RT for Ovulation Check

Could any females give report on BBT or ovulation checking via RT? Was it effective? Were you trying to get pregnant, or avoid pregnancy? Or were you just curious?

I had to use the BBT for infertilty treatments because they use a different reading than the typical thermometers.For an accurate temp during ovulation you need this to give an accurate detail for the doctors to use or for your own use if not going thru any fertility treatment.I can't speak for others in this situation but I wouldn't use anything but a BBT for this reason.

Basal body temperature thermometers usually have increments in 0.1 degree rather than the usual 0.2 degrees. Rectal temperatures aren't affected by nasal congestion, snoring, or anything else that would affect an oral temperature.

When a woman ovulates, her basal temperature (temperature at complete rest) goes up about a degree. When it does, if you want to get pregnant, then it's time to "do the wild thing". To prevent pregnancy, you wait two days, by which time the egg is no longer viable, so can't get pregnant, so you know its safe.

Besides, you get to have a reason to take your temperature the most fun way every morning! 😄

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My significant other and I are going to start tracking my BBT for family planning purposes. Taking your temp first thing in the morning at the same time each day is important before your body temp rises, and the temp you take isn't a reflection of your true BBT. It is also important to keep the location where the temp is taken consistent.

I've talked to my own doctor about the best way to take and record BBT to check for ovulation, and she suggested oral or rectal. She said if you snore (which I do on occasion, especially during allergy season), this could alter results for oral recordings.

My significant other and I have decided on the spreadsheet we are going to use to track my BBT, and the method. We have chosen to do rectal temps, not only because I think they are fun, but they would probably be the most accurate and give us the best results. I've never had an RT taken by my significant other, and am frankly a bit shy......... but excited!

We are trying to conceive and I'm taking my BBT rectally every morning. I'm a mouth breather and have never been able to get an accurate enough temp orally. I wish my husband would take it for me but he leaves for work too early.

My wife has zero interest in anal play, whatsoever. When we were trying to conceive, she had mentioned the possibility of monitoring her basal temperature, as an indicator for ovulation. I didn't want to get overly excited, but agreed that we should look into it. To myself, I saw this as a golden opportunity to introduce her to RTs. Sadly, instead, she found some new ovulation testing urine dipstick, and my dreams were shot down.

@wolf19129 I had the same situation occur earlier this year. My wife and I were trying to conceive and she had also mentioned the possibility of temperature monitoring. At first I figured I wouldn't bring it up as she is still nervous about being introduced to RTs. But then I figured, what the hell do I have to lose, so I asked her if I could. She said she would think about trying it if we didn't get pregnant in the next couple months.

Would you know it, we got pregnant the next month. Oh well, I guess I can wait for the next one... 😉

@Kahn...bitter sweet. Congrats on the pregnancy, and it sounds like you did a good job of leaving the door open for you to bust out the thermometer down the road. At least she didn't give you a flat out "no!" Strong work!

When my wife and I were trying to conceive, we were advised to go the basal temperature route. The temp has to be taken first thng in the morning before moving around or doing anything to artificially raise the temperature. I have always enjoyed giving and receiving rectal temps, but my wife was not into it. I managed to convince her that rectally was the most accurate (the thermometer literature recommended rectal also) so every morning, as soon as I woke up, I got the basal thermometer, shook it down, lubed it, and reached over and lowered her panties and stuck the thermometer in for five minutes. I loved it and she got used to it. We still only take rectal temps on each other. Use a temporal scanner for our kids. They have never seen us take rectal temps and wouldn't know what one was. The last time either of them had their temp taken rectally was when they were four and went to the ER at a military hospital.

BTW, the basal temperature charting didn't help. We finally had to resort to assisted fertility technology.

Disclosure: I am male not female. That being said I would tell you that it worked for us. Frankly, I don't know if it was because we did it at exactly the right time based on temp or because me taking her temp as I got up every morning led, more often then not, to us having sex. I guess you would call that a temp with benefits. 😃

My wife and I are trying to conceive and the fertility specialist has us do a basal temp each morning, ovulation predictors on day 12 till we get a positive also because use we are doing fertility drugs she gets about 3-4 trans vaginal ultrasounds a cycle. So some days she gets a rectal temp at 5:55 am, pees in a cup at 6:15 the drives to the fertility clinic for a 9 am ultrasound.

My wife and I used to do it for birth control between children and then to conceive when we were ready to get pregnant again. Because she sleeps with her mouth open, taking it orally wasn't accurate - it had to be taken vaginally or rectally. She said I could do it either way, so I chose rectal. Each morning I get up before her at about the same time, so I would lube up the thermometer and insert it while she was still sleeping. Most days she didn't wake up at all when I did it. It's important to not only take it at the same time each morning with the same thermometer but also to insert it to the same depth. I loved doing it but we no longer do.

Could any females (or males for that matter give experiences using Basal Body Temperature or ovulation checking via RT? Was it effective? Were you trying to get pregnant, or avoid pregnancy? We have used in very successfully throughout our marriage and my husband really seems to enjoy waking me up each morning by taking my rectal temperature. I have to say that I do as well as he massages my bottom during the temperature taking and it frequently leads to intimate moments afterwards.

We followed the basal temperature charting and we now have 2 healthy grown children. As Karen Jean mentioned, it can lead to intimate moments in the morning. i remember that sometimes the sight of my freshly Vaselined anus is too much for Mike, after he took out the basal thermometer and charted my temp. Soon, we realized that we had to take my rectal temperature and save our intimate moments for my most fertile time. As I said, it worked for us!

We followed the basal temperature charting and we now have 2 healthy grown children. . . ., we realized that we had to take my rectal temperature and save our intimate moments for my most fertile time. . . .

Did you have difficulty conceiving which caused you to monitor your basal temperture?

I know people who had trouble conceiving, had sex right around the "best time" according to the basal temps, did all the tests which showed everything was actually OK and they were having problems because the basal temps did NOT correlate with the middle of her cycle and her time of ovulation which was only five days after her period. Once this was discovered, she had three boys in the next four years.

The moral of the story is, when you want to get pregnant, throw out the contraceptives and FUCK WHENEVER YOU WANT. You WILL become pregnant.

All I can say is that it worked for us! Yes, we had friends who told us to throw out the chart and have plenty of sex.

^^^^ Your friends were right.

Has anyone ever heard of using body temperature to predict labor? It seems to be used by dog breeders to predict when a dog will go into labor. I wonder if human physiology is similar.

Been there and yes it does make the odds lean in your favor! Of course, I always wondered what about my partner's temp? It takes two! Anyway, it was simple and surely worth while and much less embarrassing than having the nurse take it.

We tried it. It was a lot of fun but we got no results. It did get my wife used to having her rectal temperature taken by me, which is the only way we ever take each other's temperature, so I guess some good came out of it. We were somewhat older than usual when we got married, which probably didn't help. We finally had to get an egg donor, but we have two teenaged boys. Hang in there and good luck. I hope you succeed.

Yes, my wife and I used this method. It worked and we have 2 beautiful daughters.

Wife enjoyed me taking her temp every morning, and it became a thing we continued, even after our girls were born.

It led to some great sex afterwords, I must say.

Friends of mine successfully conceived recently. Over dinner they were talking nonstop about it. Large group. At one point she said “Nick took my temperature every morning” which no one commented on. Nick didn’t flinch. But I just kept picturing him inserting a thermometer into her (very cute) bottom. We’re not that close so I didn’t ask for details.

I know that some couples have relied on the Basal temp. method, because their religious beliefs forbid other forms of birth control. I would call that akin to "baby roulette, " but it's not my decision to make. If done to check an ovulation cycle, a BBT taken rectally would seem to make sense, being that rectal is the most accurate. Do doctors still endorse BBT charting, and if so, do they urge that it be taken rectally, or by mouth ?

@Leona-arising Does anyone have such suggestions for basal temperature monitoring? I have looked and just want to see what the options are for monitoring?

Not sure about "options." I told my patients interested in both contraception and conception, to purchase a Basal Body Thermometer (extended range around the normal range improving accuracy) and use it every morning before getting out of bed, and chart it. Temperature increases about 1 degree F with ovulation and goes back down with the period 2 weeks later.

With my ex we have been using this method for over two years. I can’t even describe the excitement i felt every morning, when i was taking her RT. Loved every second of it.