Charting help! Please!

whiteroses05

This is my first month charting so I guess rookie probably doesn't even cover it. I am just wondering why I had such a huge spike Friday and dip today. I still haven't gotten a + opk or peak on cbefm. I didn't know if this is normal or if I should discard one of my temps. Also didn't know if it made a big difference if I tempted with in 15-20 mins of each one??!? Please chart stock me and educate me. Also would love your feedback.

miakrita

Hey there,

I'm no chart expert by any means, but your jump doesn't look that extreme to me.  Were you drinking the night before?  Its good to keep track of general life activities (i.e. stress, exercise, drinking, etc)  so that you can see how they do/don't affect your temps. 

As to the 15- 20 minutes, I don't think it matters just as long as you are consistently within a window. 

Are you temping first thing in the morning before everything else?

Junebug060609

The chart looks pretty normal to me.  Are you temping at the same time in the morning, before doing anything else at all? 

As the other ladies said, note if there are other factors...like if you have drinks or are sleep deprived.  It's normal for temps to fluctuate a bit, and not uncommon for there to be an outlayer or two...it's the trend that you are looking for.  Right now your pre-o temps are hovering around 97.1.  When you O, you'll see a shift to a higher temp (mine jumps a half a degree or so, not sure what is normal). 

whiteroses05

Thank you ladies as always! I haven't drank any within the last couple days so the only thing I can think of would be not getting a restful sleep. I have been waking up in the middle of the night. 

sfortin9075

If you haven't read Taking Charge Of Your Fertility yet, I highly recommend it. It's pretty much the charting bible.  Good luck!