Thermometer

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Cinderella Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 05 May 2011 Location: Auckland Points: 470	Post Options Post Reply Quote Cinderella Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Thermometer Posted: 14 May 2011 at 4:27pm
	Am planning to start charting temp for ov this month. Period due tomorrow. What is the difference between a digital thermometer and a Basal thermometer? Don't want to go out and spen money if my own is accurate enough.

PixieL Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 29 December 2008 Points: 1500	Post Options Post Reply Quote PixieL Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 May 2011 at 9:43pm
	A Basal is more accurate because it gives you 2 decimal points. I used a digital and it was fine because the temp drop was not so slight that you need 2 decimal points. Ovulation was clear from the digital (cheaper) thermometer. Does that make sense? Most important thing is to temp at the same time every morning after being asleep for a few hours. If you do at different times or get up and go to the loo it doesn't work at all. I set my alarm for early then went back to sleep. Good luck!
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LadyBee Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 28 February 2009 Location: Christchurch Points: 3287	Post Options Post Reply Quote LadyBee Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 May 2011 at 9:28am
	I used a cheepie digital thermometer when I started temping, it only had one decimal point 0.0 and it worked fine. You could clearly see OV etc. The batteries didnt last very long tho so I got a new Basal 2 decimal point thermometer 0.00 and works great lasted 5x as long as the cheepie one and still going strong. Baby4u had Basal thermometer for about $18 I think + postage But yes as Pixie said taking your temp the same time everyday and after a good sleep is most important
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Georgiegirl Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 04 June 2009 Location: Ramarama Auckland Points: 496	Post Options Post Reply Quote Georgiegirl Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 May 2011 at 4:41pm
	[QUOTE=LadyBee] Baby4u had Basal thermometer for about $18 I think + postage I got this thermometer too! Its great much better than my last that had on 1 decimal point.
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