Basal Temperature

BBT tracking mistakes, accuracy factors, and how illness, sleep, and time affect results

BBT tracking mistakes, accuracy factors, and how illness, sleep, and time affect results

What BBT can and cannot tell you Basal is your body’s lowest resting , measured immediately after waking and before activity. In a typical ovulatory cycle, are relatively lower before and rise slightly after because progesterone increases metabolic heat production. This creates a biphasic chart: a lower- follicular phase and a higher- luteal phase. The […]

Basal body temperature (BBT) tracking: how to measure, read charts, and confirm ovulation

Basal body temperature (BBT) tracking: how to measure, read charts, and confirm ovulation

What basal body temperature means is the body’s temperature at complete rest. In fertility charting, it is usually measured first thing in the morning after a period of sleep, before sitting up, walking around, eating, drinking, or checking your phone for long enough to become fully active. The reason BBT is relevant to is hormonal. […]