Thread: bbt

Basal body temperature (BBT) is your temperature when you first wake up in the morning. Before you even get out of bed to brush your teeth or start your day, pop a basal thermometer (available at drugstores) into your mouth. (It's important to try to wake up and take this reading at about the same time each morning.) This thermometer shows the minute incremental degree changes that a regular one can't. Most basal thermometers come with a temperature plotting chart.Your BBT probably ranges from 97.2 to about 97.7 degrees before ovulation. During the two or three days after you ovulate, hormonal changes have caused a rise in your BBT of between 0.5 and 1.6 degrees, which lasts at least until your next period. You'll probably notice your temperature spiking on other days, but unless it stays that way, you probably haven't yet ovulated. If you become pregnant, your temperature will stay elevated throughout your pregnancy.

so once i get this thermometer should i wait till the next morning and take my temp so i can determine what my normal range is from the reading reading that the ovulation chart gave me i should be ovulating around the 12 of this month so i should wait until about the third day of ovulation and start to check my temp as you can see i have no idea what to do but once i purchase this thermometer ill be asking more questions thanks