TRYING FOR 2015 BABY

Gotta love Friday = WEEKEND

Thanks for the responses Meisiekind & Jay-Bee01.

I do take my temperature in Fahrenheit. Is it better to take it in Celsius? I've ordered mine from bidorbuy (Ovagraph). Couldn't find a basal thermometer anywhere that's why I needed to order mine online.

Have a super duper weekend!

@ Lillyr, hubby goes in for tests tomorrow and we are a bit nervous, thank you for thinking of us

@ Fairychild, did you maybe ovulate later which would make your cycle slightly longer than normal? I would test again the weekend and I am holding thumbs for your BFP, wouldn't that be so great

@ Meisiekind, I agree with you 100% regarding temping and was wondering if you use OPK's as well?

@ Beehen, I started charting and temping for the last 8 cycles and found it to be quite useful. I used to take my temp everyday at 9am but for this cycle I have been taking my temp like Meisiekind as soon as I get up and have found my temperature to be much lower and more accurate I guess.

I start from the first day of AF and when I took my temperature at 9am it was anywhere between 36.5 and 36.8 degrees. The day before I ovulate I normally see a slight dip in temperature and the next day it will rise to 37 degrees and remain elevated for a few days and then dip again to be between 36.7 or 36.8. Sometimes the OPK's also confirm the dip with a positive but lately I have not been getting a positive OPK which leads me to wonder just how accurate they really are. All of the best with the temping

Have a wonderful weekend ladies

Happy Friday everyone!

No changes this side. CD 33, still intermitent cramps, no af, bfn. It is now becoming the 3ww

Hope you all have a good day and weekend

Hello ladies

Some of you may know me from other threads already. I normally chat on one of the Afrikaans threads and also more recently on the "First Fertomid cycle" one.

I just couldn't help myself when I saw Beehen's question on chart temping and then Morgan's somewhat unexpected reply in perfect Afrikaans. I guess I just didn't expect anyone on this thread to be Afr and I've only ever chatted to her in Eng.

Beehen, for the sake of lillyr I'll reply in English. I've been taking my temp every morning for the last 10 months and would like to think that I've learnt a thing or 2 during this time. I find it the most valuable of all the info I can gather about myself and it helps me to stay sane most of the time, as its fairly accurate to show which day you ov'd (which of course then helps to figure out some other things).

- Its important that you do it first thing in the morning (some people say while you're still in bed, however I literally get up, walk to the bathroom, put the thermometer in my mouth and it doesn't seem to make any difference).
- Take your temp at more or less the same time each day, give or take 30 mins (however I don't get up early on weekends just for the sake of taking my temp - just note that your temp will be higher if its much later)
- Also, you need a thermometer that's accurate to 2 decimal points - I have a R100 digital one I bought from www.getpregnant.co.za a few years ago.
- I use an app on my tablet for FertilityFriend.com to keep my info, but a piece of paper will also do.

So the basic idea is that your temp will be roughly the same for the first phase of your cycle. Mine ranges between 36.2 and 36.4 during this time. On the first day after ovulation, in other words 1dpo, your temp will raise by a significant amount and stay elevated for the remainder of your cycle. During this time mine is normally between 36.5 and 36.8.

So if you plot this on a chart, you will notice a very clear shift in temp. Its this shift that you are looking for. Please note that the shift must be sustained for a couple of days to confirm ovulation. Obviously if you have a fever it will influence things too, but I don't get sick often and have only had that happen once. For the biggest majority of women the 2nd phase of the cycle will be between 14 and 16 days (as always, there are exceptions), so you can expect (or hope not to see) AF about 14 - 16 days after the temp shift. If you are pregnant, you're temp will remain on the same level, but if AF is due, you'll notice a drop in temp round about the same time as AF.

Let me know if you have any more questions - I'll gladly answer if I can. And to the rest of the ladies, thanks for allowing me to fill some space on your page.

Thanks lillyr!

I'll tell him. He's such a dear really with a very cool / weird / dry sense of humor. It's helped me deal with the ttc journey that we've been on SO much.

Happy dancing! I heard electricity going to be off from 8 - 11 so..... Very romantic setting with candles!!

xx

hi ladies,

its been a crazy day.. just popping in to say have a lovely evening

@ Morgan..i have not laughed(saw you post about plumbing in the other forum..kikkikiki,funny) this much in a while, tell your hubby that's CLASSIC

@fairyChild..there is still hope dear. Hoping you get a BIG FAT POSITIVE hey..keep us posted

@cakes..sorry dear. Lets hope Valentine's month will be in our favour

@Jaybee, i am glad you are feeling better, and that there isnt much to worry about. All the best for tommorow (Hubby's testing tommorow right?)

@beehen..I receive baby dust, LOL that's all i could understand from your post, and probably that you are in 2WW (i could be super wrong, pardon me). its good to have you here

ladies, am out.. those who will be *dancing* tonihgt here's a load of baby dust..

Hi beehen

Ek stem saam, 2015 het so vining begin en dis asof dit enige tyd gaan stadiger gaan nie!!

Dit sal n awesome Valentine's geskenkie wees daai!

Ek het nog nooit chart temping gedoen nie, so ek weet retig nie.

Dankie vir die sticky babydust wense!! Vir julle ook!

xx