temping?

Can someone please explain temping...how to? and the purpose? DH and i are "letting things happen" and if temping will let me know if im actually ovulating that would be great.. im not in touch with my body since i was on BCP since i was 15 and just stopped 3 months ago. AF has been coming right on time 28 day cycles. Thanks ladies.. i feel so silly asking but i have no clue!

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I'm copying/pasting from the thread pinned to the top - and I'll bump the thread Jess created too.

One step up from that would be temping. Temping is using a basal thermometer to get your basal body temperature (your waking temperature). This is more of a commitment. You will need to wake up at the same time each day (YES, that means on weekends too!) and take your temperature. You can enter them into the two websites previously mentioned and it will create a chart for you. Your chart should always be bi-phasic (meaning, have one set of temperatures before ovulation, then show a thermal shift, and show another higher set of temperature after ovulation). This is a great way to CONFIRM ovulation - this is NOT a good way to predict ovulation (at least for a few months until you have a clear pattern, even at which point it might still be difficult).

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thanks so much that was great info!