? But don't want to get my hopes up. Have you got any symptoms? Sorry to hear about your Mc, it seems you fall pregnant 🤰 very easy and quickly when your not thinking about it. I think if nothing has happened in a few months then I will stop tracking and just let nature take its course and see how that goes x

Hi @laurah92 fingers crossed you see that rise tomorrow. I think temping is good but also adds another level of worry/analysis doesn't it?

I'm only 5dpo so got a while to go when will you start testing? Xx

@raspberryjamlove me too but I'm not getting my hopes up. Yea it does, all this ttc is so stressful and makes you worry about everything.
I'm going to try and hope off till Wednesday to test if Af hasn't arrived and if af still hasn't shown her face by Saturday, I'll do another test then as I'll be 1-2 days late then x

@laurah92 keeping everything crossed for you! Keep me posted on your temp and sending positive vibes! Xx