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BBT and working night shift, anyone?

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Does anyone have experience charting and working night shift?  Even though I always take my temp after at least a solid 4-6 hours of sleep, it seems "off".  It always seems higher when I temp after working all night, as opposed to a regular full night of sleep.   I just don't know if I can trust it.  Anyone have experience with this?
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  • Mrs.TeddyMrs.Teddy member

    I know there are a few other shifters on here. I am really lucky I have had a long stretch of days this cycle. I did attempt to chart when TTC#1 and never got crosshairs. I was SO frusturated by the end of the cycle! I got my BFP tho!

     TCOYF says it should still show a thermal shift even when doing shifts as long as you get the minimum 4ish hours sleep in.

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  • PattersRNPattersRN member
    I work NOCs, 3 on 2 off, which makes temping at a consistent time challenging.  So far my temps have been relatively consistent and I just got my first CHs.  I haven't noticed that my temps are higher after working all night.  You could just do what I did and try it for a month to see if there is a discernible pattern, if not then maybe you can add OPKs to give you a general idea of when you might O. 
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  • FreyaWin2382FreyaWin2382 member
    I work day/night shifts, with no specific pattern, so temping didn't work so well for me...my temps were all over the place. I finally quit temping and now am using OPKs and checking for CM....we'll see how it goes. GL!
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  • Mrsbuttercup0806Mrsbuttercup0806 member
    You will see some pattern after a few cycles, I found I had to temp vaginally to really be able to see a clear shift.
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  • reinstonereinstone member

    This might help:

    https://www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/BBT-and-shift-work.html

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  • ecn0002ecn0002 member

    I work an occasional night shift or two every couple weeks...I just started temping this cycle.  I found my temps on those days to be wayyyy high, and totally threw my charting off.  Check out my chart in link below.  I'm hoping next cycle goes better :-)  

     

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