[rolirod]

I woke up this morning at 4:50am. I had to go the BR, so I temp'd before going. I got a temp of 97.98. After DH left for work today, I fell back asleep for about 2.5 hours. I temp'd again (just to see) and got 98.23. Which temp should I use? Both are outside of my normal wake time, so it's going to leave an open circle.

[Lindsey608]

What time do you usually temp? I'd probably go with whichever was closer to that.

[rolirod]

What time do you usually temp? I'd probably go with whichever was closer to that.[/b]

I normally temp at 6am, but for some reason I had to go a lot earlier. SHampton on TTC board suggested that I go to FF temp corrector. When I did that the temp was 98.03.
One more question...do you think I should do this for times that I work at night and sleep during the day instead of night? My temps are usually charted as open circles, because they're off from my usual time.

[Lindsey608]

I'm not quite sure about that one! I'd have to go back and read the bit in TCOYF about working the night shift

[Tiff802]

I say go with the first temp with the first question. You should have at least 3 straight hours of sleep before you temp.

As for the other question, that's hard. I'm not too sure since you can't temp at the same time everyday. I don't know how accurate your temps are going to be. If you temp, I say do it when you wake up from your longest amount of sleep. But still if you go 2 days where you temp in the morning and 2 days where you temp in the evening after sleeping, you aren't going to have an accurate reading. I know there are different types of charting, maybe you can try one that doesn't involve you having to temp.

[4 Butterflies]

I agree, I think you should find other ways. Here's what I'm going to recommend.... stop temping. Chart your CM, CP and use OPKs. This will show a much better picture. Since you don't have a regular schedule, taking your temps won't be very helpful. Another thing you might want to consider is getting a CBEFM- Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor. I rented one from THIS website. Only tough thing is you have to use FMU. For you I would say that would be whenever you wake up from your long sleep. HTH!!

[sjkduke]

Ditto--the CBEFM is wonderful to use if you can't or don't chart!

And....I would go with the first temp because you got at least 3 hours sleep with that one.