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Basal Body
Temperatures - a how to
by Fay Porter
So many couples are
forced to go to other means of helping conception along. Not always
is the equation have lots of sex + right timing = baby as easy to
accomplish for some as it is others.
Sometimes,
couples are forced to try other methods along with the equation for
baby to help conceive their child. Tracking the basil body
temperature is one of the many methods used today.
Basal Body Temperature (BBT) is a very natural way of charting your
more fertile days by temperature, therefore increasing your chances
of the 'right timing.' The concept behind BBT is very simple: the
woman's temperature is generally lower before ovulation and higher
afterwards. Generally before ovulation, a woman's BBT is between 97
and 97.5 degrees Fahrenheit whereas after ovulation, the temperature
rises to 97.6 to 98.6 degrees.
To effectively use the BBT method, a woman must take her temperature
for 4 minutes every morning immediately after waking up. By using a
piece of graph paper, she can record her temperatures, noting a fall
in temperature right before ovulation. Immediately after ovulation,
progesterone is released, a hormone related to pregnancy, will cause
the body's temperature to increase, holding it at the higher level
until the next time for ovulation.
It might take the woman up to a year to be able to accurately read
her BBT chart, but it should not take that long.
The main drawback to the BBT method is that there are outlying
factors that can influence your BBT like alcohol, lack of sleep or
irregular cycles. Some women have even been known to ovulate twice
in one month.
BBT does work, but it always works more effectively if used with
other natural planning methods like the calendar method and the
mucus secretion method.
Article reprinted with permission.
Copyright © 2003 Fay Porter. This article may not be resold,
reprinted, or redistributed for compensation of any kind without
prior written permission from the author.
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