Temps for Females with Monthly Cycles

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http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/sexual.htm

Found this informative page when searching for info on how our

monthly menstrual cycle might affect temps. If you page down a bit,

there's a chart that shows a woman's monthly temp would vary from

97.9 - 98.8, depending on the time of month. That's about where my

temps are, but I thought they weren't stable cause they kept moving

around within that range. And I also thought they were getting too

high because I'd get above 98.6 for a few days each month. Then I

thought I was stressing out from my high temps so that's why they'd

lower again LOL! Turns out this is a normal cycle!

There's also a chart showing when estrogen and progesterone are

supposed to peak, for those of you using creams to manage that.

And someone asked about hypo and infertility. " Often at ovulation

there is a sharp drop in the woman's body temperature (a woman's body

temperature is low, perhaps as low as 98.0° F (36.7° C) or less) and

her cervical mucus becomes very thin and clear and forms " threads " .

Interestingly, both the low body temperature and the condition of the

mucus are designed to prolong the life of and aid in the mobility of

sperm to increase the chances that the egg being released will be

fertilized. "

" In case an egg has been fertilized, the growing embryo needs a

warmer environment to do well, so the body temperature rises to 98.6°

F (37.0° C) or higher. " (Our version of sitting on our hatched

eggs?! This would explain why hypos rarely get pregnant--their low

temps won't sustain an embryo.)

Anyway, this info was extremely helpful to me, so thought I'd share.

Barb