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For most women, 96 to 98 degrees is considered anormal basal temperature preceding ovulation. Directly followingovulation, your BBT should rise to between 97 to 99 degrees.Temperature baseline and increase can vary among women. Temperaturechanges, depending on the individual, can be gradual orsudden.
Furthermore, what should your BBT be if you are pregnant?
Your body temperature dips a bit just beforeyour ovary releases an egg. Then, 24 hours after the egg'srelease, your temperature rises and stays up for severaldays. Before ovulation, a woman's BBT averagesbetween97°F (36.1°C) and97.5°F (36.4°C). Afterovulation, it rises to97.6°F (36.4°C) to98.6°F(37°C).
Considering this, does your BBT stay high if pregnant?
Waking or Basal Body Temperature(BBT) After ovulation, your temperature usuallyremains elevated until your next period, about twoweeks later. But if you become pregnant, it remainshigh for more than 18 days. A sustained rise in wakingtemperature almost always indicates that ovulation hasoccurred.
The process for basal body temperature tracking is simple,but it does require a small commitment.
- Every morning before getting out of bed, you'll take yourtemperature and note it on a chart.
- Take your temperature as close to the same time every day asyou can.
- Plot the thermometer number on a chart.