Which Temp Do I Use?

foxfire_ga79 · #1 March 29th, 2009, 06:51 AM

Good morning!
I temped this morning, DH's alarm went off at 6:15 instead of my usual 6:30 so I used it then, and it was 96.5 I thought that couldn't be right and right away temped again and got 96.72. So which is the real temp?
For BBT do I always use the lowest temp I get, or the highest?
Also, the day my temp was higher than the rest I accidentally slept through my alarm and temped at 7:50AM, nearly an hour and a half later than what I'm trying to make my normal temp time. It was still first thing as soon as I woke up, does it count?
Thanks!

WendyBird · #2 March 29th, 2009, 08:41 AM

For today, go with the first temp. The 15 minutes early are fine.

They day that was an hour and a half later, you need to pretty much discard. That is a big difference. If you're using fertility friend, make sure you put the time you temped in the record.

Mommy2Dakota · #3 March 29th, 2009, 08:55 AM

I did this today! I woke early and took my temp incase I couldn't get back to sleep and it was low (meaning AF should come today) but I fell back to sleep and took it again at my proper time (about an hour later) and it was high! I don't know which is right but have kept the high one for now. If AF comes (it hasn't yet) I will switch but I do know the first temp was taken after sleeping with my mouth open so I wonder if thats why it was so cool?

In your case I'd say keep the first temp because thats when your body was most at rest and with the second temp your brain had already been working on you, heating you up for the day etc....? Thats why I try to take my temp when I first wake - as even if I go back to sleep if my brain is too active I know I have no chance of taking another reading.

Jo xxx

foxfire_ga79 · #4 March 29th, 2009, 09:50 AM

Ok, I clicked the box on FF to discard that high temp. I used the lower (first) temp I got this morning, and even if I had used the higher one, there's still a drop from a few days ago. Granted, I've been doing this for like 4 days now, is this a significant drop?
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/ttc/i...hp?interface=0
CM is just now changing from EW to watery/thinner.
It really does look like my cycle is off because of that stress earlier this month, I'm really a day 14-16 kinda gal.
I'm assuming that if I don't get pregnant this cycle, I should expect AF to be roughly 2 weeks from now, since I didn't O on my normal schedule? O-ing late is what makes AF late, right?
Well, maybe hopefully I won't even see AF for the rest of the year. Heheheheh I just don't want to think the witch is late when she's not even due yet and test too early.

WendyBird · #5 March 30th, 2009, 03:36 PM

your link didn't work.

foxfire_ga79 · #6 March 30th, 2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by WendyD

your link didn't work.

How do I post it then, is there a code somewhere in the pages there?

sjkduke · #7 April 1st, 2009, 02:32 AM

There is....go to the left side of your page, and I believe you click on sharing, then home page setup, and the link you can copy there at the top of the page.

When you temped way early, I would just manually put in what time you took it, and FF will take care of it for you.

Good luck!