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Natural Family Planning - Basal Body Temperature By Expert Author: Dr. Eric Daiter MD
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Monitoring your basal body temperature can help you determine when your chances of becoming pregnant, or not becoming pregnant, are at their peak. Tracking your basal body temperature needs to be done daily and you may need to keep records for several months in order to accurately determine how your body reacts to ovulation.

If you are trying to become pregnant, you will want to increase your chances by having sex during the five days before ovulation and on the day that you ovulate. To begin, you will need a basal body temperature thermometer. A basal body temperature thermometer measures your body temperature by tenths of degrees, much more accurate than typical thermometers. Since you will be looking for very slight variations in temperature, the basal body temperature thermometer is a must.

Basal body temperature refers to the temperature of your body when you are at rest. Therefore, you need to take your temperature in the morning before you get out of bed. Record your daily temperature on a chart. When your temperature rises by as little as 0.4 degrees Fahrenheit and stays there for a few days, then you can assume that ovulation has occurred. Some women experience a full degree of difference, but many women only have a slight change in temperature.

You may notice your temperature decrease slightly just before ovulation. Your hormone levels should change when ovulation occurs and cause your basal body temperature to increase the day after ovulation and stay elevated for a few days. If your menstrual cycles are fairly consistent, then you should be able to determine fairly accurately when you are about to ovulate.

If you are trying to avoid pregnancy, then you want to consider that after ovulation, your egg can survive and be fertile anywhere from a few hours to a full day after ovulation. It may be best when monitoring your basal body temperature to abstain from sexual activity for a few days after ovulation to increase your chances of avoiding pregnancy. Keep in mind that any fluctuation in your menstrual cycle can cause things to change and estimating your ovulation day is not the most reliable method of birth control. Factors such as stress, diet, weight gain or loss, and medications can change things with little or no indication on a basal body temperature thermometer.

If you are trying to conceive, starting with a basal body temperature chart is a good place to begin. It can help you determine the best times to attempt to conceive. If you are having problems conceiving, then you should see an infertility specialist. Your diligent attempts at keeping an accurate record of your basal body temperature could prove to be a valuable asset when determining what infertility treatment may be right for you.

About the Author/Author Bio

Eric Daiter is the medical director of The NJ Center for Fertility and Reproductive Medicine, LLC, a leading NEW JERSEY INFERTILITY CENTER that offers a complete range of MALE INFERTILITY AND FEMALE INFERTILITY TREATMENT.

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