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Basal Body Temperature is your resting body temperature. Charting your Basal Body Temperature can help you understand when in your cycle you ovulate, this will help you to predict when you are most fertile and your chances of becoming pregnant are highest.
Remember the temperature variations over the course of your cycle are small but significant. Accurate readings and recording are vital if your Basal Temperature Chart is going to work and help you determine when you ovulate.
It can take a few months of charting before you start to see reliable information that can really help you pinpoint when you are most fertile. Stick with it an you will see the benefit!
1. Leave your thermometer under your pillow or by your bed so you don’t have to move around much to find it.
2. Take your temperature as soon as you wake up in the morning, preferably before you get up, or even sit up!
3. Make sure you have had enough sleep, a minimum of 5 hours is recommended.
4. Take your temperature at the same time every day, even if this means setting an alarm to do so, and then going back to bed for a while afterwards.
5. Use the same thermometer every time. Basal Digital Thermometers are cheap and read very quickly and reliably.
6. You can take your temperature rectally, vaginally, or orally (not preferable), it really doesn’t matter, but make sure you do it the same way every time.
7. Take your temperature for at least 2 months before drawing any conclusions about when you ovulate. Although it is possible to see a temperature change the first month it is more reliable the longer you do it.
8. Make a note of any special circumstances like a very stressful day, being ill or a late night, these can all have an affect on your Basal Temperature so you don’t want to throw the chart off.
9. If you got less than 4 straight hours sleep then skip the reading that day, it could put a false spike or dip on your chart.
10. if you wake up earlier or later (up to an hour) than normal, adjust the temperature you record. 0.2F lower if you wake later, 0.2F higher if you wake earlier. If you wake late or early by more than 3 hours, skip the day.
Follow these steps and you will have a reliable Basal Temperature Chart to help you track your cycle and Ovulation. If you need a chart template you can download one from my website.
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