Help! How much does your temp have to rise to indicate ov?

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I have been charting since September 2013 and my gyn looked at my chart last month and said it looks like I only ov'd in October as I went from CD20 at 36.3 to CD21 at 36.9 (celsius).

This has freaked me out as she just smiled and said keep trying and I said for how long? To which she replied as long as it takes!

Aaaaaaargh - am freaking as I will be 36 in October this year :/

My other cycles have shown around 0.2 degrees shift i.e. from 36.4 to 36.6 then they gradually increase to around 36.8 or 36.9 until my period is finished then they fall again to around 36.2/36.3

I'm confused as according to FF the rise is usually 0.2 degrees c but may be as slight as 0.1 or even less...

Should I be concerned about this do y'think experienced ladies?

I wonder if this sort of pattern happens or does everyone see a dramatic spike like 0.6 degrees?

Thanks for any advice charters!! x

How long have you been ttc for?. Generally speaking gyneas like to see women over 35 after they have been ttc their first child for more than six months without success.

What are your cycles like generally speaking?. Are they normally regular in length?. A normal cycle is a cycle length of between 21 and 35 days.

Temp charting is not fallible and can be wrong; you can have a rise in temp in the second half of the cycle when an egg has not been shed. You ideally could do with having blood tests done to see what your hormone levels are like and whether you are ovulating regularly or not.
Also your man should be tested too as subfertility is not the sole preserve of the woman.

I would seek a second opinion in your circs; the doc you saw was not at all helpful and fobbed you off.

Thanks Attila, we've been ttc since Sep 2013!

My cycles are on average 31 days long but have been as short as 24 and as long as36 over the past 24 months. Then totally out of the blue in Aug 2013 I had a 51 day cycle!!

That has never happened before and I started my periods when I was 11 years old.

So I have been menstruating for 24 years and concerned about how many eggs I may have left!

Will check out the blood tests and I have suggested to DH that he go for a test which he was (seemingly) happy to do but he hasn't made any moves to make an appointment.

Reckon we have to take your advice and get the tests done then we can move on. Do the blood tests tell you if you are oving or do you have to have an internal?

I has the transvag ultrasound in Nov and saw my uterus, ovaries etc. on the scan at the gyn and all was ok.

Unlike Attila I have positive experience from temping. I have been temping for around 10 years now and would say that most of the time I get a slow rise but sometimes I get a bigger sudden rise, so what you are describing sounds normal to me.

I have been pregnant 16 times and my charts with pregnancy can often show a lower overall temperature rise than the months I have not been pregnant. (Some of the best looking charts with great rises following ov turned out as miscarriages.)

I think though that being fobbed off by the doc saying takes as long as it takes is not good. If you are over 35 and been trying for 6 months, then investigations should be started. Hope you can find a more sympathetic doc soon.

Hello

I would certainly push for testing soon, get your FSH, LH and AMH done, your GP can do the first 2, AMH is usually only offered in fertility clinics or for £40 privately

This will give you a better idea of what's going on, an ultrasound would be useful to check how many follicles you have on your ovaries, that's called an AFC

The blood tests would tell you if you were ovulating and what your egg reserve was looking like

I never bothered with temping I found a clear blue fertility monitor much better, no guess work involved

Lauren