To temp or not to temp?

Question

I’ve never tempted before and am debating whether to start. First of all I have pcos and I don’t have regular cycles. I do use OPKs and have been getting peak opks so I use that to gage when I ovulate and should BD. I do end up obsessing and stressing towards the end of my cycles wondering if I’ll get a positive. Not sure if I start temping that that could just add to the stress and make me obsess on analyzing my chart and trying to figure out when I ovulated. 
Not sure of all the pros and cons of temping, any comments? Do u recommend temping or not and why?

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Are you being treated for your pcos? As another user said, you can have multiple LH surges with pcos, without necessarily ovulating. I would think that would make temping rather complicated, and it isn't easy to begin with.  If you're going to do it, make sure you test at the same time every morning before you get up.

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I have been doing it and it helps me to watch my cycle. I also started acupuncture and my acupuncturist wanted to see all my charts. 
The benefit is to make sure you ovulated and what day. That’s it. It doesn’t help plan sex. 
You could get the Ava but then skin temp isn’t the same as bbt. I actually do both. 
I do agree with Brianna that it can help me NOT sleep well . So I will ask my future specialist if she thinks I should keep doing it

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I would start temping if you have PCOS, because with PCOS you often see multiple LH surges (positive opks) in a cycle, because the body prepares for ovulation and ovulation doesn’t always happen after the LH surge the body tries again. Temping shows you if you ovulated, there will be a temperature shift after the ovulation. If you use an app like Fertility Friend it will tell you when your ovulation was based on temps.
It’s important to take your temperature first thing in the morning, same time every day. Before you get up.

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I said no, but personally I do take my temp. I haven't found mine to be very stable and it changes so much that I'm not sure I would even base anything off of it. Ive had more reliable results with OPKs. Start taking your temp if you want, but it really is more of a guidance thing not a definitive thing. It may provide some insight 🤷🏼‍♀️

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It has helped me a ton. I feel like I am in control of my cycle when I temp. It settled so much of my anxiety about it all. You can always at least try it!

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Temping stressed me out and I stopped because of it and I have regular cycles lol
I’d sleep terribly constantly checking the time to make sure I hadn’t missed my temp time
It was nice to do it for a couple of months to make sure I was ovulating but that was all

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I personally am not a fan of temping just because there are so many rules with making it accurate like you have to take it first thing in the morning and all that.

To temp or not to temp?

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