High Temperature Before Ovulation
It also prepares the uterine lining for a possible pregnancy.
High temperature before ovulation. Just before ovulation you might notice an increase in clear wet and stretchy vaginal secretions. The hormone progesterone secreted by the ovary after ovulation heats things up. Don t eat drink alcohol or other beverage or smoke prior. Take your temperature the first thing in the morning before you get out of bed.
If you ve been tracking your cervical mucus then you can be even more sure ovulation occurred on the day before if you noticed fertile cervical mucus on the days leading up to the temperature rise. Start taking your bbt the first day of your menstrual cycle by using a special bbt thermometer. Your body s temperature at rest basal body temperature increases slightly during ovulation. Before ovulation a woman s bbt averages between 97 f 36 1 c and 97 5 f 36 4 c.
After ovulation it rises to 97 6 f 36 4 c to 98 6 f 37 c. After you see at least three higher than average temperatures in a row you can most likely say that ovulation occurred on the day before the first high temperature. Most women register 96 to 98 degrees before ovulation and 97 to 99. Have your thermometer and a piece of.
Just after ovulation cervical mucus decreases and becomes thicker cloudy and less noticeable. You need a basal body thermometer a special large scale easy to read thermometer that registers only from 96 to 100 degrees. Change in basal body temperature. Body temperature will remain roughly half a degree higher until right before menstruation when it will return to normal.