Ugh. Realized a critical BBT error this morning....

SallyCampos22 · December 2009

I discovered that my new thermometer does not go to the hundredth degree (ex: 97.75) but only goes to the tenth (97.7). So my chart is entirely unreliable as a guide whether or not I'm sustaining a temp rise if I don't get anything higher than the 97.7s I've been getting. No wonder I keep getting the same temps!

I guess this means I can't obsess over my chart as much as I have been. I hope I still have a chance this month!

Texas77again · December 2009

uh-oh, well all you can do is wait out this cycle and get the right kind of therm for next cycle. hopefully you won't need it! it does look like you O'd, there is a clear shift.

ShellShockedMama · December 2009

I don't think your chart is "unreliable" I swear TCOYF promotes thermometers that only go the the tenth digit. I used that for my first two cycles and was able to verify O.

CoastieWife08 · December 2009

Texas77again:
uh-oh, well all you can do is wait out this cycle and get the right kind of therm for next cycle. hopefully you won't need it! it does look like you O'd, there is a clear shift.

Ditto!!

SallyCampos22 · December 2009

Thanks ladies! I sure hope we've got a good chance here. The silly thing is I bought this new thermometer to replace one that did go to .xx because the previous one was too slow. I guess I'll go back to Slow Poke thermometer next month (if there's a next month.....fingers crossed it won't be necessary!).

erpetdoc · December 2009

Yep, ShellShocked is right. I got the BD basal digital thermometer, and it only reads to the tenths. But right on the package, it says "recommended by Taking Charge of Your Fertility author Toni Weschler."

However, watch that 97.70!!!! The first thermometer I had always defaulted to 97.7 when I turned it on, and I thought that was the MEMORY. Turns out, the first therm (bought from CVS -- which DID go to the hundredths) there wasn't a memory, and that was just the default temp.

I'm still holding at 98.0 --- and that's frustrating, too.

SallyCampos22 · December 2009

papetvet:
Yep, ShellShocked is right. I got the BD basal digital thermometer, and it only reads to the tenths. But right on the package, it says "recommended by Taking Charge of Your Fertility author Toni Weschler."
However, watch that 97.70!!!! The first thermometer I had always defaulted to 97.7 when I turned it on, and I thought that was the MEMORY. Turns out, the first therm (bought from CVS -- which DID go to the hundredths) there wasn't a memory, and that was just the default temp.
I'm still holding at 98.0 --- and that's frustrating, too.

That's a good point too. I did check to make sure it's actually reading a temp and not just defaulting (it does a blinking "L" when it's starting to read, so I make sure I see that and then temp). I try to only read it immediately after temping so that I don't lose it.

AppleRidge · December 2009

I have only ever used a .1 degree thermometer and it's worked out just fine for me (especially since mine gets a read in like 8 seconds). That is what TCOYF recommends.

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