Moms, how do you temp?

RayRay007

I don't plan on going back on BCP, just charting to avoid until we're ready again. I've had my therm. by my bedside for a couple months, but I cannot remember to take my temp. But even if I could remember, it might be 4 am some days, 6 am other days. I might have just gotten up an hour earlier to shush DD. Gah. I am guessing I should temp before I get out of bed to feed her (usualy b/w 4 and 6) and just take it for what it's worth. What do you do?

rrcraz7

This is my first cycle charting and I know I should set an alarm everyday but that's not happening. R sleeps 10-12 hours/night so and wakes consistently between 6:30-7:30 and I'm up @ 6:00 3 days a week for work. I'm just going to temp when I wake, no alarm.

I know it's not ideal but I'm hoping it still shows the shift.

chattabox

I set my alarm for 5:30 because heaven knows I am NOT getting up at that time, but it's the perfect time for me to know I will have had a solid block of sleep beforehand, but to know I can still fall back asleep until I have to get up around 7:30ish.  Sometimes my kids crawl in bed with us after 6ish and I don't always get up at the same time every day, so this is just what works best for me. 

RayRay007

GhostMonkey:

I try to remember to temp before I get up to go shut him up in the morning. It doesn't happen often.

 

I love this. "go shut him up". I sometimes do that around 3 or 4 in the morning. I'm like "there is no way I'm feeding you. Here's your paci. shut up."

holly321

I am considering starting to temp, but i don't see how I can do it consistently enough, so i don't think it will work.  I think I have decided I will wait 6 month, and if I am not pregnant then, then I will make myself.  That might change to 3 months, dd has been sleeping a lot better.

mrsadamc 05

I just couldn't temp so I was checking cervical position.

holly321

mrsadamc 05:

I just couldn't temp so I was checking cervical position.

 I have never tried that, I will have to look it it.

I check mucus, or try to do it eod at least. 

Manalyzer

I just started temping. It's taken until now for me to feel like I might actually be able to do it and have had ample sleep. 

We'll see how it goes.  

lilydeven

I work overnight, so I set my alarm to 9:10 pm and take my temp. then I jot it on my cellphone and then go back to sleep for a few more minutes.

EMOmamma

With a thermometer. J/k DS sttn & I have to be up for work before he usually gets up so it's really not an issue. I don't set an alarm on weekends but the difference is only 30-60min so I'm not worried about it.

SchruteBucks

I set my alarm for 5:30 every morning and take it then.  I rely heavily on checking cm, too, since my temp times haven't always been consistent or after very much sleep.  I've used FAM for 10 years to successfull TTA and most of that time I wasn't temping, I was only checking cm.  I'm temping now because I plan to TTC soon.