temping questionhelp me understand!!

babydoll22308

I have started taking my temp in helps with TTC we start after next cycle. So i just want to make sure i understand.
So my temp will be going slighlty down until right when i ovulate it will spike .41 degree? Is that correct? I am trying to make sense of this all! Hahah
TIA

amberpro

I don't know that the spike is that exact (or even always that evident depending on your consistency of times while temping, illness, etc), but yes... a spike means ovulation.  Then it will stay high.  If you are KU, it will not drop again, otherwise it will drop right before AF.  

Good luck!     

 

ShandaB

Not exactly.  First I highly recommend picking up a copy of Taking Charge of Your Fertility.  It's such a great book to help with fertility. 

Your temp will be in a lower range pre ovulation then dip slightly on O day then spike up after you O.  Once the temp spikes up you've in your post O or two week wait stage.  If you conceive you'll have another temp spike and it will stay up from that point on.  The book explains it so much better.

babydoll22308

Ok thanks! I will try and find that book! It will be good to know what i am doing!!

ShandaB:

Not exactly.nbsp; First I highly recommend picking up a copy of Taking Charge of Your Fertility.nbsp; It's such a great book to help with fertility.nbsp;
Your temp will be in a lower range pre ovulation then dip slightly on O day then spike up after you O.nbsp; Once the temp spikes up you've in yournbsp;post Onbsp;ornbsp;two week wait stage.nbsp; If you conceive you'll have another temp spike and it will stay up from that point on.nbsp; The book explains it so much better.

ishka338

I also recommend using fertility friend to chart.  Its very helpful and if you temp properly, it will tell you exactly when you O'd.  I used it with both of my pregnancies and loved knowing it was or wasn't time to test.  GL!

 https://www.fertilityfriend.com/

SarahKate31

I agree with Shanda.

Although, once you O, it may not be a dramatic "spike". Usually it's a sustained increase of at least 0.3 degrees. My temps always show a slow climb over the course of a few days. I also use OPKs together with charting so I know when to expect O.

JavaVino910

Definitely buy the book, sign up for fertility friend and start lurking on the Trying to Get Pregnant board. You will learn a ton! Good luck!

M&M227

Read about it.  I did it and it was most helpful because after a few months I could see a pattern.  I found that I would ovulate on day 19 then have 11 days before my period started.  DH and I could plan our timing around that.  Although the month we conceived DD I had a very noticeable temp drop on O day and then a spike.  It was very clear.

LexGator

I also recommend TCOYF -- it really explains it all well. If you're charting online, like on Fertility Friend, you will get an ovulation date/crosshairs after three days of a temperature increase/shift. So, you can't pinpoint ovulation until after it has happened, though after you do it for a few months, you can get a good idea of when you generally ovulate. That's why monitoring CM or using OPKs (or both) work well in conjunction with temping.

I just started temping again this month -- I haven't done it in 2+ years, so I'm trying to get the swing of it again. Good luck with TTC!