BBT question

[Deleted]

I have a question for all of you, especially anyone with awful sleep cycles.

Given the choice which would be better / more accurate:

A) temping after only an hour or two of sleep, but at about the same time every day

B) temping at different times (possibly off by an hour or two) but more likelihood of a more solid block of sleep?

TIA

[BabyStandish]

I'm doing A. I hardly ever get more than 3 hours of sleep at a time so B isn't an option. It's more like 2ish, but I temp around the same time every day give or take 15-30 minutes. So far my temps aren't too rocky.

Add: didn't really answer your question lol

[ironbaby]

Personally, my chart seems the most even if I temp at the same time every day. I often wake up (just lightly) an hour before my alarm, but that has no bearing on my temp. Sleeping in an hour has a huge effect, though.

[ceejay]

This question is going to have a different answer for everyone. Some women get more reliable temps at the same time every day, and others will get more reliable temps after the longest stretch of sleep.

For me personally, time of day is the most important. But I only really learned that after months of temping and noticing how much my temp changed if I was checking it an hour early or an hour late.

[icedtea]

I found that B was working best, but now A seems to be more accurate.

Basically, bodies are the worst and it'll take some trial and error. Good luck! Temping with sleep issues can feel all

[ourcrazynavylife]

I didn't notice a difference between the two. I have one cycle where I temped whenever I woke up. Then another cycle that I temped at exactly the same time. Both were rocky as hell.
The only thing that's made a difference for me is vaginal vs oral bbt.

[joy]

The answer is ...what works for you.

For me, temping after three hours of sleep was what worked. But, I also tried out temping at the same time every day and it was rocky.

So, test them both. Find what your body prefers.

[kawaiikitsune]

Option B worked best for me. Due to my insomnia, I rarely fell asleep/got up at the same time everyday. So I attempted to temp with only and hour or two difference. I was still able to see a shift.

As PP's have said, it is really what works best for you. Over time, you will fall into a routine and it will become second nature.

[Deleted]

Thanks so much everyone!

[wildflower810]

I will say... I've done both in my 9 months of temping. When kiddo was little I was up in the night with him a lot and those temps I took after what I felt was my biggest chunk of sleep. Sometimes that was 2:30 am, sometimes 6 am. Charts were rocky like heck (esp with bfing, and etc), but somehow FF always gave me at least dotted CHs.

Now I'm sleeping better, and temping more around the same time and my charts have evened out, but are sometimes still WTH inducing.

So there's another anecdote.

[diamondsndaisies]

I try to always do it at the same time each morning. I have noticed when I don't, my temps are always higher than normal.

[mikaela20]

After 13 months of temping, I feel like I still don't know what I'm doing with it.

But for me, i set an alarm and temp at the same time everyday, an hour before I actually have to get up. So even weekends, my temp time is consistent.

If I sleep in and don't temp until an hour or more after my usual time, I notice my temp is higher than the day before.

So I think A for me. But I rarely get less than 7 hours sleep.

[daisy818]

I'm mooching off this thread - if I'm laying awake in bed but not moving, will that make my temp rise? This morning I decided to check my temp bc I'm 13 dpo and I wanted to see if CD1 was expected today, but I was 1) awake starting around 4:30 and 2) temped at 5:30, which is an hour before usual.

[daisy818]

Apr 13, 2016 18:35:33 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

I'm mooching off this thread - if I'm laying awake in bed but not moving, will that make my temp rise? This morning I decided to check my temp bc I'm 13 dpo and I wanted to see if CD1 was expected today, but I was 1) awake starting around 4:30 and 2) temped at 5:30, which is an hour before usual.

Self quote - I saw ironbaby already discussed laying awake in bed. My brain is tired from trial

[ironbaby]

Apr 13, 2016 18:40:05 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

Apr 13, 2016 18:35:33 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

I'm mooching off this thread - if I'm laying awake in bed but not moving, will that make my temp rise? This morning I decided to check my temp bc I'm 13 dpo and I wanted to see if CD1 was expected today, but I was 1) awake starting around 4:30 and 2) temped at 5:30, which is an hour before usual.

Self quote - I saw ironbaby already discussed laying awake in bed. My brain is tired from trial

Ah, apparently I wasn't clear. I don't lie awake in bed. I just sometimes wake up at 5, go back to sleep, and temp at 6.

[daisy818]

Apr 13, 2016 19:01:56 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

Apr 13, 2016 18:40:05 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

Self quote - I saw ironbaby already discussed laying awake in bed. My brain is tired from trial

Ah, apparently I wasn't clear. I don't lie awake in bed. I just sometimes wake up at 5, go back to sleep, and temp at 6.

Ah, I see - even if you clear, I'm too tired to think straight.  Thanks for clarifying for me  I'm writing off today's temp as ludicrous.

[Deleted]

Hi!!! I would actually say option A.
My sleep is so disrupted that I never really know how long im sleeping for.
I definitely find that changing my wake time plays a big part in my temps(as evidenced by my disasterous cycle this cycle.)

[Rama]

Apr 13, 2016 18:35:33 GMT -5 daisy818 said:

I'm mooching off this thread - if I'm laying awake in bed but not moving, will that make my temp rise? This morning I decided to check my temp bc I'm 13 dpo and I wanted to see if CD1 was expected today, but I was 1) awake starting around 4:30 and 2) temped at 5:30, which is an hour before usual.

In my experience, temping at my normal time after I've been awake for a while is always inaccurate and high.