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Question on my chart:

ColoradoMelissaColoradoMelissa
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So this is my first cycle charting and until today it kept telling me that my temps fluctuate too much...

I got my Smiley Face OPK on CD13, earlier this week, but my temps have now dropped, not staying up for 3 days.

I'm new at this and am totally confused...am I doing somethig wrong with taking my temp?  Is the fact that it's up and down and all around an issue?  Do I need to go through a full cycle to really be able to read my chart?

I'm hoping this link works:

https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/21bafc

Thanks for any insight you can share! 

 

 

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  • erica2573erica2573
    This was my first month charting too and it was a disaster! I had one peak temp and then it dropped again. My RE looked at my chart yesterday and he was afraid I had not O'd even though they gave me the trigger shot. He had me get a progesterone blood test yesterday to confirm...fortunately, it showed I did O so I have no idea what was going on w/my temps! (I think it may have been the user!)  I hope you have much better luck than I did at charting!
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  • ToshaGirlToshaGirl member

    It can take a cycle or two to get into the swing of charting. What you'll be looking for in the overall patterns, not the day to day variance. Your chart looks okay to me, it's super early on to tell very much.

    Just hang in there, keep charting and it will become clearer.

    I'll assume you are temping at the same time every morning after at least 3  hours of uninterrupted sleep?

    Have a look at my chart if you want to see wild temp swings :)

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  • gymnst1013gymnst1013 member
    Are you taking your temperature at the same time every day?  If not, that could account for the fluctuations.
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  • ColoradoMelissaColoradoMelissa

    Yep-5:45am every day.  One day I must have pushed snooze and didn't temp until 5:55am, so just 10 minutes later.

    Do you think that's too late and I'm already starting to "stir"...that I should move it to earlier?

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  • ToshaGirlToshaGirl member
    imageColoradoMelissa:

    Yep-5:45am every day.  One day I must have pushed snooze and didn't temp until 5:55am, so just 10 minutes later.

    Do you think that's too late and I'm already starting to "stir"...that I should move it to earlier?

    As long as it's the same time and you've just woken up it should be okay. If you been lying there awake beforehand at all that can change it.

    I have to move my time back to 5am from 7am after my first cycle, and that made a difference. I take it and go back to sleep.

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  • DukosDukos
    This is my first cycle charting too and it's all over the place.  I'm just coming of BCP though, so I knew this could happen.  When I reread the page in TCOYF about coming off the pill, everything that was happening to me (weird temps, weird CM patterns) was listed so I felt a lot better.  Plus the fact that yesterday when the BTT beeped and I woke up with my mouth open and the thing not even under my tounge...I realized that maaaaybe that's why my temps are weird...lol.  I think it takes a few cycles of charting to get the hang of it.  GL!
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  • QE2QE2 member
    OPKs can detect your surge up to 36 hours in advance. It is possible that your surge was on Tuesday and you are O'ing today, which will start your thermal shift with tomorrow morning's temp. Cross hairs won't appear for another few days if this is the case.
    TTC since 3/08 DOR, High FSH, Hypothyroid, Uterine Polyps, blocked tube, MFI, 5 rounds of clomid, 5 IVF attempts, 2 hysteroscopies, 2 natural conceptions=2 losses (Methotrexate, D&C) Successful DE cycle twins born 10/7/11 Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
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  • Kat28655Kat28655

    A + OPK usually precedes O by 12-72 hours. You could O today!!! Hang in there!

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  • floridakatfloridakat
    Ditto pps. According to your chart it looks like it's likely you could O today. GL!
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  • rebelina1rebelina1 member
    imageQE2:
    OPKs can detect your surge up to 36 hours in advance. It is possible that your surge was on Tuesday and you are O'ing today, which will start your thermal shift with tomorrow morning's temp. Cross hairs won't appear for another few days if this is the case.

    I agree with this. 

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  • hollymichaelhollymichael
    I bet you O today and your temp goes up tomorrow.
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  • sel*stellasel*stella

    I don't know if this will help, but... when I first started charting, I literally just took my temps, entered them into FF, and didn't think much else about it. When I got the crosshairs, I thought, ok, that is cool. Now, in my 9th cycle of charting, I start fretting over my temps and basically freaking out because I didn't think I was going to ovulate. (not sure if you saw my post the other day) Well, it looks like I ovulated after all, and now I feel silly for fretting so much about it.

    What I'm saying is, try not to "study" your chart too much before you get a few cycles under your belt. I never really obsessed until this cycle, and I just have to not do that. 

    I bet you will O today too, as the other ladies said. HTH!

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