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Since 10/2020babydustsparkles
Since 10/2020
Since 8/2019ChartingwithAndrea
Since 8/2019
Are you taking your vaginal readings at the same time each day, leaving 8 hour between anything being in contact with your cervical mucus and taking the reading?
Are you using a BBT specific thermometer?
Andrea - OvaCue Specialist
Since 10/2020babydustsparkles
Since 10/2020
Thanks for your help. During the week I'm pretty good at taking the readings around the same time, first thing in the morning. This is after sleeping for 7-8hrs. I'm better at this during the week than weekends... The weekends I tend to sleep in and take the reading as soon as I wake up, could be an hour or two later than during the week. Also, I sometimes struggle trying to take my vaginal reading before my morning pee...
I do not have an actual BBT thermometer, is there a brand/kind you'd recommend? I've been using a regular thermometer. What's the difference?
Do my other charts look better or the same? On those charts when would you say I ovulated? The first chart I was on clomid/ovidrel. Haven't takenany meds since.
Since 8/2019ChartingwithAndrea
Since 8/2019
BBT thermometers are more sensitve to subtle temperature changes. Fever thermometeres aren't ment to detect resting body temperature. We recommend this Digitgal Basal.
The vaginal readings just need to be taken in the same two hour window each day. You don't have to take the vaginal reading before you urinate in the morning. That won't affect the reading at all.
The cycles you have listed look like ovulation was detectable with the OvaCue. Your BBT readings jump around quite a bit, but your BBT looks like a chart that is not using a BBT specific thermometer which is why I asked. It's possible once you switch to a BBT thermometer, your BBT chart will have a clearer biphasic pattern.
Andrea - OvaCue Specialist
Since 10/2020babydustsparkles
Since 10/2020
Since 8/2019ChartingwithAndrea
Since 8/2019
The OvaCue monitor takes two AAA batteries, it doesn't have charging abilities. The USB cord provided is for uploading data to OvaGraph via a computer only. Sorry for any confusion there.
Andrea - OvaCue Specialist