[Ithink]

First, I am still waiting for my first period off BCP (already had one false crosshair on FF in the last month so it's frustrating!) but until it arrives, I've been charting. I've mostly done it orally but thinking of switching to vaginal since it oral temping seems unreliable to me - it jumps around too much! Do you think that's a good idea?

Second, and related, I tend to wake up kinda slowly now. My partner gets up at 6:45 and starts getting ready for work and my alarm doesn't usually go off until 7:15 which is when I take my temp. In that half hour, I sometimes toss and turn trying not to wake up before my time Also, especially in the summer when it turns light early, I start waking up before my alarm, so my sleep for the last hour or so isn't very deep... Do you think all this slow waking and turning/tossing effects my temp when I take it at 7:10-7:15? I'd rather not force myself to wake up fully to take the temp when all that tossing and turning begins but maybe I should? What do you think? Does that happen to any of you and how do you deal with it? Would temping vaginally ameliorate any of above's effects on the temp?

Any help and advice is appreciated!

[TnPhotoMama81]

I am not sure about the tossing and turning but I would def start temping vaginally. Check out my chart if you want. The cycle before this one my temps were everywhere!! It has made a huge difference this month.

[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

Your temps are probably erratic because you just came off the pill. Temping vaginally may help some but you may just have a few wacky charts while your body is adjusting from going off the pill.

As for tossing and turning, what I would do is change your temp time to an earlier time. It can affect your chart. I had this problem a lot myself. If you do wake up before your temp time, I would just take your temp then and mark your chart with an open circle. To do that select sleep deprived.

[Ithink]

Well, FF finally gave me solid crosshairs this morning! Dare I hope that I will finally get my period at the end of the month?!?! It'll be three months since I took my last BCP this weekend and still no AF! Maybe she's finally coming. I got my highest temp reading in a month this morning so maybe my body finally remembered how to churn out progesterone?!?!