Basal Body Temperature (F) And Cervical Mucus Chart

Basal Body Temperature and Cervical Mucus Chart

Dates covered: ___________________________________ Cycle number: _____________

Cycle day

1 2

3

4

5

6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3

4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Key

Date

W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F

S S

Day of week

A

Cycle day 1 is the day you get your

Time

8:00 8:15 8:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 8:30 7:15 7:45 8:00 7:00 7:15 7:45 8:00 7:00 8:30 7:30 8:00 8:45 7:30 8:00 7:00 7:30 7:45 8:00 6:30 6:15 7:00 7:30 8:00 6:45 7:15 7:30 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:

period.

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B

The time you took your temperature. It's

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best to do it before you get out of bed, and

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at the same time each day.

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C

Each dot shows your temperature

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measurement that day. Connecting the dots

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helps you see how your temperature rises

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and falls through your cycle.

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D

A lasting surge in temperature shows

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that you ovulated two or three days earlier.

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(Here, ovulation was on cycle day 14.)

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E

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Starred highlighting: the four days when

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you are most fertile. Having sex every other

day during this period will increase your

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chances of conceiving.

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F

What your cervical mucus was like each

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day (see key in lower left). You can also

describe it in other ways that are useful to

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you, like TH for thick, WH for white, or SL

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for slippery.

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G

The days that you had sex.

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P

P P P

D D D S S S E E E E

S S S S S S S S D D D D D D D D D D D D

P P

P

P P P

CM Type

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Sex

CM types: P=period; D=dry; S=sticky rice; E=egg whites

Bear in mind that if you've had a fever, drank alcohol, taken painkillers or had a lie in at the weekend, it will affect your basal body temperature. Find out more about

charting your cervical

mucus.