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KyAquarius
KyAquarius | July 2007

Try to conceive - Basal Body Temperature

Hi all!

My partner & I are trying to conceive our 2nd child at the moment. I went off the pill at the end of May & had a 33 day menstrual cycle for my first cycle. I have been recording my Basal Body Temperature (resting body temp first thing in morning before I move out of bed) every day. I've read your BBT goes up apprx .2-.6 degrees celcius when you ovulate. My temp went up on day 12, 19, 23, 25 & 28 by at least .2 degrees! Do I go by the first day it went up (day 12) as the day I ovulated? If someone could help me out with this who knows about BBT & ovulating, that would be great!

Thank-you, Kylie *



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mummytobumpno1
July 2007 | mummytobumpno1
Re: Try to conceive - Basal Body Temperature
Ovulation usually occurs 14 days before your period.Sorry,no other help.


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Izzy
5.00 (Excellent) | July 2007 | Izzy
Re: Try to conceive - Basal Body Temperature

Without knowing anything else about you cycle, I would be inclined to say you ovulated on the 19th day. Menstruation occurs about 14 days (give or take a few days) after you ovulate and so on a 33 day cycle, day 19 is exactly 14 days before your period.

Charting only your temperature is unreliable because a lot of factor can affect it:: if you're sick, if you flactuate more than an hour when taking your temp, etc. So I suggest getting the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. It'll teach you to also chart your cervical fluid and cervix position.

Also, looking at your temperature will not teach you to predict when you are going to ovulate....because it tells you after the fact. The day your temperature surges is actually the day AFTER you ovulate.

Good luck



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      KyAquarius
5.00 (Excellent) | July 2007 | KyAquarius
Re: Try to conceive - Basal Body Temperature

Thanks Izzy. Yes I've read & have been told your temp goes up after you've ovulated so to start trying before you've predicted when it goes up. So yes we will start a bit before & after the 19th day of my cycle this time. I just read in another article that charting your cervical fluid & cervix position are great tools. I'll have to find out how to do it.

Thanks for your help! Kylie



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mrmia
5.00 (Excellent) | July 2007 | mrmia
Re: Try to conceive - Basal Body Temperature
I've read many trying to conceive web sites that say your best chances of conceiving is right before ovulation.  So, when your BBT takes a dip in temperature is when you should be having intercourse.  When you ovulate, the temperature will be higher, so if you wait until then to have intercourse, it may be too late.   Here's an article that may be helpful for you in using the charting techniques..  http://parenting.ivillage.com/ttc/ttcsigns/0,,h4lp,00.html .  Good luck, I will most likely be joining you in a couple of months too.


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      KyAquarius
July 2007 | KyAquarius
Re: Try to conceive - Basal Body Temperature

Thanks for referring me to that article! I read through it, it will be useful to refer back to during this cycle. Maybe my temp went up a few times because I'd had a beer the night before. I record that info down this cycle. Yes I read somewhere else & was told to start trying a few days before you ovulate/your temp goes up. So at least now after charting my first cycle, I have a rough indicator of when I ovulate, and hopefully will increase our chances this cycle. Thanks for your help and good luck to you too with trying to conceive!

Kylie



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Kasandra
5.00 (Excellent) | July 2007 | Kasandra
Re: Try to conceive - Basal Body Temperature

I don't know about body temperature.  Although if you know the length of your cycle do a search for "ovulation" and you will be able to find an "ovulation calculator".  We used this to conceive with our second child as well.  It worked on my second cycle and I am now 8 weeks pregnant.

The calculator will tell you the days that you "should" ovulate.  Once you have established this you simply do what comes naturally.

Good luck, let me know if you need any more info.



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      KyAquarius
July 2007 | KyAquarius
Re: Try to conceive - Basal Body Temperature

Congratulations on your pregnancy! That's great the ovulation calender worked for you! Getting pregnant on your second cycle is fantastic. I'm on my 2nd cycle now off the pill so I'm hoping it happens for us this cycle too! I just tried the ovulation calculator and the days it predicted me to ovulated were about a week later than what my BBT chart predicts from my first cycle! That's if I ovulated when my temp went up the first time. Well I think we will try around both stages of my pregnancy to cover all bases! Thanks for your help!

Kylie



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           KyAquarius
July 2007 | KyAquarius
Re: Try to conceive - Basal Body Temperature
Agh I meant to say we'll try at both stages of my cycle!! Lol. Pregnancy on the brain!


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