When you are taking your basal temperature every day, you will see it be pretty consistently low in the beginning of your month. Right before you ovulate, it falls a little bit. And then right after you ovulate, it rises quite a bit.
The reason you need a basal thermometer is that it is made so that you can see even tenths of a degree. Sometimes the difference between not ovulating, being about to ovulate and having ovulated is just a few tenths of a degree, and you need to be able to see this and chart it.
In terms of having sex, most experts recommend that when you are trying to conceive that you actually have sex every OTHER day, not every day.
Don't be discouraged that you haven't conceived yet, Starr. Despite what you hear about women conceiving easily or on the first try, it usually takes most women a few months to conceive, and a year is not out of the ordinary. (It's ironic, considering how much of our lives we spend trying NOT to get pregnant, isn't it?) Stressing out about it won't help your body's hormones.
Fertility experts do suggest having a checkup if you've been trying for a year and it hasn't happened. Have you considered seeing a doctor, just to make sure everything on both sides is working correctly?
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Starr,
When you are taking your basal temperature every day, you will see it be pretty consistently low in the beginning of your month. Right before you ovulate, it falls a little bit. And then right after you ovulate, it rises quite a bit.
The reason you need a basal thermometer is that it is made so that you can see even tenths of a degree. Sometimes the difference between not ovulating, being about to ovulate and having ovulated is just a few tenths of a degree, and you need to be able to see this and chart it.
In terms of having sex, most experts recommend that when you are trying to conceive that you actually have sex every OTHER day, not every day.
Don't be discouraged that you haven't conceived yet, Starr. Despite what you hear about women conceiving easily or on the first try, it usually takes most women a few months to conceive, and a year is not out of the ordinary. (It's ironic, considering how much of our lives we spend trying NOT to get pregnant, isn't it?) Stressing out about it won't help your body's hormones.
Fertility experts do suggest having a checkup if you've been trying for a year and it hasn't happened. Have you considered seeing a doctor, just to make sure everything on both sides is working correctly?
I have my fingers crossed for you!
February 18, 2010 - 7:55amThis Comment
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