My Experiences with Low BBT

Maybe a Thyroid Issue?

I had a midwife once speculate after reviewing my fertility charts from when I was trying to conceive my second, that perhaps it was my low BBT that made it take 6 cycles out of 9 periods for me to become pregnant with my second child while breastfeeding my first. That midwife encouraged me to get testing from my OBGYN office when my husband and I started trying to conceive a third. The testing revealed, I was on the low end of normal for my thyroid based on the TSH and T4 tests. It took us 10 cycles to conceive our third with a low bbt.

My BBT is Low?

I never even noticed that my BBT was low, I just thought it was normal for me. I didn't chart with my first, so I didn't have anything to compare my fertility charts to after we tried for a second. I do remember prior to the pregnancy of my first, I was always high 98-99. I was doing a nursing assistant class and as students we had to practice vitals on each other every day, and I was almost always at a low grade fever, even though I wasn't, didn't feel or look sick.

Breastfeeding & Low BBTs

After talking to many breastfeeding mamas, some of them also have low BBTs as well. This maybe something related to breastfeeding.

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Implantation Dips & Raised BBT

An Implantation Dip is when your basal body temperature (BBT) dips below your cover line post ovulation, usually said to occur around 7 to 9 days pass ovulation on average and then continues to rise without falling below the cover line again. 3 to 5 days pass ovulation for implantation dips is said to be rare. Some believe implantation dips are myths, because of varying results in dips and outcomes for pregnancy. Usually it is said when your BBT stays above your cover line without dipping below the cover line, it is a sign that you're pregnant. This is just a theory, but it seems for some early implantation dips, may lead to earlier positive pregnancy tests. The exception to early implantation dips theory I have found is that some women get early positive pregnancy tests as a result of having a multiples pregnancy, some women gets dips in many of their cycles that do not result in pregnancy and some women like me don't get dips during a c...

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