Re: BBT: Any success stories? (to Sonnet)
From: Valerie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 1 Dec 2002 18:16:22 -0600 (CST)
So it's the wake up time? Well if I wake up between 7:30 and 8:30 is
that close enough to a regular time thing? Hmmmmm.... well, I can use a
cycle buddy none the less...
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Valerie
At Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Sonnet wrote:
>
>Valerie you're too funny! I hate how coworkers and friends and everyone
>else try to be so helpful, because it's so well-intentioned, and so
>maddening!
>
>To the best of my knowledge, and after all these years of obsessing I
>believe I would have heard something if it wasn't true, BBT works just
>fine for ANY woman, PCOS or not. In fact, I believe it's even more
>important for women with PCOS and therefore somewhat sketchy cycles
>and/or ovulation, because we can't always rely on that "2 weeks before
>your period" deal. You can always give it a try and if it's just too
>frustrating, go back to what you've been doing!
>
>If you actually wake up every morning at 11am, you can take your temp at
>11 every morning. But if you wake up at like 9 and stay in bed until
>11, it won't be accurate. It has to be when you first wake up, when
>you're half asleep really is best, before you speak or drink water or
>get up to pee or anything.
>
>I am *so* not a morning person either, and I found this was okay after
>the first month or so. On weekends, I even wake up at my standard time,
>take my temp, and can roll over and go back to sleep. I never used to
>be able to go back to sleep once I was up, but I think I trained myself!
>It helps if you get a thermomter that records the last temp taken. That
>way, you can check what your temp was later in the day to record it.
>When you take it, you don't even have to look at the darn thing, you
>just throw it back on the nightstand once it beeps - no numbers to
>remember in your sleep.
>
>Good luck to you Valerie - I am hoping this works well for you! We can
>be cycle buddies :)
>
>At Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Valerie wrote:
>>
>>OK so that comment about waking up at the same time every day really IS
>>the only thing that is worrying me because I am SO not the morning
>>person... I don't know a whole hell of alot about the BBT, so forgive
>>me if this is a stupid question... but can't I just take my temp at
>>11AM or something?
>>
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>email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
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