Ovulation Basal Temperature Chart Sample
Print out a copy or five or six copies of our blank chart and buy a bbt or fertility thermometer available at most pharmacies.
Ovulation basal temperature chart sample. The pattern of temperature would show about 12 14 days of lower temperature readings. Connecting the dots helps you see how your temperature rises and falls through your cycle. This slightly elevated basal body temperature will do one of two things. Check your bbt and cm every day and fill in the chart.
Connect the dots as you go to see how your basal temperature fluctuates from day to day. A lasting surge in tempera ture shows that you ovulated two or three days earlier. Your bbt will be lower during the first part of your cycle. Here s a sample of a basal body temperature chart.
Remember to do it before you get out of bed each dot shows your temperature measurement that day. There is a good chance of pregnancy if your temperature remains high. The first step to charting your basal body temperature is getting a chart to record your temperature. Your own basal body temperature chart may be the 1 st indicator of possible problems with a difficulty to get pregnant or infertility however this is not a diagnosis yet.
You can find sample charts in some fertility books such as take charge of your fertility harper perennial 1995 a book considered by many to be the go to resource for basal body temperature charting guidance. Your basal body temperature bbt is your lowest body temperature in a 24 hour period and it increases slightly right after you ovulate. Quick bbt chart guide enlarge sample chart for the average 28 day cycle. Starting with the day you get your period day one of your cycle take your temperature and mark this on the chart with a dot.
It s best to do this first thing in the morning before you get out of bed. Women with irregular cycle lengths 28 34 days for instance may ovulate not exactly in the middle of the cycle on the 14 th day but somewhere between 14 th and 20 th day which is the norm. Here ovulation was on cycle day 14 starred. Using a special thermometer you can track your basal body temperature over time to estimate when you ll ovulate and figure out your most fertile days.
Using the results to detect when you ovulated your bbt will rise slightly after you ovulate see above sample only by about 0 5 to 1 degrees fahrenheit about 0 3 to 0 5 degrees celsius. Most women see a 1 to 5 degree increase after ovulation happens. Basal body temperature monitoring contraceptive method myvmc 9 10 2013в в how to chart basal body temperature. Need help using the chart.
Download our basal body temperature and cervical mucus chart to fill in. Updated on january 31 sample bbt chart. Around day 14 your temperature would show a rise above this coverline. Download our sample chart and instructions.
It will increase a little at ovulation.