How To Use A Basal Body Thermometer To Predict Ovulation
First make sure you re using a bbt thermometer.
How to use a basal body thermometer to predict ovulation. Changes in temperature are not so large generally only 0 1 c. You can only know if and when you ovulated a few days after it happened in a bbt chart. Your basal body temperature can t predict ovulation. Therefore with regular and daily measurement of basal body temperature women can precisely predict their ovulation.
How to get an accurate bbt reading. American college of obstetricians and gynecologists fertility awareness based methods of family planning january 2019. There are ovulation test kits in the market that can detect ovulation. Following ovulation a rise in basal body temperature that lasts for 18 or more days may be an early indicator of pregnancy.
Whether you had sex on your most fertile days. The basal body temperature method can also be used to detect pregnancy. A basal thermometer has a beep sound giving you the extra few minutes of sleep early morning. Your basal body temperature rises during ovulation.
Your basal body temperature bbt is your lowest body temperature in a 24 hour period and it increases slightly right after you ovulate. Basal body temperature thermometers are marketed and sold specifically for women trying to get pregnant. To measure such small change you ll need a basal body thermometer. University of michigan basal body temperature bbt charting september 2018.
Features of a basal body thermometer. An large easy to read digital display. Just be sure to use the same method each time. The basal body temperature method is often combined with another method of natural family planning such as the cervical mucus method.
Especially designed for charting fertility and predicting ovulation the bbt thermometer features. Because of this bbt charting is best for women with very regular cycles who can use the previous month s bbt chart to predict the fertile window for the following month. Using a special thermometer you can track your basal body temperature over time to estimate when you ll ovulate and figure out your most fertile days. A beeper to indicate peak temperature reading.
Predicting ovulation bbt instructions the fairhaven health digital basal thermometer provides bbt temperature readings accurate within 1 10th of a degree. While charting your basal body temperature bbt is a good way to track ovulation one of the biggest benefits to this method is the low expense. A basal thermometer reduces labor for collecting the urine sample to detect ovulation. You can use a special thermometer designed for basal body temperature or a digital oral thermometer.