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Basal body temperature (BBT) is one of the clues your body gives you about your own fertility. Get wise about what it is, how to track it and how to use it to understand your fertility cycle.
Basal Body Temperature Basics [article]
What is basal body temperature? Basal body temperature (BBT) is the temperature of your body at rest. Why would you measure your BBT? BBT...
Can charting basal body temperatures during the first trimester of pregnancy predict that a miscarriage may occur, or has already occurred? ...
Please explain basal body temperature changes as they relate to menstruation, ovulation and conception? ...
What factors affect your basal body temperature? If I go to bed late, or drink wine or coffee, or smoke a few cigarettes, can...
Why does my ovulation kit say I am ovulating, but my basal body temperature doesn't have a rise at the same time? ...
I get my period every 28 days, but my first three months of charting shows no spike mid-cycle. What can this mean? ...
How to Take Your BBT [q&a]
How do you take your basal body temperature? Do you need a thermometer made specifically for this purpose? ...
BBT & Irregular Cycles [q&a]
Before I started trying to conceive two cycles ago, my cycles came every 27 to 29 days. Last month, I thought I was pregnant...
I have just started to chart my basal body temperature. With so many factors affecting a person's temperature, how can this method be reliable?...
I'm using an ovulation test kit and taking basal body temperature. If there is a temperature drop and then an increase around the 13th...
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