Have you ever wondered how you’re supposed to track whether your PCOS is getting better?
How do you know when the things you’re doing are working?
Well turns out it’s actually pretty simple & totally FREE! [*providing you have a thermometer & a phone]
Basal Body Temperature & PCOS
Basal Body Temperature tracking is simply taking your temperature daily as soon as you wake up and recording it in an app.
But WHY would you want to bother with that?
Let's back up a bit...Did you know there's a link between the menstrual cycle & your body temperature?
Yep, as your hormones change, so does your resting body temperature and it can actually tell us a lot about the health of your cycle, fertility and most importantly in the context of PCOS, whether you are ovulating monthly or not!
So let's dive into how hormones affect temperature:
During your bleed, in your Follicular phase, (approximately cycle day 1 to 12/14 in a 28 day cycle) your resting body temperature, or known as BBT, is consistently low.
Then just hours before ovulation it will drop slightly lower before rising sharply once ovulation occurs!
BBT will remain elevated throughout the remainder of your Luteal phase (approximately days 24 to 28 in a 28 day cycle).
Last but not least, your BBT will then noticeably drop 24 to 48 hours before your bleed starts.
As I'm sure you can see, this is useful information to track especially on your healing journey of PCOS simply because the very hallmark of PCOS is an absence of ovulation. So as you make lifestyle changes to heal your body, whether you are consistently ovulating or not is one of the most important benchmarks to be tracking! If you're ovulating regularly, you're on your way to overcoming PCOS :-)
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