1, prepare a thermometer.
To know how to measure basal body temperature, we should not only prepare an important thermometer, but also master the reading method. It is recommended to use a special basic thermometer because it is more accurate than the general thermometer.
Suggestion: At present, most basic thermometers are electronic thermometers with an accuracy of plus or minus 0.05℃. Moreover, this electronic thermometer is directly displayed on the LCD screen, and the numbers are clear at a glance, which reduces the trouble of not understanding the thermometer.
Step 2: Prepare
If you want to measure the basal body temperature, you must first be prepared. Learn to draw a temperature record table first, and throw the mercury column of the thermometer to 35 degrees before going to bed every night (if it is an electronic thermometer, set the temperature to the initial value) and put it on the bedside table.
Step 3: Measure
After waking up every morning, immediately put the thermometer in the setting for five minutes (if it is an electronic thermometer, put the instruction manual on the corresponding part of the human body for measurement).
4. Pay attention to the influence of body temperature.
When measuring body temperature, we should pay special attention to many factors that affect the inaccuracy of body temperature, such as cold, insomnia, drinking, taking medicine, mood and so on. In case of cold, fever, diarrhea, insomnia, drinking, using electric blankets, drinking too much, staying up late, etc. It is often easy to affect the basal body temperature. Pay attention to the special marking when measuring.
5. Function of basal body temperature
1. Detection of luteal development: On the second day after ovulation, luteal body is formed by ovary, and the health of luteal body is directly related to the health of uterus and pregnancy rate. If the woman presents atypical biphasic body temperature, that is, the continuous warming can not last 14 days, it indicates premature atrophy of corpus luteum; If the temperature rise is maintained for a normal time, but the temperature rise is small and insufficient, it indicates that the corpus luteum is underdeveloped and progesterone secretion is insufficient.
2. Grasp the timing of pregnancy and test the safety of early pregnancy: when the female's basal body temperature is low and she is close to ovulation, she should have sex to increase her chances of pregnancy; If you wait until the basal body temperature reaches a higher temperature before having sex, you will miss this opportunity. Also, you can judge whether you are pregnant or not by looking at the basal body temperature map. If the high temperature period lasts 16 days, the possibility of pregnancy is 97%. By the 20th day, the possibility of pregnancy is as high as 100%. If the basal body temperature curve decreases gradually in the first trimester, it means that the luteal phase function is insufficient or the placenta function is poor, and there will be a tendency to abortion, which needs special attention.
3. Differentiate the types of amenorrhea: Some women have amenorrhea with unknown reasons, and the lesion site of amenorrhea can also be preliminarily judged according to the basal body temperature. If the front is low and then high, the uterus may be the lesion site, otherwise, the lesion may be in the ovary or pituitary hypothalamus.
4, found polycystic ovary: if the high temperature period is short, severe hypothermia may continue, and it is likely to suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome. Women who suffer from this disease tend to be fatter, have more acne, thick hair and irregular menstruation. Women with this condition usually have familial diabetes, such as pregnancy and childbirth, which belongs to the high-risk group of gestational diabetes.
5. Monitoring ovarian function: If the period of basal body temperature is shortened from 28 days to 24 days or 22 days, the period of high temperature will be shortened accordingly, which means that ovarian function is not good, which will affect female estrogen secretion, destroy sexual life and damage female skin and skin color. If there is ovarian failure, female menopause will come early.
6, suggesting other lesions: If the basal body temperature does not drop during menstruation, there may be endometriosis or early subclinical abortion, but also be alert in time and go to the hospital for further testing as soon as possible. The main symptom of endometriosis is dysmenorrhea, followed by some symptoms related to infertility.