Which Temp?

tigerhearted

So this is my first month of "seriously" temping -- as in, I've set an alarm so I can temp at the same time every day, instead of relying on waking up when my husband gets up like I did last month (didn't work out so well, holy open circles batman).

But our kitten has other plans!  He was being a crazy little hellion this morning and woke me up at 4am.  I temped then and got 97.2.  Then I managed to fall back asleep...took a while thanks to the kitten being screwy, and my hubby's snoring.    My alarm went off at 5:30, so I temped again and got 97.8.

Now I am left wondering which temp to record?  My actual waking temp (the 4am), or the temp taken at the normal time (5:30am)?

kissyfitt

Did you have at least 3 hours of sleep before the 4am temp?

If you go with the second temp, you'll have to mark "sleep deprived".  If you go with the first one, just change the time in FF.

I'd use the first one because you didn't have enough sleep before the second.

tigerhearted

Yeah we went to bed at 10 or 11 last night and I slept the whole night through until 4.  Is it really okay to change the time?  It probably doesn't matter right now because I'm still on my period, but I want to get into a good temp-taking habit.

mchupie

Go with the first temp.  You always want to use the first temp, unless you have 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep before you take the second temp. 

You'll get an open circle since the time was more than a half hour off from your normal temp time.

astack86

Ahhh, the kitty crazies. I'm glad I'm not the only one with an inconsiderate cat LoL Anyways, if he has me up that early I just temp then and mark it as sleep deprived on FF cause he'll have us up for a good hour...

cburitz

mchupie:

Go with the first temp.  You always want to use the first temp, unless you have 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep before you take the second temp. 

You'll get an open circle since the time was more than a half hour off from your normal temp time.

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tigerhearted

Thanks ladies!  I went ahead and recorded the first temp.  I hate open circles though, grr!

mchupie

tigerhearted:

Thanks ladies!  I went ahead and recorded the first temp.  I hate open circles though, grr!

Don't worry, it doesn't really matter during AF