Temps during cycle?

[belleboi]

Now that my 2WW is about to start, I am over-analyzing everything, LOL. I read somewhere that your BBT during your cycle can be more conducive, one way or another, to a certain sex. I think it's high tempers favor girls, and lower temps favor boys? Why is this or is it an OWT? My temps my first cycle were pretty low throughout, until I ovulated. This cycle was all over the place though. I had at least three that were sky high

Also, it appears as though my cycles are pretty long in general. My LP is at least 14 days, which is good but my entire cycle last time (and this time, it looks like) was 35 days with a late O date. I've read there are different reasons for a late O day: increased testosterone, PCOS, or declining maternal health. Hopefully mine is bc of increased testosterone!

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/52a4cf

[belleboi]

Well now things are looking weird. No temp rise today. Actually dropped by a degree. Did I just not ovulate? What to do now? Ugh.

[maidentomother]

I don't think you have Oed yet. As for looking at your temps after O, I don't think they can even tell you if you're pregnant, let alone which gender! Definitely an OWT with no basis IMO.

[belleboi]

Thank you! I don't think I've O'ed yet either, which is quite disappointing as I was happy with our frequency

I meant the temps BEFORE O. I don't know where I read this...I think it might be from a thread here actually. Probably still an OWT, but I was just curious

[The Anchor]

I don't think you've O'd yet. I haven't heard the temps theory before, but I'm sure it's just an OWT, if it were real everyone would be stalking their temps!

[maidentomother]

I doubt that theoy would work as there can be both pink and blue reasons why pre O/overall temps are low or high.

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes, you are overthinking this. It's an idea, one of those things that may be true, may not be, and I just really, really do not want you guys poring over temp readings and obsessing over them when there is really NO hard scientific data that hormones even do anything in and of themselves. Besides all that, it is the overall average of temps and not just 3 misc. high temps.

35 days is not a long cycle. It is normal.

The idea is that if you have more estrogen (which lowers temps) and less progesterone (which raises them) sways blue. So the "hypothesis" is if you are more boy-friendly your temps will be lower than normal. But at the same time, it is NORMAL for you to have very little progesterone in your FP anyway, and EVERYONE needs a prety high level of estrogen just to get pregnant with any baby, so to me, this whole thing doesn't hold any water.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you! I don't think I've O'ed yet either, which is quite disappointing as I was happy with our frequency

I meant the temps BEFORE O. I don't know where I read this...I think it might be from a thread here actually. Probably still an OWT, but I was just curious

I agree I don't think you've Oed.

[belleboi]

OF COURSE I get a +OPK tonight after DH is already asleep. We will get on it tomorrow morning and hopefully my temps will cooperate with me this time.

So, how does this sound...tomorrow morning then again tomorrow night? what about the day after tomorrow (might be the day after O...)

[belleboi]

I need help please! I have no idea what's going on with my cycle. It doesn't look like my positive OPK from the other day was real either. What should I do now? That's two fake LH surges. I'm so frustrated.