[AJ82]

Hi so I've started charting this month, I didn't start til CD15 tho. I know that because of this I'm not going to know what by base line is til next month. With that being said my numbers are everywhere, but everywhere consistent. I'm a Personal Trainer so my schedule isn't the same everyday. Some days I test at 4am when I wake up and other days I get to "sleep in" til 6am. What I noticed is that all my temps for the 4am days are around 97.2 and the other days of 6am or weekends at 7-8am are higher more around 97.7.
I'm just curious if this is just a coincidence or if anyone else has that same problem. And if this is a because of the varying times do I need to get up every morning at 4am(Ugg)?

[melp]

this is pretty normal. i can't remember the degree change per half hour but that looks about right. i am almost always 97.7 at 6:30 but 98.1 a ittle later. i would not worry about getting up any earlier, just realize the change is the time.

[rlh27]

Consistency is EXTREMELY important when temping, and your temp can creep up by as much as .1 of a degree every half hour later that you temp. And unfortunately, it's hard to tell how much different wake times affect your chart until you've been doing it for a few cycles, since every woman is different. While it is possible to adjust your temperature to make it all seem like a consistent wake time, this should only be reserved for "emergency" situations (like you woke up early and couldn't fall back asleep, your alarm broke, ect.) and should not be a regular occurrence. So yes, unfortunately you should get up every morning at 4 if that is when you usually wake up. You can always just take your temp and go back to sleep, though. Otherwise you'll have a hard time interpreting your chart.

[bellabri287]

yep, i have my phone alarm for 5:15 every day, i wake up, temp, pee, go back to sleep.