https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:24:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2465118 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:13:02 +0000 lady baltimore 2465118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with @Finfan:, my chart wasn't really clear until I started taking my temp vaginally </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2465029 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:28:24 +0000 Finfan 2465029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would try vaginally temping. I found temping to be too much of a pain for me to stick with and preferred to use OPKs once I figured out a narrow range for when my ovulation dates were falling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2464925 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 17:03:44 +0000 Mrs. Marshmallow 2464925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always wake up in the middle of the night and find it doesn't really affect anything. I try to take at the same time every morning, which is what seems to make the biggest difference :happy: You'll get the hang of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2464902 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:54:10 +0000 DesertDreams88 2464902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did the same as Crystal, set an alembic and go back to sleep. I've also heard vaginal temps can be a lot more stable but I didn't want to switch after having months and months of oral temp data. Laatly, after 3-4 months, I knew my patterns well enough that I could adjust the temp a bit to accommodate for irregular sleep. FF has options for that - the open circles, the unconnected circles, etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2464830 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:10:26 +0000 siellison712 2464830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do the same as Crystal. I set an alarm every single day for 5:45 and take my temp, then go back to sleep if I don't have to get up. I never have issues falling back asleep. I don't temp during my period for mess reasons but also because it gives me a break from the madness. I suggest that :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2464065 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:40:43 +0000 Umbreon 2464065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the advice everyone. I am going to buy a better thermometer for next cycle. I am not getting much variation with the one I have and it's making me nervous that perhaps I didn't ovulate. But I'm fairly sure I did because of the pain I had, and my doctor even said it was ovulation. My temps have been higher since before ovulation, but not by that much. But I really think it's either user error or the thermometer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2463595 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:41:43 +0000 LAZB 2463595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also set an alarm, and if I woke up in the middle of the night, I just tried to not move much. I think as long as you don't get up, you should be fine after 3 hours sleep </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2463477 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:23:14 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2463477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I set an early alarm, took my temp, then went back to sleep until I had to get up for the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2462944 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:46:15 +0000 kiddosc 2462944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As long as I didn't get out of bed in the middle of the night, I didn't count it as a wake-up and would just temp when I woke up for the day. Depending on the day of the week, that was a different time. My chart wasn't as pretty as a lot of them online, but still clear enough to see the thermal shift. I would suggest getting a real BBT though, they're cheap and you can find them at any pharmacy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2462906 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:26:10 +0000 rattles 2462906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I learned a non-temp method because I couldn't get accurate temps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2462841 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:02:48 +0000 mrsrain 2462841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would set an early alarm (5:30) and then go back to sleep. I didn't have a problem with middle of the night wake-ups affecting my temp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2462790 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:36:30 +0000 snowjewelz 2462790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before kids I def didn't take it at the same time everyday since I could sleep in on the weekend! I stopped relying on just temps and got OPKs haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2462786 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:34:36 +0000 Crystal 2462786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely get a bbt that is accurate to 1/100 of a degree. You'd be surprised at the amount of variation that 1/100 gives you. </p> <p>I set my alarm for 5:45 every day and take my temp then, and just go back to sleep if I don't have to wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2462780 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:30:55 +0000 erinbaderin 2462780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found that nighttime wakeups didn't really affect my temperature, maybe because I was usually only up for a few minutes to go to the bathroom. I think just being awake for a bit, if you don't get up, is probably not going to affect your temp much. I just set an alarm for the time I got up for work every day and on weekends went back to sleep after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2462757 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:11:25 +0000 Foodnerd81 2462757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I temped before having kids, so I used to sleep way better! I did set an alarm for the earliest I usually wake up, 7 days a week- so I think like 6. Then I could go back to sleep after that on the weekends. If I woke up earlier I took my temp and noted that in my chart. It didn't seem to affect my temps that much but it does for other people. </p> <p>And yes get a bbt specific thermometer. I had one that had a light and a memory function- it was a long time ago so don't remember the brand. It beeped as it took your temp, which some people don't like. </p> <p>I could never do it now with kids. I sleep so lightly and wake up at the slightest noise from them. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-manage-to-take-your-temp-at-the-same-time#post-2462735 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:51:53 +0000 Umbreon 2462735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is my first cycle temping, and as much as I love the scientific-ness of it all, and analyzing my chart and everything, I hate taking my temp.</p> <p>The probably is, I tend to wake up at least once in the middle of the night. So that's usually when I've been taking it because if I wake up at 3 am, it's less than 3 hours that I get up for the day. It's just not consistent. Sometimes it's 3, sometimes 4, on weekends it might be 6, etc. I usually wake up because of a dream, or my cats.</p> <p>Do you guys just sleep through the night most nights? Maybe I should be doing some yoga before bed to help me sleep better or something.</p> <p>My chart doesn't look as nice as some that I've seen. It also could be my thermometer. Maybe next cycle I should buy a real BBT one. (Mine isn't but goes to the 10th of a degree so I thought it would be fine). </p>