Re: Which is more accurate for basal temp? Oral or underarm?

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I believe consistency is the most important thing., I take mine orally.

Weak adrenals can cause low sex hormones as when the ovaries/testes age

and lower their production of these hormones it is left to the adrenals

to pick up the slack.

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First of all...KUDOS to you for being so diligent in

taking your temp. for sooo long. Not many can even

remember to do it. Especially us who have memory

issues due to the hormone imbalance. I think most of

your hormones will be unbalanced if you don't have

your adrenals and thyroid at optimal level. Once they

are, then get labwork for the other hormones except

for DHEA. You'll need to suppliment with that since

it's an adrenal hormone. You may find that once your

adrenals and thyroid are optimized, the other hormones

will be at their normal levels. I had questions too

about the difference in temps. when doing it under the

arm versus in the mouth. It doesn't make a lot of

sense. I'm also 38 and have noticed my basal temps to

be under 98 in the first two weeks of the cycle and

above 98 in the second two weeks. Dr.

recommends taking temps. only the first several days

of your period. Not the first though. If temps. are

under 97.8, then you need to treat your thyroid.

--- nakia41069 wrote:

> I've been taking my basal temperature for several

> months. I

> originally started because my periods had become

> irregular and I

> wanted to see EXACTLY how irregular. So, I charted

> them every morning

> and start a new graph on the first day of my

> menstrual cycle. For

> about 8 months, I've been taking it orally.

>

> However, yesterday, I wanted to see how much of a

> difference there was

> between oral and underarm temps. Today is the first

> day of my

> menstrual cycle (Only 24 day cycle last month, with

> my luteal phase

> lasting only 12 days). (My blood tests indicate

> that I'm low in the

> range for Estradiol(30%) (day 3), Progesterone (30%)

> (Day 21) and

> Testosterone (9%) (Day 3).) Anyway... both

> yesterday and today, my

> oral temp was 97.67. The underarm temp was 96.40

> yesterday and 96.50

> today. I usually have temps in the 97's (between

> 97.4 and 97.8) during

> the follicular phase and in the 98's (98.0 - 98.3,

> with an OCCAISIONAL

> rise above 98.3 when I haven't slept well).

>

> So, first of all, since this is the first day of my

> cycle, should I

> switch to axillary temps or stick with oral? Does

> it matter which way

> you do it or is the consistency the most important

> part?

>

> Second, is all this hormone fun due to perimenopause

> (I'm 37, will be

> 38 in April) or am I still somehow deficient in some

> hormone that I'm

> taking (I take 4.5 grains of Armour, 50 mcg of T4

> and 15 mg of

> Cortisol per day. I also started again taking DHEA

> on 11/29 due to

> the blood tests showing I'm at the bottom of the

> range in that hormone

> (108 Range 40-325)) Would being deficient in thyroid

> hormones or

> adrenal hormones, for example, cause me to be low in

> all my sex

> hormones? I know that DHEA can affect testosterone,

> but is there

> something else?

>

>

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[Guest guest]

> Dr.

> recommends taking temps. only the first several days

> of your period. Not the first though. If temps. are

> under 97.8, then you need to treat your thyroid.

>

Arrrggghhhh so sounds like both you and Val are saying I need to re-

examine my thyroid and adrenals. Have I mentioned how tired I am of

being my own endocrine system? My endo is great with my thyroid, but

ALL my doctors suck with everything else.

I will probably still do the temps everyday, but will use just the

first part of the month to judge thyroid and adrenal.