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Basal Body Temperature (BBT) p. 102

---Did you brush your teeth this morning? Was it hard to make yourself brush your teeth?---BBT is easy!---You do need a BBT thermometer ($10)

Day 1

98.1

Day 2

98.0

Day 3

98.0

Day 4

97.9

Day 5

98.0

Day 6

97.9

Day 7

97.7

Day 8

97.8

Day 9

97.8

Day 10

97.7

Day 11

97.8

Day 12

97.8

Day 13

97.9

Day 14

97.8

Day 15

97.7

Day 16

97.8

Day 17

97.8

Day 18

97.4

Day 19

97.5

Day 20

97.6

Day 21

98.1

Day 22

98.0

Day 23

98.1

Day 24

98.1

Day 25

98.0

Day 26

97.9

Day 27

98.0

Day 28

98.1

Normally

• 3-7 days (varying from woman to woman, and consistent for a particular woman

• about 35 ml of blood lost total• most of which is lost in the first 3 days

Abnormalities• Amenorrhea: Absence of menses for 6 months or

absence of menstrual cycle for three cycles • Menorrhagia: Heavier and increased amount of flow

occurring at regular intervals or loss of >80 mL of blood • Metrorrhagia: Irregular episodes of bleeding • Menometrorrhagia: Longer duration of flow occurring

at unpredictable intervals • Oligomenorrhea: Cycle length >35 days • Polymenorrhea: Cycle length >21 days • Postmenopausal bleeding: Bleeding that occurs more

than 12 months after the last menstrual cycle

Cervical Mucus(general description)

• Days 1-5: Menstruation occurs.• Days 6-9: Vagina is dry with little to no mucus.• Days 10-12: Sticky, thick mucus appears, gradually

becoming less thick and more white.• Days 13-15: Mucus becomes thin, slippery, stretchy,

and clear, similar to the consistency of egg whites. This is the most fertile stage.

• Days 16-21: Mucus becomes sticky and thick again.• Days 22-28: Vagina becomes dry.

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