I haven't temped in a long time. When I tried temping it did work for me. I got PG but suffered a MC. I can't remember the specifics of it. I Want to start tempting again. Here are my questions? When your temp drops and then spikes, which day did you O? On the temp drop or on the spike?
I find logging my temps in an app like fertility friend helpful for determining ovulation date. They also have great tutorials on charting BBT.
To answer your question, O day is the day before your temp spike (some people have a temp drop that day, but not always).
I'm sorry for your loss; you are welcome to join our weekly check-ins
Me 34 DH 36 Married since July 2010 MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
TTC #1 since June 2015 Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved. Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature 5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP! May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019 July 2019 - FET - BFN Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy
I second everything @ReesaAnne16 said. I'd also recommend reading Taking Charge of Your Fertility. It's a great resource and goes into detail on bbt, among other things. Especially helpful if you want to track manually.
Re: Temping question (loss mentioned)
To answer your question, O day is the day before your temp spike (some people have a temp drop that day, but not always).
I'm sorry for your loss; you are welcome to join our weekly check-ins
MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN
April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo
June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved.
Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature
5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP!
May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019
July 2019 - FET - BFN
Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues
Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy
July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy
I'm sorry about your loss!