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Help.charting my temp for first time. positive lh surge and dip in temp and then went up by 0.3degrees then next day went down by 0.2 have i ovulated?

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

May I suggest: If you are getting clear results with the OPK that you stop doing the bbt? Bbt are famously difficult to interpret and not terribly precise anyway. As long as you do get a surge on opk, that always trumps bbt.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 2/13/2015

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