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Different time of the month? What is this temp. thing all about. Everyone says to take your temperature but no one states what it is suppose to be or when to take it or what it is suppose to do when your ovulateing.
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Yes, it's quite possible–in fact, many women don't ovulate on or around day 14. Also, white mucus should be the precursor to some stretchy clear stuff, which is actually your most fertile cervical fluid.
To comprehend your cycle with temp charting, you need to take your temperature at the same time each morning, after at least a three-hour stretch of sleep. Make sure you record the temp to at least one decimal place, as the shifts might be very small–the range is usually from around 96.0 to the upper 98s, but many women vary only within about a degree and a half.
What temp charting will do for you is pinpoint your ovulation after the fact, demonstrating what's known as your follicular and luteal phases. During the follicular phase (which can be of pretty much any length), the follicle is maturing, preparing for ovulation. (Estrogen, which is the primary hormone at work in this phase, keeps your temp low.) Once you've ovulated, entering the luteal phase (which is almost always 14 days, give or take a few), progesterone takes over, pushing your morning temp up by .5-1.0 degree on average. Your temp should spike and stay elevated until either right before or into your period. (If you’ve 18 days of elevated temps, go purchase a pregnancy test.) Then, it'll drop back down and you'll begin over.
If you're trying to get pregnant, you need to keep a few things in mind. First, having sex after the temp shift isn't going to help you out–the unfertilized egg can survive for 12-24 hours, and by the time your temp spikes, it's probably too late. So, what you're aiming for is sex the day of and, if possible, the day before. Because of that, temp charting is mainly helpful in terms of spotting patterns that will make your ovulation predictable. Maybe your follicular phase is predictable, and you always ovulate on cycle day 16–in that case, you'll know to have sex on 15 and 16, and you'll be able to confirm that ovulation occurred when your temp spikes the next day. Or, if your follicular phase varies, maybe your temp tends to drop the day or two before ovulation, which will give you a warning sign. In either case, you'll learn the length of your luteal phase, and (if you're like me) save a lot of money on prematurely purchased pregnancy tests.
Final note: if you're irregular, you might be interested in using ovulation predictor kits in conjunction with your charting. An OPK will measure for the surge in luteinizing hormone that happens 24-26 hours before ovulation; use your chart to figure the week or so of likely ovulation, use the kit to pinpoint the day, and then confirm again with the chart. Good luck!
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You will have a sudden increase in your temperature when you’ve already ovulated. So the temperature only helps to know that you did ovulate. This is something you are suppose to monitor for a couple of months to know how your body works. Get the Clear Blue Simple Fertility Monitor! It WORKS!!!