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Basal Temp Woes!

lina2008
lina2008
Hi Girls, I was wondering if you can help me with this one, Ive been charting my temp this cycle and I found that I had a two day drop in temp over the last few days; first day of a little more than .2 and yesterday of .03. I though I may be ovulating so I expected a temp increase today, however my temp went up by just 0.26 which is about the same as the rest of my cycle!!!
Does this mean I havent ovulated????

Gee Im confused!!!!!

Lina
SweetPea19
SweetPea19
Mmmmmm...that's interesting! Are you taking your temp at about the same time every morning? AND are you making sure you don't do anything before taking it...like you literally should wake up reach over to your nightstand and get the thermometor and take your temp without hardly moving for best results!

I charted for a while, but when mine didn't fluctuate hardly I realized I wasn't ovulating at all LOL!

I never heard of the temp going down before it goes up! But I guess it is possible, but I think you'd be ovulating when your temp goes UP.
lina2008
lina2008
Yes I have my clock set for 6.00 am every morning and take it as soon as I wake....
SweetPea19
SweetPea19
That's just odd then! Now I'm confused LOL!

When I took mine it was practically the same every day. But your temp didn't really go down too dramatically...I think they say as long as it's in .5 of each other. And then when it raises it should be higher at almost a whole degree higher.
lina2008
lina2008
Maybe am just not ovulating this month...
melissaw27
melissaw27
i found the first 2 months the chart was all over the place! 2 months ago right before i ovulated it dropped about .5 then shot up a day or so later. if it does go up it will stay up for a few days. my doc told me if at that point you are preggo it stays up. this month my chart looks like a flat line...not too promising! Good luck...happy charting! :)