When to take BBT

[mumstheword]

Does it matter if you take your BBT at diferent times?

[*Nikki*]

yeah it does matter... its best to take it at the same time every morning before you get up or move around to much... It will be much more reliable that way

[{sarah}]

You really have an hours leeway, so if you usually take your temp at 7.30am you can get away with doing it anywhere between 7am & 8am without too much discrepency. If you do it outside that hour you may get a bit of variance. And as Nikki said, you need to take it before you move much & before you speak, so you pretty much wake up & tick the thermometer in your mouth before doing a thing.

HTH

[mumstheword]

You really have an hours leeway, so if you usually take your temp at 7.30am you can get away with doing it anywhere between 7am & 8am without too much discrepency. If you do it outside that hour you may get a bit of variance. And as Nikki said, you need to take it before you move much & before you speak, so you pretty much wake up & tick the thermometer in your mouth before doing a thing.

HTH

Ok I didnt realie I had n hours leaway. Igenerally take it about 6.30am so would 5am be too far off?

[Justin Keane]

hi mumstheword, as long as you've had 4 hrs consecetive (sp?) sleep, then your temp reading will be a reflection of your basal body temp.

[{sarah}]

When I was working two days a week I was generally getting up at 7am for five days and 5am for two consecutive days & I never really had much of a difference. The main thing as Justin has said was the amount of sleep prior to taking the temp, if I had been up & down with DS then it was more likely to be an odd temp as compared to if I got up earlier. Does that make sense?!

[mumstheword]

Ok thanks

[belle75]

What happens when say you wake up at 5am and lie in bed to take temp at normal time (6am)? I've been doing that for a few days . should I be adjusteing my temp?

[Heaven]

You should just take your temp as soon as you wake up if you wake up early I wouldn't use the adjuster thing.

[mumstheword]

Well know that I know this, do you think I got 4 hours of continuous sleep?

Am over waking constantly

[Justin Keane]

mumstheword, regulation of the monthly cycle depends on a regular day/night cycle. I know it can be hard with kids about but it can certainly happen! I have to suggest at this point that you make an appt to see a specialist in tcm fertility (a little to complex to try and diagnose remotely!) as natural medicine is the best option for getting back to your natural pattern. If you need a referral let me know where you are and I'll do my best for you.

[mumstheword]

mumstheword, regulation of the monthly cycle depends on a regular day/night cycle. I know it can be hard with kids about but it can certainly happen! I have to suggest at this point that you make an appt to see a specialist in tcm fertility (a little to complex to try and diagnose remotely!) as natural medicine is the best option for getting back to your natural pattern. If you need a referral let me know where you are and I'll do my best for you.

Can you Pm me some more info on this please? I am already highly fertile so dont know if I really need something to help my fertility IYKWIM but I am always open to knew things

[Justin Keane]

Hi mumstheword,
i left a note for you yesterday on hotmail, i hope you got it ok.

[mumstheword]

Ok thanks, I got it and I get what you are syaing now.

I normally get 8 consecutive hours of sleep just sometimes I dont if I am stressing etc as we all do

Thanks anyway

[Justin Keane]

ok that sounds normal to me!
good luck, let me know if i can help again...