Obsessing over declining BBT in early pregnancy

[Anony1992]

I’m currently 4+5 weeks so still really early, I have an oura ring which is linked to my natural cycles and the last 3 days my bbt has trended down and is now sitting just above baseline. I’m just preparing myself for the worst. Clear blue indicated 2-3 last Sunday, Friday now and still says 2-3 so no necessary indication that there’s been a significant drop in hcg (I know this isn’t alway reliable but given my gestation I’m left with little options).

I have an early scan scheduled when I’m 6 weeks 2 days but I’m literally obsessing worrying that the drop is only going to continue. I’ve read threads which say bbt is unreliable for monitoring pregnancy health but I’m not sure what to do.

I’ve had many previous miscarriages and a still birth, rest her soul, but my last 2 pregnancies have been healthy and I have my beautiful children. I haven’t had any spotting or bleeding and don’t necessarily feel any other symptoms other than fatigue and come and go breast tenderness. I hate this early stage, it causes me so much anxiety and I don’t know how to manage it. Considering completely removing my oura ring for now but I do like using it to track my general health.

I just wondered if anyone has any experience of seeing a gradual decline of BBT in early pregnancy and went on to have perfectly normal and healthy pregnancy’s. I’m one stressed out mama! I have uploaded my BBT chart for reference.

My advice is to stop taking your temp. My BBT went haywire in early pregnancy and im currently 17 weeks.

Hi
I'm currently going through the same thing with a dropping BBT at 4+6. What has happened since then?
Hoping all good for you x

In early pregnancy my temp was all over the place, at one point it was 35 degrees. Im now 30 weeks pregnant. Stop taking your temp unless your feeling unwell.

Hi @DrunkElephant94 I totally feel you. I’m currently 17+6 weeks and all is good so far. I actually stopped tracking not long after I posted this because it was causing me so much unnecessary stress. I agree with the others who suggest just not tracking at all. I became obsessed and from one day to the next my temperature was different. I had 3/4 days of consecutive dipping and then it would shoot back to above baseline. I think it’s hard not to track especially in the early weeks and when you’ve tracked so consistently when ttc but truthfully it just adds stress to the situation. My advice is, remove the apps which you track with. For me this was oura ring and natural cycles. I removed my ring and stopped logging on the natural cycles app and it completely removed the stress. Hope this helps and gives you a little reassurance. Wishing you all the best with your pregnancy xox

Thank you so much for replying and I'm so glad that things are going well for you. I think I'll keep it on until I get one more increase then be done with it. All the best xx