Dropping temps

[mrsn102714]

First month temping. Just wondering when everyone's temps drop (when not pregnant).  I know it varies from person to person, just curious! Also for those of you who have charted and got a bfp, did you get an implantation dip?

[Unknown]

Mine varies. Sometimes mine drops the day before my period starts, sometimes it drops CD1 sometimes it doesn't drop until CD2. W/ LO#1 I did not get an implantation dip. You can check out FF and search charts w/ and w/o dips to see.

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[icaughtfire]

Feb 11, 2015 14:00:55 GMT -5 mrsn102714 said:

First month temping. Just wondering when everyone's temps drop (when not pregnant).  I know it varies from person to person, just curious! Also for those of you who have charted and got a bfp, did you get an implantation dip?

My temp drops usually a day or so before CD1. The two times I charted & got a BFP I don't believe I got an implantation dip because to me, the charts look pretty similar to my not-BFP charts. I'm no chart whisperer though. Your chart won't predict pregnancy..please don't look that much into it. The prettiest charts can be BFNs & the ugliest charts can be BFPs.

[rztrumpet]

Mine drops the day I get my period about 90% of the time, and the day before about 10% of the time.

I always have a dip in the 6-9 DPO range, when I was pregnant it was a slightly bigger dip, but nothing I would rely on in the future.

[joy]

CD4 or CD5. Seriously. My body likes to hold its heat.

[joy]

Feb 11, 2015 14:05:02 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

Your chart won't predict pregnancy..please don't look that much into it.

Also, this.

Charting's purpose to pinpoint your ovulation day and determine your luteal phase length (in hindsight).  That's it.  If you're trying to do anything else with it, you're doing it wrong.

[ghostmonkey]

Feb 11, 2015 14:08:55 GMT -5 joy said:

Feb 11, 2015 14:05:02 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

Your chart won't predict pregnancy..please don't look that much into it.

Also, this.

Charting's purpose to pinpoint your ovulation day and determine your luteal phase length (in hindsight).  That's it.  If you're trying to do anything else with it, you're doing it wrong.

This. A pretty chart with every last little thing noted ever so perfectly doesn't get you pregnant any faster. It provides historical data that can be used to guide future decisions, but it does not guarantee how any future cycles will go.

[kariann12]

Feb 11, 2015 14:05:02 GMT -5 icaughtfire said:

Feb 11, 2015 14:00:55 GMT -5 mrsn102714 said:

First month temping. Just wondering when everyone's temps drop (when not pregnant).  I know it varies from person to person, just curious! Also for those of you who have charted and got a bfp, did you get an implantation dip?

My temp drops usually a day or so before CD1. The two times I charted & got a BFP I don't believe I got an implantation dip because to me, the charts look pretty similar to my not-BFP charts. I'm no chart whisperer though. Your chart won't predict pregnancy..please don't look that much into it. The prettiest charts can be BFNs & the ugliest charts can be BFPs.

This. I've gotten myself way too excited about pretty charts, and then am disappointed. 

That said, my temp usually drops a day or two before I get my period. But again, this differs with each person.

[Deleted]

My temp doesn't usually drop until a after my period has started. I've only seen an implantation dip once or twice. Definitely not reliably.

[daisy818]

The one month I've had a period my temp dropped a lot 2 days before AF but didn't drop below the coverline till CD1. There's my anecdote!

[mrsn102714]

Thanks! I am not using it to try to predict pregnancy, just trying to get the best grip on what I am looking at. I paired it up with opk's this month and feel really good about pin pointing my ovulation! Just wanting as much info as I can. The more I can wrap my head around the better I feel about this whole process.

[mugster]

My temp also drops several days into my next cycle (to around my cover line)... it typically does not drop below my cover line until 7-8 days in. Last cycle it dropped the day before I got my period though, so it doesn't always behave the same way.

[sister13]

Feb 11, 2015 14:00:55 GMT -5 mrsn102714 said:

First month temping. Just wondering when everyone's temps drop (when not pregnant).  I know it varies from person to person, just curious! Also for those of you who have charted and got a bfp, did you get an implantation dip?

Way to sneak this in.  

I'd say search on FF for implantation dip for answers on this one.  That will give you statistics rather than anecdotal evidence. Not, that the statistics help anything either. 

[MissMusic]

10 DPO, usually. As others said, it varies person to person.

[Rama]

Feb 11, 2015 14:07:50 GMT -5 joy said:

CD4 or CD5. Seriously. My body likes to hold its heat.

Hey, is this seat taken?

OP, my temp dropped at CD9 last cycle and probably today (CD7) this cycle.  Both were Provera-induced, so take that into consideration, too, I guess?

[joy]

Feb 11, 2015 14:24:56 GMT -5 @emilie818 said:

Feb 11, 2015 14:16:22 GMT -5 mrsn102714 said:

Thanks! I am not using it to try to predict pregnancy, just trying to get the best grip on what I am looking at. I paired it up with opk's this month and feel really good about pin pointing my ovulation! Just wanting as much info as I can. The more I can wrap my head around the better I feel about this whole process.

Just remember that charting is about the big picture and not about day-to-day specifics.  We are all going to have wonky days, wonky charts, and wonky cycles.  

wonky wonky wonky


EDIT: Glad to see you back!  I hope things have improved for you

[teraiin]

My first cycle charting my temp dropped slightly the day before AF and then plummeted the day of AF.

Second cycle charting my temp dropped slightly the day before AF but then rose slightly the day of AF.

I'm on my 3rd so it remains to be seen what this one will be like.

Not the largest sample size, but to me it proves what everyone else has been saying that pretty charts don't really mean much and neither do ugly charts. LOL also I remind myself that individual temps are less important than the overall trend.

[mrsp]

For the most part, my temp will drop the day I get AF. Sometimes it'll drop a day or so before. As far as implantation dips go, I don't think I had one for either one of my BFP's. Try not to focus so much on that though because while they do happen, it's not that common and isn't a sure sign that you'll get a BFP if you have one or a BFN if you don't.

[heatherj9603]

Mine sometimes dropped and I'd start two or three days later. Sometimes it would still be up that morning but I'd start that afternoon. 

[cnf2013]

Mine doesn't really drop until after my period has already started.

[pismoduo]

Feb 11, 2015 15:01:34 GMT -5 teraiin said:

My first cycle charting my temp dropped slightly the day before AF and then plummeted the day of AF.

Second cycle charting my temp dropped slightly the day before AF but then rose slightly the day of AF.

I'm on my 3rd so it remains to be seen what this one will be like.

Not the largest sample size, but to me it proves what everyone else has been saying that pretty charts don't really mean much and neither do ugly charts. LOL also I remind myself that individual temps are less important than the overall trend.

Yea, this is me. First cycle - temp drop the day of AF. Second cycle - Temp drop the day before AF. Third cycle - Temp drop the day of AF. This last cycle - temp drop the day before AF, rose the day of AF.

And I've basically stopped temping once AF comes, because my temps are beyond rocky during my period and it just throws off FF to have all that up and down going on.

[anustart]

Mine drops below coverline between CD 2 and CD 5. Like others have said, don't read too much into it. My last cycle was very clearly triphasic with an "implantation dip" - no BFP. It can be a mindfuck if you let it.

[mrss44]

Mine normally drop a day before or the day that I start.

[lilsneezy]

My temp usually starts to decline 2 days before my period starts.

[squeakyduck]

Mine temp drop is a perfect 50/50 split between day of and day before CD 1. I'm also clearly a freak because it has alternated each month. I took the last 3 months off temping, so now I'm really curious to see if that pattern continues after my little break.

[Heisenberg]

Feb 11, 2015 19:28:11 GMT -5 lilsneezy said:

My temp usually starts to decline 2 days before my period starts.

Ditto. I feel like I chart mostly to determine when AF will arrive lol.