WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 2000: Re: A High Basal Body Temperature

Re: A High Basal Body Temperature

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:30:14 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Tina wrote: >
>My husband and I are trying to conceive our first child. We have been
>trying for a few months with no success. I recently started taking my
>basal body temperture after reading "Taking Charge of Your Fetility" by
>Toni Weschler. My temperatures since the start of my period have been
>between 97.8 and 98.2. I know this is higher than normal, but I'm
>concerned why that would be. I have been feeling warmer than normal so
>maybe this is just a flukey month. The one thing that maybe causing it
>is that I am unable to get 3 straight hours of sleep before taking my
>temperature. I usually wake up 1-2 times a night to go to the bathroom.
>I read in the book that if you wake up during the night that you should
>go ahead and take it then, but I would think it would be more important
>to take it at a consistent time. What would be causing this and what
>should I do?
>Thank you,
>Tina

It is very difficult to get an accurate basal body temperature if you are jumping out of bed several times to go potty (or put the dog out, or whatever). You may want to consider using ovulation predictor tests instead.

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG

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