The best way to prevent pregnancy or to choose the best way to prevent pregnancy is to know the exact time of ovulation. By knowing this, you can set a specific time for sex with your spouse. The best way to find out the exact time is to use ovulation predictors.
Most women use ovulation predictors successfully because they can alert you before ovulation begins. But there is a natural way to feel the onset of ovulation: prepare a chart for your basal body temperature, or BBT, and monitor your cervical secretions closely.
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What is Basal Body Temperature?
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Basal body temperature is when you wake up in the morning. When you wake up in the morning, you should measure your body temperature by inserting a basal thermometer into your mouth before you even go to bed for a toothbrush or other work. You can get this type of thermometer from pharmacies. Note that it is important to wake up at a specific time and measure this temperature at a specific time of day. This thermometer can also show small changes in body temperature, which ordinary thermometers are not able to measure. Along with most of these thermometers, there is a simple drawing paper that you can use to chart your body temperature. On our site, there is a guide to drawing this chart along with a ready-made example. Since it may take you several months to get pregnant, it is best to make several copies of this drawing paper.
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BBT in your body will probably be between 36.2 and 36.5 degrees Celsius before ovulation. Two to three days after ovulation, hormonal changes increase this temperature by 0.5 to 1 degree, which your body temperature remains at least until the next period. Of course, you may see your body temperature rise on some other days, but this can only be considered a sign of ovulation if your body temperature remains at the same level (and does not fall again). If you become pregnant, your body temperature will remain high throughout your pregnancy.
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It is best to chart your body temperature for several months to identify patterns of changes in body temperature over a monthly period. Of course, if you are sick or do not measure your body temperature immediately after waking up, the chart and therefore the pattern you get will not be accurate enough.
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What is cervical discharge?
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There are different types of vaginal discharge, one of which is called “cervical discharge.” The type of discharge your body produces can indicate your ability to conceive. You can check for this discharge with your finger or a toilet paper. On days when you are not able to conceive and ovulation has not started, your uterine discharge is either clear or sticky, in fact it has a texture similar to a “drooping cat”. The amount of discharge will increase during the few days that eventually lead to ovulation; The discharge is white and slippery and looks similar to raw egg whites, and intercourse during this period is more likely to lead to pregnancy. On the last day you see this discharge, you are most likely to get pregnant: this time will be one day before ovulation or the day of ovulation. The change in the amount and texture of these secretions is due to a change in the level of the hormone estrogen, which increases during ovulation.
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For which of the two, body temperature or discharge, should I plot?
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Some fertility experts recommend that you monitor both together. In this case, you will have a more accurate understanding of the status of your monthly period and you can better and more accurately predict the time of ovulation.
