BBT what to expect?

[pdav123]

Hello,
so I have been tracking bbt and LH but not sure what to look for if I have actually ovulated? Baring in mind the bbt is a bit all over because I was actually using the wrong thermometer so had to swap but the last week I have used the same. Any help?

You had your peak yesterday, so you are potentially ovulating today (or depending on the length from your peak maybe even early tomorrow). Then hopefully tomorrow or Thursday your temperature should increase. It needs to stay high for three consecutive days to confirm ovulation.

Don’t worry if it doesn’t rise tomorrow though, for example you might be ovulating in the early hours tomorrow morning instead and the temp doesn’t increase until Thursday morning.

I have attached mine as an example.

Ooh thank you @Blue2020. So for example when my temp rose on CD 16, this isn’t the bit where ovulation would have occurred? So it will be after the peak that this happened? My temp has been the same for the last 3 days and I’m new to the bbt side of things, thank you :)

The temp rise will typically be after the peak, 2-3 days after. It can vary. Usually people ovulate about a day after the peak and then another day for the temp to rise. It can vary though.

This is my chart the month I conceived. Same as what everyone else is saying, you peak the day before ovulation, and then your temp will rise in the few days after. BBT is great but it confirms that ovulation has happened so if you're solely relying on BBT it is easy to miss ovulation. Using OPKs with BBT is definitely the best way to predict and then confirm ovulation.

What is the best way to track the peak? I'm using the cheap tests and have only been going by trying to get the test line as dark as the control line. Also tracking bbt but not really sure about how to get the LH peak figure?

@pdav123 how is your chart looking today? Any temp rise from yesterday?
im having a similar issue! My OPKs peaked on Saturday (clear blue) and cheapies on Sunday. Should my temp have shown something by now? I’m guessing mine were maybe false peaks!

@Margo2023 I only ever used the cheap ones and you want to the test line to be darker than the control line. I know some people use the cheap ones until they start to get dark and then the clear blue smiley ones to confirm but I never wanted to spend the money. I've attached what my most recent peaks looked like

@Margo2023 I use the Premom app. The basic features are free to use. Upload a photo of the cheap test into it (well I use the app to take a photo of the test directly into it) and it will give a value for it. Plus produce the graph seen in the original post.

Also I test twice a day. If you test in the morning and then late afternoon/eve then you have more of a chance of catching the peak.

So sorry for the late reply, been away! Ooh yes I use the easy@home strips from Amazon. I used others but couldn’t find a peak with them! I also use Premom to track the tests but this isn’t 100% accurate with the numbers I have found!