Getting up to baby at night and trying to temp

[BekZ]

Hi Ladies,

I have started temping again but I am finding it hard to temp at the same time every day..actually no 2 days are the same becasue DD2 wakes at different times.

The first cycle I temped was orally and it showed that I ovulated. This cycle I am on day 28 and no O as yet. I have been temping vaginally this cycle to increase accuracy. My chart looks like the rocky mountains, up and down but no significant temp increase. I have also tried to temp after at least 3 hours of sleep. For example if DD wakes at 4.30am then I take the temp because I know I have to get up again at 6.30. On other days she'll sleep till 7am and so do I so I take my temp then.

Oh yeah after O last cycle I started taking a herbal formula from a naturopath to help with my cycles and ovaries etc...I am thinking that this may have stuffed up my Ovulation or maybe not?????

Anyone have any tips for temping when getting up through the night?

[Liz]

I tended to just take my temp at the same time each day regardless of sleep. I set my alarm and took my temp half asleep, scribbled it down and charted it later LOL. I had textbook charts.. so it must have still worked without the sleep.

[BekZ]

Liz - Would you still take your temp at the same time even if you got up to bub one hour before?

[Liz]

Yeah I did... altho, it wasn't perfect every morning. Obviously there were times I slept through the alarm or something, or if bub woke up 1/2 hr before, I'd just temp then, but I tried to keep it 1/2hr or 1hr either side of my set time. It just got too complicated trying to cater for night wakings when I never knew when I'd be awake. I figured my body would still have enough of a temperature rhythm happening, so I just went with same time every day.

[MamaPan]

i take it sometime b/n 4.30 and 6am depending when DS gets me up.i TRY to do it after 3 hrs sleep - but lets face it sometimes we dont get a 3 hr block AT ALL! i just take a note in my chart if it was really a bad night or diff time or whatever and see how it goes... this is only my 2nd month.

[BekZ]

Pregpan - This is my 3 rd month of temping. The first I temped orally, and last month vaginally. TMI warning - I then realised that I was not placing the thermometer in the same spot everyday so I really don't know how accurate my temping effort was last month.

This month I am going to try and temp the same time (seems that dd is now in more of a routine atm) and I'll try and get the same spot iykwim!!!!