[Pollyf]

What do you think, try this, with the vitamins, with the non stop sex, with the opk's and anything else i can do to stress me. Whats the chances of getting a bfp then?

[swatmommy]

Hey Pauline,

I started temping after 6 months of ttc, and I like it. I don't do anything else, cause I have no clue what to do- ie opk's, cm checking, furking, saliva tests, vitamins (except folic acid), primrose, agnus cactus, grapefruit juice, etc. We bd when dh gets randy, lol.

I was surprised at how straight forward it was (except this month). A low temp means you're in the beginning of your cycle, ie before ovulation. My temp rises a day or two after ovulation has already taken place, and stays high until the day before af arrives (unless I'm pg, in which case it stays high).

So temping doesn't tell you when to bd, because you don't see a change in temp until it's too late. But, it's really nice knowing that you've ovulated that cycle, and you get a warning before af arrives.

If you do decide to temp, make sure you get a thermometer with two decimal places, as the temp rise is quite subtle, usually .3 degrees or so. I keep a notepad beside my bed to record the temperatures, cause you're supposed to take the temperature before you get out of bed at the same time each morning.

It might take a couple of months before you start noticing a pattern, and I hope you get your bfp before that!!!! You probably already know all this stuff, and I'm just a big show-off, know-it-all, lol. What can I say, I'm obsessed and I want other people to join the madness, lol!!!

Tracy

[mommie2be1966]

<span style="font-family:Optima">OK, so here is my stupid question for the day....
do you take your temp ORALLY or "down there'????</span>

[swatmommy]

Not a stupid question! Most thermometer are oral, lol.

HTH

Tracy

[Pollyf]

Thanks Tracy, glad you were showing off, i've just started reading about it, if af comes knocking i'm going to boots to buy a thermometer. I'll join more madness.

Pauline

[bookwormmommy]

So AF is here-or almost. That makes it officially six months so I am buying the thermometer today and will start temping too. I thought that the temping is supposed to show you when you are about to o though. In TCOYF it says your temp will drop by a couple of tenths in the days before o so you know when to bd. Is anyone else having success with this? I already can tell I've ovulated each month because I always get the o pain.