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Temping & Bathroom Issues

nomadicprincessnomadicprincess
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Okay, I have an issue & I am wondering if anyone else has this problem.

I usually wake up at some point in the night to use the restroom.  Depending when I go to sleep (and yes, I use the bathroom right before I go to bed), I may wake up anywhere from 2 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. needing to go to the bathroom.  I usually get my temp at 7 a.m.

I know this is screwing things up temp wise.  I get especially irritated when I wake up at 5 or so. 

I am using the TCOYF software and it does adjust my temps a bit based on the time, but my chart is a mess.  Anyone else have this problem?  If so, how do you handle it?

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Re: Temping & Bathroom Issues

  • gymnst1013gymnst1013 member
    What time do you go to bed?  Assuming you go to bed by midnight, I would suggest setting your alarm for maybe 3 and temping then.  You can go to the bathroom at that point too.
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  • nomadicprincessnomadicprincess
    I go to bed anywhere from 11-12.  I just don't want to wake DH either with the alarm.  He has enough issues getting to sleep and staying asleep. Grrr...
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  • barnwifebarnwife member
    I am like you. I get up every single night to go to the bathroom. Yes, I also go right before bed. I never look at the time when I do. I think (hope) that's it's early enough that I still get enough sleep before I temp at 6:00.

    I guess we'll see whether it's affecting my temps as time goes on. I hope not, because I won't set the alarm earlier because I wouldn't want to wake DH.
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  • elizjane26elizjane26

    imagenomadicprincess:
    I go to bed anywhere from 11-12.  I just don't want to wake DH either with the alarm.  He has enough issues getting to sleep and staying asleep. Grrr...

    My DH has sleeping issues too, but he can deal with it if it's what I need to do to get pregnant!! 

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  • CityGirl07CityGirl07

    imagenomadicprincess:
    I go to bed anywhere from 11-12.  I just don't want to wake DH either with the alarm.  He has enough issues getting to sleep and staying asleep. Grrr...

    I set my cell phone on vibrate to wake me up at 6:15. I keep it on my nightstand and it's loud enough for me to hear, but not DH. Then my regular alarm goes off at 7:15. Maybe something like that, which he wouldn't hear?

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  • Arielle27Arielle27 member

    First of all, I usually pee twice before I go to sleep just in case. It does help.

    Also, I set my alarm an hour early so that I definitely pee at the same time every day. That way if get up to pee early enough (i.e. I will get three hours sleep before my normal temping time), it doesn't bother me. And if it is too late, I may still have time to sleep for three hours before I actually wake up. 

     Hope this helps!

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  • nomadicprincessnomadicprincess
    imageCityGirl07:

    imagenomadicprincess:
    I go to bed anywhere from 11-12.  I just don't want to wake DH either with the alarm.  He has enough issues getting to sleep and staying asleep. Grrr...

    I set my cell phone on vibrate to wake me up at 6:15. I keep it on my nightstand and it's loud enough for me to hear, but not DH. Then my regular alarm goes off at 7:15. Maybe something like that, which he wouldn't hear?

    That may work! I'll have to try that. He honestly doesn't usually hear me taking my temp even though my BBT beeps.  So that may do the trick.
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  • nomadicprincessnomadicprincess
    imageelizjane26:

    imagenomadicprincess:
    I go to bed anywhere from 11-12.  I just don't want to wake DH either with the alarm.  He has enough issues getting to sleep and staying asleep. Grrr...

    My DH has sleeping issues too, but he can deal with it if it's what I need to do to get pregnant!! 

    Wow. Let me explain further why I don't want to wake DH if I can help it.

    1. He works for the Nat'l Weather Service as a meteorologist which is not a 9-5 job.  It involves shifts.  Once a month for a string of 7 days he works overnight shifts from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.  He doesn't get to bed until 4:30 a.m.  The last thing I want to do is wake him at 6 a.m. to check my temp and make it difficult for him to get back to sleep. 

    2.  Temping is going to be something we do until I get through menopause.  We are Catholic.  We follow NFP.  We won't stop once we have a baby or two because we will be temping instead of using any sort of BC to prevent pregnancy.  So I can't see waking him like that because this isn't going to happen just until we have a child.

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