BBT Thermometer or just fever?
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Topic: BBT Thermometer or just fever?
Posted By: Konagirl
Subject: BBT Thermometer or just fever?
Date Posted: 26 January 2008 at 8:01pm
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Just checking with you guys on if a normal fever thermometer is ok for charting? I brought a digital thermometer a couple of days ago, it reads to 1 decimal point. Will it do or should I get a BBT one? ------------- Angel babies Mar '04, Oct '08 and Sep '09. |
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Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 26 January 2008 at 8:15pm
Snap! I was just about to ask this exact same Q!! 
Also, what is the diff between a BBT and a normal digital one? ( -------------  My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: Konagirl
Date Posted: 26 January 2008 at 8:20pm
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My understanding is that a BBT will tell a temp to 2 decimal points, so, say mine has been 36.7 every morning so far but it may be 36.78 or 36.71, I think it is a very subtle temp change you are monitering when you chart.
I'm just trying to avoid spending another $40 on a thermometer ------------- Angel babies Mar '04, Oct '08 and Sep '09. |
Posted By: tigrepalenke
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 4:55pm
| I've been reading a book on fertility awareness method FAM, for conception or contraception, whichever you want. Anyways, you need the BBT thermometre because you are not measuring a fever, you are measuring very subtle changes in temperature between 36 and 37 degrees, and apparently the BBT thermometre has the appropriate markings for this (and is usually digital and has 2 decimal points, eg 36.54C. Now my question.... could somebody recomend a particular brand of BBT, have any reviews, etc, because I need to buy one myself! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 9:41pm
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I have a thermometer with one decimal point (ie gives 36.7) and it still showed me when i was due to ovulate/get AF etc. ------------- |