A 39-year-old member asked:
what is basal body temperature?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Megan Birdanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 19 years experience
Early morning temp: The basal body temperature is the temperature your body is at when you first wake up, before you get moving for the day. We use it to check for when your body releases an egg. It can only be measured with a special thermometer which reads temperature at a more accurate scale.
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Dr. Philip Chenetteanswered
Fertility Medicine 38 years experience
Basal Body Temp, BBT: Bbt, basal body temperature, is a woman's temperature at baseline, first thing in the morning, before arising out of bed.
Bbt tends to be low in the first two weeks of the menstrual cycle, then rises just before ovulation, by about half a degree.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
What are the benefits of basal body temperature?
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Dr. Wayne Ingramanswered
Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Determines ovulation: Bbt is a cheap way to help determine possible ovulation in lieu of ovulation predictor kits which are expensive.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
What is basal body temperature? Bbt
1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Amr Azimanswered
Fertility Medicine 30 years experience
Progesterone effect: After ovulation rise in Progesterone increases body temperature about 0.5 degrees c. Length of that rise in temperature indicates Progesterone production continues long enough (>8d is good). Better method of identifying ovulation before it takes place is the ovulation predictor kit (about 24 hours).
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A 51-year-old member asked:
Can altitude affect basal body temperature?
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Dr. Gerard Honoreanswered
Fertility Medicine 29 years experience
Not in: any systematic way. Humans are homeothermic, so we maintain our body temperatures regardless of outside conditions.
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Moraga, CA
A 29-year-old female asked:
How do I take my basal body temperature?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Justin Diedrichanswered
Gynecology 14 years experience
See this site: Mayo clinic has a great explanation http://www.Mayoclinic.Org/tests-procedures/basal-body-temperature/basics/definition/prc-20019978.
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A member asked:
Can cold affect basal body temperature?
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Dr. Andrew Liptonanswered
Holistic Medicine 30 years experience
Temp: yes cold or infection raises basal body temp
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