For some reason I never remember to take my BBT in the morning before I get up. I think part of it is that Liam wakes up before my alarm sometimes, and I'm so preocupied with him that I forget. Even if my husband gets up to bring him in bed to nurse, I still forget.
Do you have a trick for remembering to take your temp?
Is it a bad idea to just try an OPK without charting?
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I set my alarm for half an hour earlier than I ever woke up on my own, and put my thermometer on top of it so I couldn't turn it off without feeling the thermometer. But, I didn't have a baby, so I think that would be a lot harder, plus you probably really don't want to lose half an hour of sleep!
I never did OPKs so can't speak to that.
coconut / 8305 posts
I sleep with my thermometer under my pillow so that kinda helps! lol
grapefruit / 4049 posts
I kept it right on my nightstand so it was the first thing I'd see.
watermelon / 14206 posts
I'm terrible at it, too. I would just watch my cervical position to see when to start taking OPK's.
pear / 1998 posts
I do the same thing Foodnerd81 does. I usually get up at 6:30, but set the alarm for 6:15, take a temp, log it in ff, and then snooze until 6:30. I usually do it half asleep. I used to do the same thing when I was taking bc.
It's also really easy for me to fall asleep after I wake up, so it doesn't bother me too much.
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
I keep it on my nightstand, but it's a good idea to keep it on top of my phone (which is my alarm). I guess I should set my alarm a little earlier because I'm almost always awake before it goes off anyway.
bananas / 9229 posts
I don't have that problem BUT you can use OPKs without temping! That's what I did initially. You might take them for quite some time but no harm in that!
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
@mrs. tictactoe: I'm a fitful sleeper so it was impossible for me to get a good resting temp. I used just OPKs and got pregnant on the first try twice.
pomelo / 5228 posts
I think its perfectly fine to use OPKs and check CM instead of temping, works well for me!
nectarine / 2063 posts
@Mrs.Someone: agreed! I'm going back to basics this month and just using CM. I'm still going to temp but I'm following the creighton model to TTC. One of the only reasons I started temping was to help confirm O. I do what @TemperanceBrennan: does wake up to my alarm, temp, log it, and I'm back to sleep. GL!
grapefruit / 4703 posts
I quit temping because I kept forgetting. I take thyroid meds and they have to be taken first thing in the morning (1 hr before breakfast) so half the time I take my pill and then think 'shoot - I forgot to temp!' and then it's too late, because I just drank water. I still chart using OPKs (in FF) but that's it.
pear / 1570 posts
@mrs. tictactoe: i always temped an hour before I got up for the day. Ist alarm at 5am was always to temp. 2nd alarm at 6 was to get up. I got the thermometer that kept your last temp so i would record it when i got up for the day.
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