Hawaii Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
basal thermometer?
I remember recently someone recommended a Basal Thermometer, but I can't seem to find the post.
was this the one?
(sorry...I don't know how to do that handy clicky thing!)
Thanks!!
Re: basal thermometer?
I usually recommend a thermometer that goes to the hundredth's place (e.g., 98.36) - I've read that technically you only need one that goes to the tenth (98.3), but the extra digit makes it easier to see temp shifts, since some women don't have very dramatic ones. I know that for my body, the difference between, say 98.51 and 98.59 represented a significant change - if I only had one that measured to the tenth's place, I might have missed the shift.
The BD thermometer you linked to is popular and recommended on Amazon, but it only goes to the tenth, which as I mentioned, doesn't work for all women. I think this is the one I dug up for Nicole a little while back, which goes to the hundredth: clicky.
I started out with a generic light purple one I found at walgreens but then switched to the BD one. It did have the hundreths and I guess that was good, but by the time I did actually ovulate (first time in a year) the shift was evident enough that the hundreths would not have mattered. I also charted on paper (exactly like the ones provided with TCOYF) and it doesn't give you the hundreths on those charts.
I then bought the BD one because I like that it has a backlight, the last temp save feature actually worked (it was spotty, at best with the purple one I had), and I personally like that it occassionally beeped to let me know it was on and working because I was usually temping in the dark.
Oh does it have the hundredths? A lot of the reviews on Amazon and on drugstore sites say it doesn't. How weird!!!
TTC/PG Blog | Mommy Blog
It's one of those tricky things - *technically* you don't (in TCOYF, it even states you only need one to the tenths), but it really does depend on the person. For most women, to the tenths is fine, but for others - like myself - you need the extra digit to get a clear reading on your chart. So I usually recommend hundredths just in case the woman is like myself.
Like Lori mentioned, you can find them at most drugstores inc Walgreens - they shouldn't be that expensive, but I've seen "special fertility thermometers" selling for like $40 - so don't get sucked in thinking the price must make them better, they work the same as the regular cheapy $10 models.
thanks for all of the info! I will definitely check out the 10ths vs. 100ths thermometers. Hopefully I am pg right now & just don't know it yet, but if not, I am going to get serious with charting!