Is there anyone else out there who works shift work ... Mainly nights who charts your BBT. I'm moving into cycle #3 and thought maybe I should start temping .... But I'm an RN and work 7p to 7a three to four days a week. I don't have a normal sleep cycle what so ever... Some days I only nap others sleep through the day while others I sleep at night. I would never be able to check my temp at the same time daily. Help please... I don't know how this would work out.. If it would even be accurate.
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As far as I've heard, you need to take your temps after three solid hours of sleep (at the very least, if not more). I suppose, if you are getting three hours of sleep at roughly the same time every day (even a nap), it MIGHT be possible, but probably not. There might be someone out there with more insight on this - sorry I couldn't really help.
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Technically it won't work well, but I wonder if you could just chart either your work days or your non work days. It would be way less accurate because you won't have a temp for every day, but you might be able to learn something...
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Fertility Friend had a tutorial on temping, they had more information on shift work that I noticed, but I didn't read since it didn't apply to me. You can sign up for the first month free and go through their tutorials and boards to get the information you need. I liked it so much that I got the full year's membership.
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@lemondrop: great. Thanks so much.
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