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high basal body temperature during period
A 31-year-old member asked:

Dr. Gerard Honore answered
29 years experience Fertility Medicine
A temperature: Is a temperature, regardless of what you call it. How high is it? If it's over 100.4 it's probably abnormal; otherwise its normal.
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A 30-year-old member asked:

Dr. Wayne Ingram answered
Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Temperature rise: Threre wil be a decided elevation of the baseline temperature in the 2nd half of the menstrual cycle produced by the heat producing effect(thermogenic ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:

Dr. Neeoo Chin answered
40 years experience Fertility Medicine
BBT unreliable: If the basal body temperature is still elevated check a pregnancy test. Usually the basal body temperature charting is somewhat unreliable though.
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Dr. Andrew Lipton answered
30 years experience Holistic Medicine
Temp: yes cold or infection raises basal body temp
A 36-year-old member asked:

Dr. Gerard Honore answered
29 years experience Fertility Medicine
BBT: Yes it can be lower than 37 c.
A 34-year-old member asked:

Dr. Gerard Honore answered
29 years experience Fertility Medicine
Sure: Certainly, 37c corresponds to 98.6 f - normal human bodies can be several degrees up or down without being abnormal, and many factors including enviro ... Read More
A 42-year-old member asked:

Dr. Tarun Jain answered
24 years experience Fertility Medicine
Don't bother: Don't use basal body temperature testing ... too tedious and prone to inaccuracies. Use the urine ovulation predictor kits instead.
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A 24-year-old female asked:

Dr. Seth Derman answered
33 years experience Fertility Medicine
Trend is important: Bbts in themselves are not important. It is the trend. A rise in temperature in the last half of the cycle suggests ovulation.
A 51-year-old member asked:

Dr. Gerard Honore answered
29 years experience Fertility Medicine
Not in: any systematic way. Humans are homeothermic, so we maintain our body temperatures regardless of outside conditions.
A 41-year-old member asked:

Dr. Wayne Ingram answered
Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Temperature rise: Threre wil be a decided elevation of the baseline temperature in the 2nd half of the menstrual cycle produced by the heat producing effect(thermogenic ... Read More
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