BBT question - can you help?

Question

This morning I woke up at my usual time, 5:30. As I often am during my luteal phase, I woke up hot and sweaty (oh says "like a furnace"). Typically when I feel like this my oral temp is 98.30 or higher. 
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​Today my oral temp was 97.79. I was surprised, so checked under my armpit. That temp was almost the same, 97.56, then I added the degree to adjust it and it gives me 98.56--which is where I expect to be for this time in my cycle, and is reflective of how hot I felt this morning.
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​Any insight into this? Would unknowing sleeping open-mouthed cause this? Any reason I would feel really hot but have a lower temp?
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​Thanks!

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Depending on where you are in your luteal phase, it could be a sexist estrogen surge. That usually happens towards the beginning of the luteal phase, and results in lower temps. And I've noticed that I feel hot throughout most of my luteal phase, regardless of temp, so you're not alone.

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I agree with Christina (not that I'm overly experienced with bbt or charting - yet)

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Sleeping with your mouth open can lower your temps however the armpit method is HORRIBLE.. Never go by that (even after adjusting... It's been proven over and over to be the most inaccurate method). Go with how you normally temp and record that. Just make a note that u may have been sleeping open mouthed. Don't skew data based on how u feel. It ends up messing up your charts. I did it the first month and would retake my temps and average them and check vaginally too and chose whichever one "made more sense" this data ended up being unreliable and had to ignore it. and the last two months I've made it a point not to do that and my cycles have been similar which can help me pinpoint any changes that can maybe indicate pregnancy.

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