Temping

[meltux]

Hi everyone...I have been temping for over a year now and the last 6 cycles have been perfect....Nice and low (36.3 - 36.4) in the pre-o phase and then a dip at o (36.2) and usually a rise the day after (36.7) and finally a further rise at 2dpo (36.9)......dropping just before AF.

Sooooo this cycle........i had (TMI) bloody mucus CD 13 and then o pains CD 14 and a rise so I took this as o.
However, 6DPO (CD 19) I have had a huge temp dip to 36.18, then CD20 was 36.27 and then back to 36.77 on CD21.
SInce then temps have now stayed low for 3 days.....
Can someone help me out? Sorry I manually chart so i can't post them......

[Eloise&Charlie'sMum]

Hey Meltux...this is all the info i could find on Fertility Friend that I thought might relate to your problem..xoxo

My temperature has dipped below the coverline during the luteal phase. Does this mean I didn't really ovulate? Could I still be pregnant?
The coverline carries no physiological meaning. It is just a visual tool to help you see your ovulation pattern. Whether or not your temperature rises or falls below this line does not necessarily indicate anything significant. Individual temperatures can fluctuate at any time of the cycle, for both hormonal or non-hormonal reasons. A single dropped temperature usually doesn't mean much. You want to look at "the big picture" and see a pattern of temperatures over time. As long as you can see a biphasic pattern and a trend towards elevated temperatures after ovulation, there is no need to worry about a single dropped temperature or two.
If, however, you have so many lower temperatures that you can no longer see a biphasic pattern on your chart, (and you are taking your temperature accurately) this could mean that you did not yet ovulate and should consider yourself potentially fertile so you don't miss an opportunity to conceive.


My temperature has dropped, but I still don't have my period. Do I still have a chance to be pregnant?
If you see a low temperature around the time you would expect your period, your period is usually on the way. In most cases, you will see your period sometime that same day or the following day.
If it is not yet close to when you would expect your period, then it is still too early to tell. A single temperature during your cycle rarely carries much meaning on its own. You are looking for patterns and trends on your chart and to do this you need to look at several temperature points along with your other fertility signs.


What causes an "implantation dip?"
The term implantation dip is often used to refer to a luteal phase dip that occurs around the time of expected implantation (7-10 days past ovulation). While this pattern does not always result in pregnancy, the term is often used because of the timing of the dip and because this pattern appears with greater frequency on pregnancy charts than non-pregnancy charts. There are a couple of factors that may help to explain why this pattern appears with greater frequency on pregnancy charts.

The corpus luteum (which produces the heat inducing hormone, progesterone) normally peaks in its production of progesterone and then begins to recede around the middle of the luteal phase. In conception cycles, it is "rescued" when the embryo implants and then continues to produce progesterone until the placenta can take over hormone production.
Estrogen, in opposition to progesterone, has a lowering effect on temperatures. A secondary estrogen surge in the middle of the luteal phase may cause a temperature dip at this time. Indeed this may explain why this pattern also occurs on non-pregnant charts. Mid-luteal phase estrogen levels, however, have been found to be higher in conception cycles than non-conception cycles and this may also contribute to the greater frequency with which we see this pattern on pregnancy charts.When you see a mid-luteal phase dip on your chart, however, it does not necessarily mean that you are pregnant. Likewise, you do not have to see this pattern to be pregnant. As long as you have intercourse in your fertile time, you have a chance to be pregnant with any ovulation pattern.

[meltux]

Thanks Kristi,
great info....am still confused but I will see what happens in the next few days...
:hugs: you're wonderful