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CruiseGirl28

Hi,

  I am new here.  My name is Meg (27) and my DH is Joe (28).  We just celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary, and we are ready to start TTC.  After being on birth control pills for 9 years, I went off them in November.  We weren't planning on TTC until May, since we had a cruise booked, but I wanted to give my body some time off the pill.

 I guess last month was our first cycle "trying" but it was kind of halfassed.  Since my cycle started the day before we went away, I wasn't temping or charting.  We just did the BD a bunch of times just to see.  During the 2WW, we started gearing up for our 2nd cycle.

 I started lurking this board, and I downloaded the fertility friend app.  I bought a basal body thermometer and I started temping/charting.  I ordered some OPKs, which will be here tomorrow.

Needless to say, I got AF yesterday.  I am so ready for it to be gone, so we can really start trying. 

 This may be a stupid question, but does anyone else have issues temping?  I always have had issues with this.  It takes me forever to get a reading, and when I do, it seems low and all over the place.  Any suggestions for this? 

Golferbee

Welcome!

just make sure you are waking up at the sameeeeeee time every morning. It is hard at first, but it becomes habit. And make sure you got a few hours of consecutive good sleep.

That's all I know. Ha. 

mamathefox

Welcome. I'm confused about taking forever to get a reading? Which thermometer are you using? I use the Mabis one and it takes 60 seconds typically. 

CruiseGirl28

Its a CVS brand one.  It says it takes 60 seconds, but it usually takes longer than that.  

babylimas

My temp typically runs lower than normal. It was surprising when I first started charting, but it's the same 4 years later and a new thermometer.

dragonfly711

CruiseGirl28:

Its a CVS brand one. nbsp;It says it takes 60 seconds, but it usually takes longer than that. nbsp;

Same here

muffin0512

Welcome! My DH and I are doing something similar. I'm going off the BC pill in about 2 weeks in order to give my cycle some time to get back to normal before we start TTC in January. I bought the Mabis BBT from Amazon and opened an account with FF so I can temp to make sure I start ovulating again. I haven't used it yet though, so can't help you with your temping issue. Sorry Best of luck to you!!!

mrs_tacos

I agree, temping at the same time every day after at least three hours of sleep is best. Also, waking up to an alarm vs. a gradual, natural wake-up is best. I felt like my temps were a bit erratic, so I started setting an alarm for 6:30am, waking up just to temp, and then going back to sleep. If that doesn't work, vaginal temping is a perfectly legitimate option. 

Welcome to the board, and GL! 

britneyfaye

Welcome and GL!

bridenamedjenn

Welcome and good luck to you!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who waited a little to start TTC because of a booked cruise. lol. We have one booked for this September so had to wait until May to start trying so that I wasn't past the 24 week mark at the start of the cruise just in case we were successful right away.

STBMrsMiller

Welcome and good luck!

TeeJ526

hlmlvt:

CruiseGirl28:

Its a CVS brand one. nbsp;It says it takes 60 seconds, but it usually takes longer than that. nbsp;

Same here

Ditto. Sometimes you end up sitting there waiting for it to beep and it feels like forever.

Welcome and good luck!

Hovdy2013

Good luck! My second month TTC just started yesterday, well Tuesday.

Welcome!

kramja01

Welcome to the board, and good luck!

crwel1048

Welcome and GL! 

 I just want to add, temping at the same time is crucial IMO. My thermometer just came from Walmart. I got it when TTC my DS. Worked fine and seemed to take longer than other types of thermometers, but I trust it. 

izmom28

Thanks everyone! I was temping at the same time every morning when my alarm went off. But DH gets up earlier than me, so sometimes I wake up, go to the bathroom, etc and then go back to bed. So this morning I set my alarm for the same time as his and took my temp then. I have my alarm set to go off at that time every day now.

izmom28

Whoops sorry. Posted under my "knot" user name. Have to change my login for mobile bumping

adadeart

Hi!  I am a newb as well!  I temped orally for 2 months before I switched to vaginally....really helped my charts.  Good luck to you!