Patient's question:
Age: 29, married for 2 years, planning to get pregnant (never been pregnant before)Last menstrual period: November 18th
Menstrual cycle: 35-40 days
Current status: Feeling wet and slippery from the vagina after menstruation, started using an ovulation test kit. It's been 4 days, and the results are still negative. The test line color is very faint, and it hasn't changed in color every day. Today, I feel the vagina has become drier without sticky discharge (by the way, my basal body temperature is almost around 36.5°C with little variation). Am I not ovulating?
Doctor's answer:
Hello, Calculation of ovulation period: It is not absolute and varies from person to person. Under normal circumstances, body temperature rises. Nowadays, many people have planned to have children on time, so they are very concerned about how to calculate the ovulation period and how to know which day is the ovulation day using the basal body temperature method? How should this basal body temperature method be done correctly?If a woman has a regular menstrual cycle, the day of ovulation is actually relatively fixed, usually around 14 days before the next menstrual period. For example, if this month's period is on March 5th, the next period might be on April 5th, and the ovulation day could be around March 20th. For women with irregular menstrual cycles, it may be more difficult to determine the ovulation date. The simplest method is generally to measure the basal body temperature to find the ovulation date. The correct method for measuring basal body temperature is to wake up in the morning without any activity, start taking the temperature in bed, and use an oral thermometer.
After measuring, record the temperature every day on a temperature chart. Continue until the temperature rises by 0.5 degrees compared to the previous day and remains elevated for three to five days. The day when the temperature rises may be the ovulation day. If you want to conceive during the ovulation period, the best time to have intercourse is one to two days after the temperature rises, as this has the highest conception rate.