BBT doesn't help?!?! *confused*

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So...I've never ever bbt, and my one friend who struggled a year ttc just got pregnant. Her obgynea told her (before her bfp ) to throw away her thermometer, as tempting is a waste of time...
The reason he gave her was that you cannot go on the temp you have in the mornings, as one night you might be sleeping under just a blanket, next night it's warmer and you kick  yourself open from underneath the blanket and then the temp cannot be the compared as your sleeping circumstances differ from night to night...?
Which makes sense more me, some nights are warmer than others, I have to get up sometimes  at night for our toddler girl etc.
How do you bbt then?

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We got pregnant on our 3rd cycle - I didn'ttrack  a thing. My OB said it wasn't worth the stress. I did try opks one month. BUT never had a positive test

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BBT for me worked every month I did it. I always was able to confirm ovulation. I sleep in the exact same conditions every single night with the same amount of blankets so it was precise for me. I also temped vaginally vs orally. It was more accurate.

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Charting works for some people and not for others. For it to be clear, yeah, things need to be consistent when you sleep and when you wake up. But if the temp in your room is always the same, if you use the same amount of blankets, if you get roughly the same amount of sleep and wake up at roughly the same time in the morning and, most importantly, take your temp before even getting out of bed, you should be able to chart reliably.

It never worked for me because all those things that should be consistent never are for me and my hubby. We have different work schedules every morning, land lord controls the temp of our apartment (sometimes it's freezing, sometimes it's sweltering), and I was horrible about remembering to take it before getting out of bed. But even then, some months I could see a slight rise in temp when I knew I was ovulating from OPKs.

But yeah, I found OPKs and CM much easier and clearer indicators of ovulation.

Though it is a scientific fact that your temp rises during ovulation, and it's certainly cheaper to by a thermometer once than buy a pack of OPKs every month. Even if you get the cheapies in bulk like I would.

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This is my chart and I have a one-year-old and I do get up and wake up in the middle the night. For the most part there's a pattern every single month so my doctor wants me to continue since I am on Clomid. Even with all my interruptions it's still pretty close. And after a few months I like that I know exactly when I'm going to ovulate. It's been day 18-20 for 4 months in a row.

BBT doesn't help?!?! confused

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