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The Right Timing with Conception Part Two

Learn to Track Your Body's Fertile Signs to Help You Conceive

Part 2

By Jessica Williams

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This method of tracking mucous changes was introduced in the 1960s and is commonly referred to as the Billings Ovulation Method. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that in five different countries, 91 percent of women who were taught how to track their mucous changes for only one cycle were rated as having a good or excellent understanding of the method.

Tracking the Basal Body Temperature
Upon awakening, the body is in a "basal state." Taking your temperature with a special thermometer each morning at the same time gives you your basal body temperature. Like the ovulation tracking method, changes in the body are recorded on a chart, in hopes of predicting ovulation. But, unlike the ovulation method, the changes are recorded on a daily basis throughout the cycle, and past charts are studied for prediction more seriously because ovulation is not apparent on the chart until after it has occurred.

So when taking your temperature for the first cycle, the reading will remain about the same (with no large changes) for the first weeks of th cycle and through ovulation. It is after ovulation has already occurred that the temperature reading will rise. This is due to the progesterone that is released. This higher temperature remains until menstruation begins. After charting a few cycles, a couple may begin to notice a very scheduled pattern. Ovulation can then be predicted.


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The Right Timing with Conception Part Two by dinanna on 01/29/2010 05:27PM

i would like to know ow far along i am by months and weeks please

The Right Timing with Conception Part Two by Anonymous on 01/29/2010 05:23PM

how far am i by month to month and weeks

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