Temping question

ELL31310 · December 2013

I rarely get more than a 2 hour, at best, stretch of sleep at night. And the sleep I do get is very light and of poor quality. Is it still possible to get accurate results from temping?

I also can't temp at the same time every day because I have to do it whenever I'm able to get a longer stretch of sleep in and that depends on when my DD wakes (she is a very poor sleeper).

I have seen posts saying that people have had success temping at various times of the day. So I'm wondering if anyone has had success in my situation.

I'm just getting started temping so I don't have any results of my own yet. Just wondering what others experiences have been.

KingLED · December 2013

The only way to know if it will work for you in your current situation is to try and see what happens.

I don't have a kid, but I have severe insomnia and rarely if ever get more than 2-3 hrs of sleep at a time. I still get normal looking charts and visible temp shift each cycle.

So aim for being as consistent as possible when you can and see what happens. Good luck.

MrMrsandBaby · December 2013

I can tell you what I do, but I can't say if it is the best practice.

I set my alarm every single day to go off at 5:00. I know I will still be in bed at 5:00 so that is why I picked that time. My DD wakes up a lot overnight too but I don't get up to get her anymore. Those mornings that I haven't had 3 solid hours since my last wake up I would mark as "sleep deprived" and put in the 5:00 temp. After a few months, I realized the pattern was still there and FF could find my ovulation even with poor sleep so I have since stopped doing it (marking sleep deprived, I'm still temping).

You won't know until you have some data under your belt if it is accurate or not, but if you don't try you will never know!

Pintobean39 · December 2013

Sometimes I struggle with my sleep too when I'm having spells with my legs I just temp when I can get the longest stretch of sleep as possible. I always get crosshairs. I just tell ff I temp at the same time everyday so I don't get open circles and confuse ff.

All you can do is try it and see.

ELL31310 · December 2013

Thanks ladies! I will keep at it and hope that I'm able to see a shift.

@LindsRockies thanks for the links! Also you were/are on the January 2013 board right? I used to be but joined the FB group and don't visit much anymore.

RayRay007 · December 2013

It's hard to say. Give it a try and see. I take my temp at all different times (between ~5 am and ~8 am), sometimes after waking up an hour or two earlier or tossing and turning for a while. I can see a shift.

As for timing, I have been conducting a little experiment. I usually sit in bed and read for 30 min-1 hour before lights out, so I have taken my temp after I've been relaxed for a while, and I find that that temp is consistently 0.1 to 0.2 degrees below what my morning temp will be. So I'm guessing I would see the same shift, but I wouldn't count on it.

Josie400 · December 2013

I feel like my sleep is getting worse and worse. I've been waking up more frequently over the past couple months. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I immediately check the clock and see how long I have been asleep. If it's still fairly early in the night I go back to sleep, but if I know I will definitely not get another 3 hour stretch of sleep I'll take my temp, no matter what time it is.

I would suggest trying it out for awhile and maybe also checking CM and using OPK to see if your chart correlates.

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