Taking temperatures - best place to put thermometer!!

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Hi

This is a very basic question and one I should know, but I thought I'd ask

others out there what they think.

Up to know I've taken my temp in my mouth, making sure that I haven't drunk or

eaten anything for 1/2 hour.

But now I've just got new thermometer and thought I'd try 'other places' to see

what the temp is if I measured it there - i hope you can get my drift about

where I'm taking my temp now :-).

Anyway the difference was pretty dramatic

97.5 in my mouth vs 98.8 in the 'other place'.

I'm stunned. Have I been doing thing wrong all this time. If so at least I know

now and can sort out my temp properly.

The reason I did this was I was trying to increase my T3 as I had low temps, but

was getting an increased pulse but temps still below 98.

Rod