[Hammie_Bug]

So... I guess I'll start this post by introducing myself. Hi. I'm Hill, married for 6 years to the love of my life and playing "mommy" to 15 pets of various shapes and sizes! Currently TTC #1 for about 6 months. We've never prevented but now we are activley trying after a substantial leave of absence from *trying* I am charting my cycles and finding it to be EXCEPTIONALLY irritating... Because you see I am a severe insomniac... I can go WEEKS only sleeping like 2 hours a night... Because I gave up all my sleep meds to try and get pregnant. On top of this issue when I DO sleep I am an "active" sleeper. Basically I walk all over every where in my sleep. I walk and talk and according to my DH. This as you all can imagine can mess with your temps...

Anyone else suffer any of the same issues and if so how have you resolved them? Also any natural ways to keep me in bed and asleep that are safe for TTC? (aside from melatonin which doesn't do jack for me!)

Anyways, thats my story! I'm gonna go poke around a little and look at everyones charts!

[~Sandy~]

WOW thats a toughie, I would say to maybe pick a time each day during waking hours and temp at that same time every day....Keep in the back of your mind that your chart will be harder to read but you should still see some kind of temp shift doing it that way....and just bd at least every other day until you are sure you ovulated to cover your bases, and try opk's so you know when your o is coming kwim....

Im sorry I cant help with the insomnia,,,,I myself am always tired lol, so Good Luck girl....

[drewbears]

wowsa!!! I couldn't imagine!

I would suggest not charting your temps, but keep up with your CM and all. OPKs may help you out as well.

There are no sleep meds that are okay when you are TTC or pg??