BBT temping question

[gemashlou]

Hi! I've just been diagnosed with PCOS, and so based on what I've read it seems that my best chance at figuring out if I am ovulating is through temping! I've just got a question though, I'm a bit of a crappy sleeper and I often get up to pee at night, because of this I've just tended to temp whenever I wake up, which is usually around 4am, but sometimes it's around an hour earlier or later. My app is telling me off for being irregular with my timings, does anyone know if I take my temp at my wake up time of 6am, even if I've woken up overnight, will that affect it?

@gemashlou I have the same issue, so I set my alarm for in the middle of the night, earlier than when I'm likely to get up for a wee. You should ideally have 3 hours of unbroken sleep to get an accurate temp. I'm usually asleep by midnight, so I set my alarm for 4.30am, take me temp then, then go pee and go back to sleep. It's annoying but I would get up at some point anyway. I occasionally wake up before 4.30am but it's just one of those things, just do the best you can and try and work out a time to set an alarm that gives you the best chance of 3 hours sleep beforehand x

Ah thanks for this idea! TBF, for the last couple of nights I've waited until 6am to take my temperature, even if I've woken up slightly overnight, and it doesn't seem to have made a massive difference to my temps? Very tempted by OvuSense just for the ease!