BBT Temp Time???

Question

So when it comes to BBT. Which is better or more accurate? Consistency (taking temp at same time everyday) or amount of sleep (taking temp after 4-5 hrs straight sleep) I know it should be both but we don't live in a perfect world 😂

I sometimes have restless sleep where I briefly wake up at like 3, 4, 5am then just go back to sleep. Don't get outta bed. Just look at phone "oh I can sleep 2 more hrs yay!" and go back to bed. I don't get UP till 6am. So I've been temping everyday at 6am. That's when I get up for work. Even on weekends I set alarm, temp and go back to bed.

But my question is what about the days I wake up for a moment a few hours before I normally do. Should I temp then or just go back to sleep and temp at 6am???

I tested it out today and my temp was .48 degrees different at those times. So which should I use for today's BBT ??? 🤔

Went to bed at 11:30pm
Briefly woke up at 4:30 (5hrs sleep) temp was 97.70
Went back to sleep till 6:00 (slept 1.5hrs) temp was 98.18

What the heck??? So confused as to which one to use now. It makes my chart WAY different. I'm afraid if I use the 6am time it was so freaking high it'll drop tomorrow and doesn't show that I O'd. But maybe the 4:30am one is really lower than it shoulda been today. Confused!! 🤔

4:30am @ 97.70

6:00am @ 98.18

Answer

Literally just posted the same thing! Glad I'm not the only one!

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Ohhhh ok got it thanks!! I did stumble across the adjuster when I was googling 😂 that adjusted it to 98.00 degrees. That still seems high. To be totally honesty when I first took it at 6am it was 98.28 I was like that can't be right lol. I was really warm when I woke up so maybe that's why it was so high 🤔 so I re-did it and it was 98.18. I thought it goes up upon awaking though?? But it came down.

I'm just afraid if I adjust to 98 even it'll throw my chart off. I wouldn't care if it was any other day of my cycle. It would be right around O time 😒

Ugh!!! Maybe I'll just leave it at 97.70 for now and see what it is tomorrow. I'm trying to see if it stays high for 3 days to confirm O. I'm afraid the 98.00 or 98.18 isn't accurate 😬 and if goes below that tomorrow it'll look like it dropped.

Answer

They have a "BBT adjuster" you can google it , use the 4:30am temp it'll ask you to put the time you normally temp, then it will adjust your temp to what it should be if you had slept till normal time w/o waking up 🤔

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I'm so glad someone else asked this. I wonder about the same thing! So far, I've been using the amount of hours over the time as this seems to be more accurate on my chart. Also, when researching therms I saw there was one that sticks to you and takes your temp throughout the night, recording the lowest temp as the accurate one. So, I assumed the amount of hours was the best route for more accuracy. I could be wrong, but I got pregnant on my first cycle last time I ttc.

BBT Temp Time???

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