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Temp charting question
| Wed, 09-17-2003 - 4:22pm |
Well I've signed up with FF and I'm going out tonight to buy a BBT so that I can officially start charting tomorrow. I have a question about temping though. I know you need to have had 3 hours of sleep before you temp but what about those times when you wake up for just a minute look at the clock and go back to sleep. Sometimes I'll wake up at 2:00 or 3:00 and then again around 5:00 or 5:30. It's only for a minute and I look at the clock and go right back to sleep. I usually get up around 6:00. Will that throw my temps off? If I wake up at 5:00 should I temp at that point even though I'm not actually "waking up" or getting out of bed. I hope this doesn't seem like a silly question but I want to make sure I'm doing this right.
TIA!
Ashley
C2 CD2 TTC#1

FF says to take the temp at approx. the same time each morning. So if you normally wake at 7am, take it then. If you happen to wake up earlier but still plan to go back to sleep, take it when you normally wake up otherwise you'll start throwing your chart off. Resist the urge to take it in the middle of the night!!
One thing I do is if I'm waking up several hours earlier than normal I will not temp and "disregard" the temp that day on the chart. The only bad time to do this is around O.
Hope this helps! Happy Charting!
amie
Thanks again!
Ashley