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wannabemommy09 asked on 9/16/2008 2:40:21 AM Report this post
I don't get the grasp of what I'm looking for does the temp go high or low when your ovulating??? TTC is soo confusing and frustrateing sometimes.. oh and is it best to have sex in am or pm when ttc? How are you ladies doing tonight?

babydustglitter said on 9/16/2008 8:56:43 AM Report this post
Here are the basics:

Temp same time every day in same conditions. If you smoke or drink alcohol or had bad nights sleep or the weather had a drastic change or you kept waking up, your temp won't be particularily accurate. So try to wake up at same time every single day and before do ANYTHING use your BBT Thermometer. It is best to stick it on th side of your tongue towards the back.

You then record your temp. If you happen to miss a day. No biggie. When you O, for some women they get a slight dip, others don't. The rise occurs only AFTER you O and thus you need to anticipate O and BD before that. So if you do OPKs or check your CM, that is best to tell when will O and a chart will show if you have already. After O chart should stay up about 3/10s - 4/10s higher than last 6 days temps pre-o. The chart on here draws your coverline for you. If After O your temp starts to drop, your AF is probably coming. One day drop, could be a # of things affecting your temp. If temp continues to rise, that is what you want. That is classified as a "pregnancy chart" but not all pregnant women get those either. Sometimes it just means you had a great chart! A typical chart if no hormonal issues will not be saw-toothed and will pretty much go up and then even out after O and drop for AF or go up for pregnancy.

Mara04 said on 9/16/2008 2:47:50 PM Report this post
Fertility Friend is a goof helper. I had to quit it myself because I would temp the same day to the minute and they would be all over the place. One day would be almsot like I have a fever and the next day barely alive lol My thermometer was fine my body temps are just out of wack lol But they are a good place to type in your temps AF's and CM and they will shart for you so you can visably see where you are oing. Alot of people I know have had great success with that.

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