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Re: A couple of bbt questions

From: marcia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:30:11 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Bugsy wrote: >
>At Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Marie wrote:
>>
>>I know this topic is covered a lot, but I couldn't find any answers in
>>the archives nor in the "Taking Charge" book. So...if you can stand a
>>couple of more bbt questions:
>>
>>1. Is it more important to take your temp at the same hour every day,
>>or after the same number of hours of sleep. For example: During the
>>week I go to bed a midnight and take my temp at 7 am the next morning.
>>But, on the weekend I may not go to bed until 2 a.m. Should I take my
>>temp at 7 am or at 9 am the next day?
>>
>>2. How much does alcohol consumption effect bbt? If I have a couple of
>>beers the night before, can I expect to see a tenth of a rise or a half
>>degree rise? Why does alcohol effect your temp anyway?
>>
>>3. Finally, does just being wakeful cause your bbt to rise? Sometimes I
>>wake up an hour before the alarm and kind of doze in a light sleep.
>>
>>Thanks for all your help. I'm finding this charting business a bit
>>confusing!
>
>Hi Marie
>I don't know whether it is MORE important to do one or the other. But
>TCOYF recommends adding a tenth of a degree per half hour later that you
>take it. however it also says (rather contradictory) that up to an hour
>either side will not significantly affect.
>Like you my weekends are not the same as week days and I was rather
>alarmed to think I would have to set my bedtimes as much as my temp
>taking times! But I don't think this will significantly affect your
>overall pattern. What you MUST do is note on your charts if you had a
>late night of other things which might affect temp.
>About alcohol, I asked the fertilityfriend advice team (it's an on-line
>charting software site) if my temps were erratic because of alcohol. I
>am not ttc yet and so enjoy a glass of wine or two pretty regularly.
>They said that this would not be throwing my temps off, but if I went to
>a party and had 6 drinks then should expect to see a change. Why does
>it affect temp? not sure, but isn't it a depressant? So will affect
>blood pressure and metabolism I suppose, though am just guessing.
>Being wakeful will affect your temp. You must get three hours SLEEP
>before taking the temp. It says in TCOYF that if you wake up a couple
>of hours earlier than usual and it's too late for you to get in 3 hours
>before having to get up, then take temp at the earlier time. If you are
>only half-asleep you won't get such a clear reading - I have noticed
>this when sleep is disturbed. Again, take temp, note what time and
>readjust the temp if you want, and NOTE ON THE CHART that your sleep was
>disturbed.
>About re-jigging your temps - I always chart what the temp actually was,
>then make another mark for the temp that it would have been if I had
>taken it at the normal time, applying the .1 degree rule. Then use some
>creative interpretation!
>The MOST IMPORTANT THING is do not lose sight of the wood for the trees.
>It is the overall pattern which matters and only time can show this up.
>Like dieting, making one or two mistakes will not affect the overall
>result!!
>I have just read your questions back to myself and would revise my
>answer to question one. As Toni says make sure you get at least 3 hours
>sleep then you can assume that it is more important to take temp at same
>time, rather than after same no. of hours. That's my interpretation
>anyway for what it's worth.
>HTH

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I have the same problem of waking  but not really being awake to realize that I need to take my temp.  I do believe that during this time my temp will rise.  I asked my doc.  She said that just being awake will increase the temp.  So....... I had nothing better to do one day than experiment with what my temp would do every 5 minutes I laid in bed.  I wan't moving and it went up.

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