Would you chart?

ENI36

So DS is still BF and I have had two periods in the last 3 months.  3 months ago being when I got my first PP period.  He does not STTN and also wakes around 5 or 6 am, nurses, then goes back to sleep until 7 or so.  This can vary a lot throughout the week.

With that back story, what I really wanted to say is that I want to get a handle on whether I am ovulating or not because we are TTGP.  I look at changes in CM and do OPK's but those don't tell me whether I've ovulated for sure, so I was thinking about charting BBT.  But after reading about that, it sounds like you have to be really accurate with when you take your morning temp and you need at least 3 consecutive hours of sleep prior to temping.  Since I wake up at all different times with DS, do you think this means that charting wouldn't be very reliable for me?

Mrs.Slick

To chart you need 3 solid hours of sleep and to wake up within 1 hour each day (30 minutes up or down from your normal time). 

Can you get 3 solid hours typically from 2-5am? If so you could have your set wake time as 5am or even 5:30. You could always try and see how it goes. If it doesn't work out, I'd at least do opks + cm. GL! 

Nita2603

That's really interesting, I had a similar question. So in the end, as long as I stick to the same time every morning, it's not THAT important, that I actually slept for at least 3 hours? Because my son is ALWAYS up by 6:30, I just might not have slept much by then.

ENI36

Ali&Luke:

This is my 3rd time TTC while breastfeeding. I have charted each time and have used the information that I gain from charting to successfully conceive 4 times (unfortunately, 2 of those were m/cs). I have charted through unpredictable wake ups and wake up times and it has not seemed to affect my chart much, as long as I try to temp around the same time each morning. My charts have always shown a clear thermal shift and I have never had much trouble determining O.

Let me know if you have other questions! GL! 

Thank you, this is helpful.  I may just go ahead and try it. 

ENI36

Mrs.Slick:

To chart you need 3 solid hours of sleep and to wake up within 1 hour each day (30 minutes up or down from your normal time). 

Can you get 3 solid hours typically from 2-5am? If so you could have your set wake time as 5am or even 5:30. You could always try and see how it goes. If it doesn't work out, I'd at least do opks + cm. GL! 

He's very unpredictable, so I can't say for sure if I'd get 3 solid hours at any point in time during the night.  Sigh...maybe I am too tired to make a baby . 

kacelle

I just started charting while BF and waking at random times for DD.  my temps have been consistent since I started, even when my wake time varies a bit or when I didn't quite get 3 hours of solid sleep.  There's information about dealing with special situations like this in TCOYF!

lovekissedmama

My LO also wakes around 5/530 to nurse and then will sometimes sleep until 630/7. My temp is much higher (and Im assuming not an accurate BBT) if I temp the second time she wakes after she nurses. I now temp before I nurse upon her earlier waking and my temps seem consistent regardless of how much sleep I get.