Did you know??

That your temperature, or basal body temperature (BBT), can also let you know that you have ovulated?  Well I didn’t, I guess I missed that part in health class.  Since the ovulation predictor kit wasn’t working for me Maureen (my acupuncturist) suggested that I chart my temperature every morning. I thought she was crazy, but what do I know.

So first thing in the morning, before you do anything else you pop a thermometer and check your temperature. If you move too much it reads at a higher temp, so you have to be very careful. If I wake up before my alarm I just take it then and then go back to sleep. My thermometer stores the temp until the next use so I don’t have to worry about seeing it then – which is really helpful. It is recommended to take it at the same time every day but I just take it when I wake up.

I use an app called Fertility Friend to track my cycles, symptoms, and everything in between. The app is actually pretty cool because of all the data it analyses for you and tells you what it could mean. The temperature spike lets you know that you did ovulate, but it tells you the day after. So basically it’s just a way to confirm that you did in fact ovulate.

So this is a screen shot of my chart and as you can see, I did ovulate for sure this month (I actually have 3 different forms of confirmation WooHoo!!!). As you can see I ovulated at day 13. After 2 cycles of not knowing I was pretty excited to see that.

Praying for Baby B!

Jacki