Charting your basal body temperature (BBT) is an important step in tracking your fertility when trying to conceive. Charting your BBT involves taking your temperature with a basal body thermometer (which measures precise changes to one-tenth of a degree) at the same time each day beginning on the first day of your period. You can use the babyMed BBT Chart in order to track these temperature changes and learn how to interpret them.
Temperature After Ovulation
How long should my temperature after ovulation stay up?
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Lower Than Average Temperatures on BBT
Are lower than average basal body temperatures a problem?
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Chapter 2: Why Should You Chart Your Fertility?
You should start your fertility charting to find out exactly when and if you ovulate and whether you had intercourse at the right time. Fertility or basal body temperature charting is done for several reasons.
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Coverline - Temps to Overlook
The coverline is drawn after your basal body temperature has risen because of ovulation and stayed up for at least 2-3 days.
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Charting Fertility While Breastfeeding
Keeping a fertility chart is the perfect way to get to know your new body while breastfeeding, especially if you plan on trying to conceive soon after giving
birth.
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How to Do Basal Body Temperature Charting
Here are instructions to make charting ovulation and your BBT easy. ... read more »
Cervical Mucus EWCM Ovulation Fertility Pregnancy
The cervical mucus is produced by the cervix and changes consistency throughout your menstrual cycle based on hormones associated with ovulation.
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When Does the New Day Begin with BBT Temperature Charting?
You should decide at the beginning of BBT temperature charting what you consider the beginning of a new day, the cycle day 1, either after midnight or when you wake up. Both choices are OK.
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Fertility Awareness Ovulation Calendar and Chart
Fertility awareness and charting is part of 'Natural Family Planning' (NFP). It uses a woman's natural fertility signs to identify when she may or may not be fertile.
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Temperature or Symptothermal Method for Contraception?
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A method of natural family planning that closely monitors two indicators of fertility is just as effective as oral contraception in preventing unwanted pregnancies if used correctly, European researchers report.
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Triphasic Temperature Rise and Pregnancy
Does it mean that I am pregnant if my bbt temperature goes up in a triphasic curve on 15 DPO?
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Why Chart Your Temperature
What is BBT temperature charting for? ... read more »
Low Basal Body Temperatures (BBT)
What could low basal body temperatures (BBT) mean?
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Basal Body Temperature and Air Conditioners
Since tracking your basal body temperature to identify rises in temperature could signal that you ovulating, what effect do air conditioners have on BBT and getting pregnant?
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Tracking Fertility: OPK vs. BBT
Which is a better method of tracking fertility — using an ovulation predictor kit (OPK) or basal body temperature (BBT) charting? What works better to determine when I am ovulating?
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Late Menstrual Period - What Next?
“My period is late, what do I do now?” This is probably the most frequent question we get from women who are trying to conceive (TTC.) The first step is finding out if you ovulated this month; the nex
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Abnormal BBT Chart
Is there such a thing as an abnormal BBT curve? BBT chart cannot be classified as normal or abnormal. However, try to be more specific about what it is that you see.
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Long Menstrual Cycle and Basal Body Temperature BBT
The first thing to do if you have a long menstrual cycle is you should confirm that you are not pregnant by doing a pregnancy test.
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Calendar Method For Fertility Awareness
Calendar-based methods are one part of fertility awareness, an attempt to find which days in the menstrual cycle are fertile days and which are not.
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