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@Momma I don't temp, I told myself I wasn't even going to use OPKS this month but I felt like I may be ovulating so I took an OPK and sure enough blaring positive! So I am between 4-5 DPO hoping for my this month, driving myself crazy by testing already but cant help it Im a POAS addict!!!

@beck I hope you catch it this time! At least it can live for up to 5 days so you have a shot!! I hate when they are gone the entire fertile window. I feel like the military is controlling our ability to procreate and it just isn’t fair sometimes. I pray we both get our BFPs sooner rather than later!

AFM I want to try to temp. What day do you start temping Day 1? If so, I missed that since I am Day 3. So you just take your temp before getting out of bed for the day and it’s a special thermometer, right?

@JL temping has to be very routine in order for it to give you an accurate result for the cycle. I only temp every 2-3 days for the first 8 days or so of my cycle. I usually ovulate on CD14 or CD15, so I usually start temping regularly every single day starting on CD11. My alarm goes off at 5:30am Monday thru Friday, so I chose that as my time. I even set it on the weekends now as well. I grab the thermometer before even rolling over or anything. Best results are given if you temp immediately after waking at the exact same time every day.

@momma thank you so much for explaining this to me. I am going to do my best to do this accurately, but sometimes my daughter doesn’t sleep through the night so I am not sure how consistent it will be. Usually I have good indicators with cervical position and CM so this will just be a bonus.

@JL it is a bit harder with interrupted sleep. They say as long as you were sleeping for a minimum of 3 hours before you temp, it should be accurate.

@JL don't worry too much, my baby wakes every 2-3 hours (and the last week every damn hour - teething!!) and my results have been pretty consistent just 2-3 days in my whole cycle where there's been a clearly inaccurate temperature! Like yesterday for example (see my chart)

AFM FF has my predicted ovulation day as the 23rd but Ovia has just changed it this morning to being my highest fertile day today - wtf.

I do trigger shot to day..I should do IUI next week sometime

@beck my calendars and cycle are all screwed up too. I think because of my mc last month, it’s throwing off my dates. My temps were abnormally high after AF. I’ve only had one dip in temperature, and that was yesterday. I’m CD17 and still feeling O symptoms, but no confirmed ovulation or temp rise. It’s frustrating. Why are our bodies so crazy!?
@shanta good luck this month with your IUI. Got every appendage crossed for you!!!

@momma yeah I can imagine the mc would send your temps a bit whack! At least you know a baseline from your previous cycles I suppose!
@shanta fingers crossed

Hello ladies. I need some input. I had a positive OPK on March 6th. On the 11th, my temp was 97.63, on the 12th it was 97.53, and today on the 13th it was 97.73. All temps were taken within the same 15 minute window (not exactly the same time). Does a 10-15 minute difference really matter that much when temping? Also, today I have the same type of fullness near my right ovary as I do right before and during ovulation. What could that be? Thanks.