?? when to start taking and charting my BBt ??

Question

i have irregular menstrual and want to know when and if i am ovulating? i heard taking tempts with basal thermometer and charting is a good way to find out. I'm not on any medicine of any kind, and just got my thermometer today. :-) But I'm still confused as too what to do.

1) Do i start taking and charting my BB tempts now (even though im not on my period yet)? Or do i wait until the first day of my period to take temps

2) How do I know im ovulating by ONLY looking at my tempt. record?

3) When do i stop taking my bbt? is it when my periods over? or is it that i dont stop and i do this continuously until i conceive?

~*~ any other helpful information is greatly appreciated ~*~

Please serious answer from helpful people only. ;) thanks

Answer 1

1. Start with Day 1 of your cycle which is the first day of your period.

2. Here is an example of an ovulatory BBT

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/195e...

The horizontal line is the coverline - the temp that marks when your temp goes up after ovulation.

The vertical line is ovulation.

Notice how temps are below the coverline before ovulation and above the coverline after ovulation. That marks an ovulatory BBT

Here is an example of an anovulatory BBT

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/HelpCente...

Notice how there is no clear pattern and the temps are all over the place - above and below the coverline for the whole cycle.

3. You stop taking your BBT when you start your period.

This website is GREAT for BBT.

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/

Some tips:

Take your temp the SAME TIME every morning without moving. If you move (getting out of bed) you will get an inaccurate result. If you can invest in a Basal Body Thermometer.

Answer 2

start now

Answer 3

START RIGHT AWAY, YOUR TEMPERATURE USUALLY IS AROUND THE SAME AND WHEN YOU OVULATE IT GOES UP, SO YOU WILL KNOW