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Re: BBT Question: ANYONE??? Please!!

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:16:31 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Meredith wrote: >
>Anyone who charts has to have come across this, so I need some advice.
>When do you decide to throw out a temp? I'm on cd 16 (I usually ovulate
>on cd 15 or 16); I took my temp this a.m. after only 2.5 hours of
>sleep, but it was good sleep. My temp was 97.9. I then shook down the
>thermometer and decided to try to get more substantial sleep, but I
>tossed and turned all night. I took my temp, anyway, at 4 a.m. or so,
>and it was 97.1. Why would it be so low, given the restless sleep?
>Should I keep one of the temps or toss them both? This matters because
>I'm so close to ovulation. Thank you!

Unless you get a full night (at least 6 hours) of uninterupted sleep, teh temp is worthless. I'm not a big fan of BBTs, but that may be because I almost never have an uninterrupted night's sleep (if I'm not on call, it's hte baby or one of hte dogs or my bladder!)

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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. LAke Tahoe, CA

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