Temping question!

acstiglbauer · July 2016

hey ladies! I'm new to temping and am a ltitle confused about what to do this morning. DH woke up at 4:45 wanting to have sex (great!) so I quickly took my temperature before moving and it was 95.13. So much lower than the 97 range I'm usually in. Went back to sleep and took it again when I woke up at 7 and it was 97.68--about .5 higher than usual. Which would you use?? I'm wondering if either is really valid. Thanks so much!

jackiemarie1989-2 · July 2016

How long have you been temping? What time do you normally take your temperature?

acstiglbauer · July 2016

This is the first month. I usually take it around 6:35.

jackiemarie1989-2 · July 2016

The temp you took at 7 probably isn't accurate because ideally you should take your temperature after at least a solid 3 hours of sleep. The temp you took at 430 is probably colder than usual because it is earlier than your normal time. So basically, unfortunately neither is really accurate but I would go with the first temp you took.
If you use fertility friend, it will show up on your chart as an "open circle" due to the time difference, meaning that you should take that number with a grain of salt. Try in the future to make sure you take it at the same time every day, but if you have an occasional day that is "off", don't stress too much about it. With fertility friend there is a way to hide all the open circle temperature readings and look at your chart without those questionable temps

jackiemarie1989-2 · July 2016

Disclaimer: I have only been temping for about a month as well, so we shall see if any of the more experienced ladies here weigh in

laurad75 · July 2016

@JackieMarie1989's explanation sounds right to me. It took me a few months to get the hang of seeing the patterns and temping at the same time. There will often be mornings that you can't get the time right. Getting in an early am BD with your man is the priority though so don't worry too much about it.

acstiglbauer · July 2016

This is so helpful ladies! Jackie your explanation makes a lot of sense to me. Thank y'all for weighing in. I agree--the bd was far more important than knowing the temp today!

delujm0 · July 2016

When I'm in my assumed FW I make SURE to temp religiously at the same time on the daily...otherwise, if you miss a day here and there, or you temp later than normal a couple of days, it's really not that big of a deal. I refuse to set an alarm on weekends, because I get up at 445 on weekdays and am not interested in doing that when I don't have to. So I just either skip it entirely (when I'm in the LP I usually get lazy), or let the open circles signal to FF that I temped at a weird time that day.

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