Does your temp have to stay up

[cb4409]

Does your temp have to stay up to determine you've ovulated? My last 2 cycles (after mc) my temps have been so erratic. Last cycle they only went up slightly and hovered there, and this cycle they keep jumping up really high for one day then dropping back down. I have no idea if I've ovulated. Sorry i dont have online charts to link, but in my 3 years of charting this hasn't happened before. Should i assume this cycle is annovulatory? I'm at CD19 and always O between CD13-16.

[winecheery]

I think the "rule" is three elevated temps, yes, to confim O. Elevated in relation to what is normal/usually happens for you.

Your cycle can fluctuate and you can O early or late.

If it's following a loss, I have heard sometimes it takes a while to get back on track.

How long are your cycles?? I'm learning on these boards to assume nothing. Have you been consistent with the time you take your temps??

[cb4409]

I thought it was strange because the cycle immediately following the mc was pretty normal for me, then the next two are out of whack.
I take my temp almost the same time everyday, except one day i woke up an hour early, one an hour late, and once i woke up 3 diff times throughout the night. my cycles are always very regular between 27-29 days long.

[statlerwaldorf]

Cd19 is still a little early to assume anovulatory. Sometimes on an anovulatory cycle my temperature will go up a little bit and drop back down. Some cycles they are very straight others they keep going up and down. On ovulatory cycles I usually have a really low 1 day dip around 4-7dpo, but it always goes back up.

[winecheery]

Yeah, unfortunately I think that you may need to wait it out a few days and see what shows before you "decide" anything. And yes, I think this all sucks!

[cb4409]

Ok... i guess i have to wait and see! thanks!

[thoseareradishes]

After you ovulate, your body produces progesterone, which is what raises your temp. You produce progesterone for several days (your luteral phase), then when it stops being produced, you get your period, and your temp drops. (This is from TCOYF.) So I would have to assume that temps would stay up after ovulation due to the production of progesterone.

Don't count yourself out yet - CD19 and beyond isn't that late to ovulate.

[Cheesecake]

Yeah, your temp should stay up, or at least somewhat high compared to before ovulation for at least 3 days and if you're pregnant it stays elevated for at least 18 days (according to TCOYF). If you don't have 3 higher temps compared to the 6 temps before that, it does indicate that you haven't ovulated yet (as there's no corpus luteum which stimulates the production of progesterone, which raises your temperature.)

If you keep temping you could still see the temp shift though. Many women on here ovulate that late or later, so who knows!