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Temperature question

boxermama24boxermama24 member
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This morning my thermometer acted up.  It beeped strangely (a sound it had never made) and the screen was all messed up when the final temp had been established.  I had to re-temp and it acted fine.

I decided to get a new thermometer today and it is AWESOME.  I love it so much more than my old crappy one.  

I just took my temp on both of them to see the difference.  My old thermometer said my temp is 99.0 and my new one says 98.62.  That's a difference of 0.38 lower on the new one.

Would you...

(A)    add 0.38 to my temp tomorrow morning & the remainder of this cycle so that it is as if I'm using the same one?

(B)    just record whatever temp my new one shows?

(C)    temp with the old one and hope it works the rest of this cycle?

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Re: Temperature question

  • ItsMeJBItsMeJB
    I'd just start temping with the new one.
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  • boxermama24boxermama24 member

    imageItsMeJB:
    I'd just start temping with the new one.

    Would you add the 0.38 to the new temps to make up the difference?

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  • armandos_girlarmandos_girl member
    Tough one.  If you weren't so close to O, I would say B.  But I'm tempted to say stick with the old one at least until you get a confirmed O.
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  • Penelope DrakePenelope Drake member
    This exact same thing happened to me this cycle as well.  I just started using the new one.  Mine broke after I was pretty sure I had O'd already, so it didn't make that big of a difference. 
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  • boxermama24boxermama24 member

    imagearmandos_girl:
    Tough one.  If you weren't so close to O, I would say B.  But I'm tempted to say stick with the old one at least until you get a confirmed O.

    This is probably a good idea.

    Perhaps I should use both thermometers simultaneously. Stick out tongue

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  • ItsMeJBItsMeJB
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    imageItsMeJB:
    I'd just start temping with the new one.

    Would you add the 0.38 to the new temps to make up the difference?

    Okay, I've re-evaluated.  I would check your temp tomorrow with both. If there is still a 0.38 difference in them then yes, add the 038 to the rest of the cycle. If not, then I'd just start using the new one.   It may mess you chart up.  But you'll at least have an accurate temp

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  • boxermama24boxermama24 member
    imagekdodge423:

    Switching thermometers is strongly advised against. You are looking for an overall pattern- clearly switching is going to make a huge difference on your chart.

    Can I point out the hilarity that if you were being monitored like you should be, this wouldn't be an issue?

     

    You can point out whatever hilarity you want to, kdodge, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm not being monitored and that my thermometer is acting up.  Either way, I want to accurately document my charts because of my luteal phase defect so, clomid or not, I am trying to figure out what to do.  I'll just try to keep my old thermometer alive for a little while longer.

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  • izzybellaizzybella member

    I'd stick with your old thermometer for continuity.

    And if I had as much sex as you've been having, I wouldn't be able to walk! Holy stamina woman! 

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  • boxermama24boxermama24 member
    imageizzybella:

    I'd stick with your old thermometer for continuity.

    And if I had as much sex as you've been having, I wouldn't be able to walk! Holy stamina woman! 

    Embarrassed

    Thanks, ladies! I'll stick with the old one, but keep the new one on the night stand in case the old one keels over at an inopportune moment.

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