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Basal Body Temperature (439 words) |
 | Basal body temperature is the temperature of your body at rest. |
| Your body temperature rises by a small amount (0.5 to 1.0 degree Fahrenheit) at the time of ovulation, and then stays elevated for several days, due to the rise in the level of the hormone progesterone. |
| If you use a basal body temperature, which typically marks the units from 96 to 100 degrees with markings for each one-tenth of a degree, rather than an ordinary thermometer, it will be easier for you to distinguish the minor temperature fluctuations associated with ovulation. |
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Basal body temperature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (551 words) |
| Basal body temperature is the body temperature measured immediately after awakening and before any physical activity has been undertaken. |
| Records of basal body temperatures can be used to accurately determine if a woman is ovulating, and if the length of the post-ovulatory (luteal) phase of her menstrual cycle is sufficient to sustain a pregnancy. |
| Charting of basal body temperatures is used in some methods of fertility awareness, and may be used to determing the onset of post-ovulatory infertility. |
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