Basal body temperature chart - download template

Having read various medical terminology and armed with a thermometer (mercury, alcohol or electronic), every woman who prepares to measure her basal temperature every morning for several months faces the problem of in what form it is better to collect and store the information received, so that after it it can be easy and hassle-free to read. In other words, the question is how best to plot a basal temperature chart.

On the site shop-ultra.ru you can download a template developed by us taking into account the opinions of a dozen women who had to find out what basal temperature is and what it is eaten with.

Basal body temperature chart - download template .


The template is an xls file that opens in Microsoft Excel. In the first line, indicate the month in which you take measurements, in the second line - the days of the month, and in the third line are the days of your menstrual cycle. In the example, a 30-day cycle is used, if your cycle is less, then adjust the template. The template can be printed or filled out on a computer.

Well, then - be patient and carefully fill out the table, marking the intersection of the date and temperature with a dot. At the bottom of the table, you can enter data about your secretions, their consistency, color and smell. These signs also indicate ovulation and in which case they can be useful to your gynecologist.

Recall the basic rules for measuring basal temperature:

- It is better to start measuring at the beginning of the menstrual cycle, on the first day of menstruation, but it will not be bad if you start keeping a calendar on the day you decide. But remember that in any case, to get any conclusions on the chart, you need to have 2-3 full cycles, i.e. one full cycle and a half cannot be considered indicative.

- Always use the same method (oral, vaginal or rectal) and the same thermometer (mercury, alcohol, digital). It does not matter what method and thermometer it will be, it is important not to change them during the measurement process. If your thermometer has an error of 0.5 degrees, this is not so important, the main thing is that this error be observed with each measurement.

- Measure your basal temperature in the morning, waking up, but not getting out of bed, at the same time (let's take 7 am for example). Uninterrupted sleep before measurement should last at least 3 hours, often recommend all 6 hours. Of course, it is very difficult to follow this rule, you can wake up at night through no fault of your own (due to poor sleep, your partner pushes or snores), get up to go to the toilet or something. Therefore, measure the temperature immediately after waking up, if there are 3 full hours of sleep, write down this temperature. For example, if you went to bed at 00:00 and woke up at 4:00 in the morning without getting out of bed, take your temperature and remember it. Waking up next time at 7 am after another 3 hours of sleep, measure the temperature again, usually it coincides with the one that was at 4 am. If not, write the last value on the chart, and mark the temperature at 4 o'clock in the morning on top.

- Make notes on the schedule about taking medications, feeling unwell, fever. This, as well as alcohol, long trips, hormonal drugs, changing the thermometer can very significantly affect the performance. Write everything down on a schedule so that later not only you, but also your doctor can easily find out how you lived during this time.

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