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How to track your basal body temperature (BBT) chart for fertility
Hi there! This is Dr. Sheena from Qi Medicine Acupuncture Moonee Ponds Melbourne, Australia.

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I wanted to talk to you about basal body temperature charting (BBT charting) and how it can be a really useful tool when you're looking to get pregnant.

What is a BBT chart? We use basal body temperature charting in the clinic regularly as a really effective tool for helping us to diagnose and treat issues with fertility, so we can have a look at what's happening with your body by looking at your chart.BBT charting is something that we often require our clients to do, and it can be an amazing tool. It gives you so much information about what's going on with your cycle that it's really the most valuable information you could have. I will show you how you can do your basal body temperature (BBT) charting at home so as to understand exactly what you're looking at and understand why it is so important. Every basal body temperature chart is different, and there is no such thing as a perfect chart, but generally speaking, they look like this. 
This chart shows a whole menstrual cycle, and you can see that it’s biphasic – meaning there are two distinct areas of cycles. The first phase is the follicular phase, which starts from day one of your period or the first day of proper bleeding, to ovulation around the middle. The luteal phase is that second half of the cycle. This BBT chart is done using the Fertility Friend, one of the best free apps for BBT charting, as the algorithms they use seem to be the most accurate, plus it is so much easier to read than other apps.

What should a good BBT chart look like? Generally, a period can be anywhere from 26 to 32 days; it does vary quite a lot. There's no such thing as a perfect period month because every woman is different. A woman can have a longer or a shorter cycle, and it still is a perfectly normal cycle.With BBT tracking, we're not only looking at your most likely fertile days, but we're also looking at several other important readings.
Factors such as your overall temperature, what's happening with your cervical mucus, intercourse days, illness and stress all play an important role. This will help us to figure out your specific picture of health, and help us to treat you accordingly in Chinese medicine. So if you're a little too hot or if you're a little too cold, we can help to balance you out. This will give you better health and better outcomes overall, which is essential for overall fertility health.
There are many things that will affect your BBT readings. One of them is alcohol. If you drink that warms you up, that will disrupt your reading. If you're sick, that will also give a different reading. If you are highly stressed (say you've just had a big fight with your partner) that will throw reading off, plus medications, travel, and many other things. There will be fluctuations, and you will see that in your chart, so it is important to keep a track of these too.
How do you use a BBT chart?
To start tracking, you will need to put in your temperatures each morning after you wake up, every day, filling a chart throughout the month. To take your temperature, what you need to do is get a good quality digital thermometer; no need to go for the fancy $300 one! They're not necessarily any better than a good quality digital thermometer that you can get for $14 at our clinic.

What are the rules when BBT charting? I cannot stress enough, how important the following rules are. if you do not follow them, then it simply will not work. Minimum of three hours sleep: You need to have at least three hours of sleep - one block of three-hour sleep – no less. So if you are getting up throughout the night - maybe you've got a toddler, or you work in shifts, or you have something else going on, it’s ok as long as you have a three-hour block of sleep, you can take your temperature after that. Because what we're doing is getting the base temperature, which is the lowest possible temperature of your body at that time.
No drinking: When you wake up, it is very, very important that you do not drink - no water, no coffee.
No eating.
No speaking.
Don't roll over and talk to your partner or your cat.
No movement of any kind. Do not get out of bed, and you don't do any activity, because any of those activities will interrupt your temperature - they'll bring your temperature up or it will create some other disturbance.
The only movement you’re allowed to do is reaching over and grabbing the thermometer and sticking it in your mouth!