question about charting

sel*stella · November 2008

2 questions, actually:

How drastically does drinking alcohol affect your temps? And, when adding to your chart, if you drank the night before, do you enter "drinking" on that day, or the next day, when you would likely have a higher than usual temp?

Heart of Love · November 2008

Honestly, you really shouldn't be drinking at all if your TTC, that's the first thing a doctor will tell you. While it's not easy to retrain your brain, I should know - I loved my Margaritas, you have to cut out anything that will make it a bad enviornment and that includes drinking. From what I understand, it also makes conceiving that much harder and hightens your chances of a miscarriage...that's all I had to hear before it scared the hell out of me.

Best of luck.

Pesky · November 2008

I would note it but I never notice a huge jump in temp when I drank. Of course, I didn't drink enough to get soused so if you are drinking to excess I don't know. But that varies a lot from woman to woman. I would just note "drinking" and see if you see a pattern where it does elevate your BBT. GL!!

Mrs White · November 2008

Heart of Love.. are you really as dense as you sound? I have read 2 of your posts and wow.. just wow.

Alcohol will raise your temps but you can drink while TTC. As many people say.. drink till it is pink. If your body is accustomed to a few drinks every now and then it will not have a huge impact. Granted if you are an alcoholic and are drinking huge amounts on a regular basis you may want to cut back.

sel*stella · November 2008

Thanks to everyone who responded. I'm not a heavy drinker, but do like having a few beers. I had read a lot of the "drink til its pink" thing, so that is why I wondered about it. I am new to charting, so I'll definitely cut way back since it does appear to affect my temps.

NewMrs07 · November 2008

I stopped cold turkey for the first few months TTC and I still didn't get pg, so now I'm like what the fvck, I'll have an occasional glass of wine or beer. I don't get wasted but I can't totally cut it out, especially since I'm on cycle 10. I need something to get me through this TTC crap, especially when AF shows. GL!

Heart of Love · November 2008

Heart of Love · November 2008

Mrs. White, I think you must be having a bad day. Dense? No my dear, just smart. Ask your doctor what he thinks of your "drink til your pink" thoery and see what he tells you. Many "people" may promote it, but not the doctors who probably know a little more than we do. Maybe in the 70's it was acceptable when we didn't know any better, but for the women here who are putting everything on the line to conceive a baby - it's not such a life altering adjustment to cut out the alcohol, at least not to all of us...maybe to you it might be.

Nothing I said was inappropriate and would warrant such a nasty comment from you...(but then again when I see your title on the bottom read "Holy S**T" - that tells me something right there. I thought these posts are supposed to be for opinions which means we are all entitled to our own. And since I wasn't speaking to you, you should think before you speak instead of lashing out with insults and name calling.

God Bless!

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Expert Answers
Jill Stovsky, physiologist

Should I stop drinking before I start trying to conceive?

Yes. A baby develops rapidly during the first weeks of pregnancy, even before the mother-to-be knows that she's expecting. Some research shows that even a moderate level of alcohol can increase the chance of a miscarriage so drinking alcohol while trying to conceive is not an option.

MRSGOLABONTE · November 2008

The temps on my BFP were so bizarre, that I didn't even notice if my night of a few drinks affected the temps or not.

Heart, you appear to be new to the board, so I think the reason the PP reacted so strongly to your post is that normally we don't judge so harshly on here. That hasn't been the flavor of this particular board, although I know it is commonplace on other boards. Some people choose to drink, others don't. Some choose to get Amnios and CVSes and others don't. Neither is right or wrong, it's just what's best for that particular individual.

Heart of Love · November 2008

Mrs G...I agree, but if you reread what I wrote - it was neither harsh nor judgemental, it was just my opinion. The person who posted the question and I have communicated before in other rooms (very openly and honestly) so I know she's aware of how I meant it. I know someone who had a very devastating expereince recently that was atributed to drinking while trying to conceive and I guess I was trying to stear her aware from such an expereince herself being she just started trying for her first. However people are entitled to do what they please - that's the beauty of America.

Best of luck to you

MRSGOLABONTE · November 2008

Eh, your first sentences did appear a bit along the lines of a lecture, IMHO. Didn't know the two of y'all had a history. Still not sure I would have posted the same way you did myself, but to each his own. ;-) No hard feelings here. I'm too damn old to hold grudges! haha

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