Thermometers Basal Body Temperature Thermometer User Guide

Thermometers Basal Body Temperature Thermometer

BBT: THE FACTS

BBT – Your waking, or at full rest, temperature

• Tracking your BBT is to confirm ovulation already happened, NOT to predict it
• You are looking for a biphasic thermal shift increase, which, when combined with a change in cervical mucus, confirms ovulation just occurred (typically within 1-2 days preceding shift)*
• Once ovulation occurs, your body secretes higher levels of progesterone, which is heat inducing, and that is why there’s an increase in BBT**
• Check with an FAE or healthcare professional if you do not see an ↑in BBT and cannot confirm ovulation

CRITERIA FOR A GOOD BBT THERMOMETER

Expensive ≠ better. Just depends on
preferences.

• Must not be a quick read thermometer (should take at least 30 – 60 seconds for the device to take your BBT) Should measure to the 10th or 100th degree, for example: 97.5°F or 97.53°F

BBT BEST PRACTICES

Done is better than perfect!

• Take your BBT first thing in the morning (best to do in bed, before going pee, starting the coffee, etc.,) around the same time, w/in half hour in either direction
• Take orally
• If something occurs that will impact your BBT such as illness, drinking a couple glasses of wine the night before, sleeping in, poor sleep, not sleeping 3 consecutive hours prior to taking your BBT, etc., simply take note of that on your chart which will help explain temp. outliers
• No need to take temp. more than once
• Done is better than perfect! BUT, take precaution if you are unable to confidently interpret your chart / still learning

*Less frequently, the thermal shift can take up to 4 days to occur after ovulation, and can shift 1 day before ovulation
**Some females are not sensitive to the heat-inducing effects of progesterone so don’t observe a thermal increase

iProven

Ora l the rmome ter

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• Inexpensive
• Straightforward to use

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• Only stores the previous temp taken

| $11.99
TempDrop

Dev ice worn on upper arm whi l e

sleeping

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•  Greot for those with irregular sleep schedules (postpartum, inconsistent wake times, etc.)
• Stores temps indefinitely
• Comes with a standard watch battery that doesn’t need to be changed for 6 – 9 months
• No active wireless communication while you wear TempDrop
• Once awake & ready to collect your temp, Bluetooth l ow-Ene rg y is used to sync your BBT to thesmartphone TempDrop app
• Your data remani s yours alone

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• TempDrop temps may be higher or lower than oral readings
• Alg orithm based technology is used so it takes 60 days to give accurate data for youto make informed fer tili ty choices
• You must initiate the syncing and download of your sleeping temperature to the smartp hone Tempdrop app at some p oint during the day (d oesn’t ha ve to be done first thing in the morning)

| $159
Daysy

Ora l device

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•  Hormone-free birth control device
• Boasts an accuracy of 99.4% in dif ferent ia ting infertile days versus fertile days (however  there has been  mafor  critiques  /  flaws pointed out with Valley Electronics’ (Daysy’s manufa cture r)  clinical study which must be be  considered if choosing this medica l device)

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•  l an  age from the Daysy website like: No note-taking, no forgetting, no worries. Daysy does all the hard work for you!” and “The sel f-lecrn ing a lg ori thm does all of the nece ssa ry calculation work for you” which, depending on your point of view, can reduce the self- empowerment component of interpreting your data and making your own informed fer tili ty choices Uses technolo gy to tell youwhether you are f ertile or infertile (green orred light) Uses your preceding menstr ua l doys & your BBT when telling you if you ore: fertile, possibly fertile, infertile, or a “Daysy is still learning” yellow light

| $299

© Veronica Ricksen The Well School of  Body Literacy 2021

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