Question from a newbie :)

[newbiegurl2]

Hello everyone, I have been lurking on the bump (and now on here) for a while now. My husband and I are planning to start TTC in a few months and I wanted to start tempting and charting to be prepared and understand my body better. I have signed up and watched the tutorials on fertility friend. I had a couple of questions, and know you ladies are a wealth of knowledge.

First, does anyone have a recommendation on a good basal body temperature thermometer?? a favourite that you may like

Also, should I start tempting right away or start on the first day of my next period. I know fertility friend said that cycle day 1 was day 1 of your period so I wasn't sure how to chart it if I started tempting right away. 

Sorry if these are dumb questions. Also, sorry if there is a similar thread, I tried to find one but didnt see anything.

Thanks in advance

[BrewGirl]

I started temping right away. Helps get you in the routine.

I also use Mabis bbt. It started acting funky a few weeks ago so I also have a Relion brand. Both are good.

[cateyes]

It is good to get in the habit of temping so starting now will help. This will also help you find out if you are a mouth breather or if anything tends to affect your temps. Some people need 3+ hours of sleep more than same time a day and some need both (hours and time) or vice versa.

I second mabis as a good BBT.

[requiressnacks]

+1 to Mabis. I do wish I had gotten a bbt with a backlight. Not sure if they make a model that offers that.

[Deleted]

If you purchase online make sure you are buying from a reliable seller. I had my Mabis crap out on the third day. It was great up until then.

[rooskie]

Mabis on Amazon. I wish I started tempung early. And also I can read my temp with the light from my phone screen with the FF app.

Also if you start temping early you will know if you need to at the same time or any time. My charts were bad until I set my alarm every day.

[newbiegurl2]

Thanks everyone!

[renbee]

Don't get the one cvs sells - I used it at one point and hated it because it doesn't remember your last temp. A lot of times I temp and then fall back asleep, so that was annoying because sometime I would forget what the temp was.

[lazyreader]

I use Kindara not FF and I use a Walgreens brand thermometer until I get my wink bbt.

[BurritosAtEveryMeal]

Welcome! I always used Mabis and had a backup from Walgreens.

[marajadeskywalker]

Hi and welcome ! I usually just participate in the waiting to do something thread, we are tta for a few months, but I'm also new to temping (this is my first real month doing it). I also use the mabis brand. It has a memory feature, so I take my temp, then go back to sleep and record it later

[icaughtfire]

My CVS must sell a different one...it can recall the last temp & only beeps when it's done.

[renbee]

I have been using the one that beeps while you temp for the last year or so - it broke recently, which is why I ordered the mabis. The beeping didn't bother me, I actually kind of liked it because then I don't fall asleep with a thermometer in my hoo-haa! It was this one:



The one from cvs that I hate that doesn't remember temps was this one:

[swivelchair5]

Mar 8, 2015 22:06:20 GMT -5 renbee said:

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The one from cvs that I hate that doesn't remember temps was this one:

Weird.  My CVS one looks just like that and it remembers temps.  I just need to hold the button down for a few seconds.  So, OP, I guess read the packaging to see what features it has.

[joy]

Mar 8, 2015 18:57:55 GMT -5 renbee said:

Don't get the one cvs sells - I used it at one point and hated it because it doesn't remember your last temp. A lot of times I temp and then fall back asleep, so that was annoying because sometime I would forget what the temp was.

Yes, it does?  I've had at least three and they all remember your temps - both basal body and regular.

EDIT: Yes - that picture you showed is the exact one I have and it remembers temps.  Turn it on, hold down the power button and the previous temp pops up.

[LadyNymeria]

Welcome newbiegurl2. I second marajadeskywalker - come on over to the Waiting to do Something threads. They're posted on Mondays and are a place to chat, ask questions, etc when you don't fit WTO or TWW yet. There are a few of us in there that are currently TTA until later this year.

As for BBT - I also have a ReliOn from Walmart. It's been great so far. No complaints. It doesn't have a backlight, but I've never had a BBT with one so I'm used to it.

[renbee]

See, even after 1.5 years I still learn things from this place! I hadn't tried holding the button down. On my old nexcare the last temp popped up right away when you turned it on, and the cvs one just says 97.70 when you turn it on so I thought it didn't remember temps.

Thanks for the tip, swivelchair5 and joy!

[joy]

Mar 9, 2015 9:19:31 GMT -5 renbee said:

See, even after 1.5 years I still learn things from this place! I hadn't tried holding the button down. On my old nexcare the last temp popped up right away when you turned it on, and the cvs one just says 97.70 when you turn it on so I thought it didn't remember temps.

Thanks for the tip, swivelchair5 and joy!

Ha.  Awesome!

I was genuinely concerned that CVS made two different kinds of thermometers!

Happy to share

[renbee]

P.s. I still don't love the cvs one - the beep at the end isn't loud enough and sometime I miss it (I temp vaginally, it's under the big comforter and I'm usually half asleep). I also was used to the continuous beep of the nexcare. Just my personal preference!

[squeakyduck]

Ugh, the CVS one takes forever.
My dream is a fast BBT with a backlight that just lights up when finished. No beeping. I fucking hate the beeping that early in the morning.

[ghostmonkey]

Mar 9, 2015 11:08:15 GMT -5 squeakyduck said:

Ugh, the CVS one takes forever.
My dream is a fast BBT with a backlight that just lights up when finished. No beeping. I fucking hate the beeping that early in the morning.

I had a CVS one once and it took literally 5 minutes. I only used it 2 days and switched back to my fever thermometer.

[squeakyduck]

Mar 9, 2015 11:12:47 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

Mar 9, 2015 11:08:15 GMT -5 squeakyduck said:

Ugh, the CVS one takes forever.
My dream is a fast BBT with a backlight that just lights up when finished. No beeping. I fucking hate the beeping that early in the morning.

I had a CVS one once and it took literally 5 minutes. I only used it 2 days and switched back to my fever thermometer.

The day I get my BFP is the day I stomp on that fucker.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Mar 9, 2015 9:19:31 GMT -5 renbee said:

See, even after 1.5 years I still learn things from this place! I hadn't tried holding the button down. On my old nexcare the last temp popped up right away when you turned it on, and the cvs one just says 97.70 when you turn it on so I thought it didn't remember temps.

Thanks for the tip, swivelchair5 and joy!

My Rite Aid one was like this... I didn't know it remembered my temps until I had charted for, like, 6 months. All the wasted sleep!

OP, I love my Rite Aid BBT if you have those stores near you. Cheap and gets the job done. Welcome and good luck!

[ghostmonkey]

Mar 9, 2015 11:14:38 GMT -5 squeakyduck said:

Mar 9, 2015 11:12:47 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

I had a CVS one once and it took literally 5 minutes. I only used it 2 days and switched back to my fever thermometer.

The day I get my BFP is the day I stomp on that fucker.

It's the only functional thermometer in our house at the moment. Annoying. How that battery has lasted 5 years (oh wait, it's never used) I do not know.