When will I conceive?

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Nicola Norfolk

Posted: 13/01/06 10:15:46 46

Hello all

Got a couple of queries with charting i was hoping somebody might be able to help me with.

Firstly - how much difference does sticking to the same time every morning make. I have a horse so am up most mornings at 7 and take my temperature then. Some mornings i get to have a well deserved lie in until about 8.30 or 9 - should i still wake up at 7 to take my temps ?

Secondly - How much do temperatures vary in the first couple of months after coming off the pill? Mine seem to be all over the place going from 36.6 one day to 35.4 the next then back up to 36.3 and so on - don't get any sort of correlation between early mornings and low temps etc. (have got the charts from this site and this morning my temp was ...

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