You've dedicated your life's work to menstrual charting: why do you think charting, and awareness of menstrual cycles, is so important? In a word, it’s incredibly empowering. She's an amazingly dedicated and energetic person who also just happens to really, really like chocolate croissants. She also wrote a great book about menstruation and charting for teen women, called Cycle Savvy: The Smart Teen's Guide to the Mysteries of Her Body. If you don't know who Toni is, she's the author of Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement and Reproductive Health, which is pretty much THE book for people who want to chart fertility, and the book I used to learn how to do it well in my 20's. Now I owe her an even bigger apology for publishing them far later than that! Sadly, we didn't connect as often as I wish we had before I moved out of Seattle and to a more remote island outside the city.Ī while back, I sent Toni some questions for Scarleteen, and many months later, she apologized for sending them to me so late. 5 degrees in the follicular phase and will stay above the coverline during the luteal phase.' from 66. Weschler used to be my neighbor, a fact that caused me to squee more than a little loudly and scare the bejeezus out of my pets when I first discovered it. Ideally, a woman's temperature will not bounce around more than. 'Q: What are average BBTs?Ī: The average range of BBTs is between 97.0-97.7 before ovulation and 97.7-99.0 after ovulation. Do note that where your temperature is measured from matters. So I would say 2-5☏ lower than your normal body temperature would be a good estimate. It says that the temperature is lower than normal body temperature. A couple values with standard deviations could be listed, but I think a good enough idea can be obtained from the article in its present form.

Reply ĭo note that body temperatures vary. Please mention some values and some concrete date.

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