Talk:Basal body temperature

Proposed Infobox for individual birth control method articles
Let's all work on reaching a consensus for a new infobox to be placed on each individual birth control method's article. I've created one to start with on the Wikipedia Proposed Infoboxes page, so go check it out and get involved in the process. MamaGeek (Talk/Contrib) 12:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Other Uses of BBT
BBT is used for more than Birth Control. For instance, athletes use it to monitor their thyroid function and fat burning levels. Should this be on a separate page or included here?Shu(Talk/Contrib)23:01, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the above statement. Surely it is relevant to more things than just to menstration and ovulation.--160.36.39.116 (talk) 16:59, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

See also - Toni Weschler
Toni Weschler has recently been added to the see-also sections of a group of related articles. I'm not sure this addition is appropriate; my reasoning is at Talk:Billings ovulation method Lyrl Talk C 03:05, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Categorization

 * There seems to be a rough consensus at Categories for discussion to put this article into a new Category:Fertility awareness. I'll leave this notice here for a couple of days, and if there are no objections, go ahead and create the new category. Lyrl  Talk C 01:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Category move
This article has been moved to Category:Fertility tracking as part of a planned deletion of Category:Periodic abstinence, Category:Fertility awareness, and Category:Natural family planning. Please bring up any concerns at Category talk:Fertility tracking. If there are no objections within four days, these three categories will be tagged for speedy deletion. Lyrl Talk C 22:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

But what is the basal body temperature actually supposed to be?
Please mention some values and some concrete date. T.R. 87.59.78.206 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 11:37, 1 March 2009 (UTC).

Do note that body temperatures vary. A couple values with standard deviations could be listed, but I think a good enough idea can be obtained from the article in its present form. It says that the temperature is lower than normal body temperature. So I would say 2-5°F lower than your normal body temperature would be a good estimate. Do note that where your temperature is measured from matters. See: http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/normal_human_body_temperature and http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Medical_thermometer::sub::Classification_By_Location 66.189.179.179 (talk) 05:03, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Back with more information. "Q: What are average BBTs?

A: The average range of BBTs is between 97.0-97.7 before ovulation and 97.7-99.0 after ovulation. Ideally, a woman's temperature will not bounce around more than .5 degrees in the follicular phase and will stay above the coverline during the luteal phase." from http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/bbt/bbtfaq.html 66.189.179.179 (talk) 05:27, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

What about men?
Are there significant differences in basal body temperature between men and women? --Brian Fenton (talk) 15:53, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Cochrane's opinions
I've looked at the review (as well as the plain-language summary that's being cited), and I think we should remove the statement about how much scientific research is needed before people should "adopt or disseminate" a personal practice. " You shouldn't do this because it hasn't been studied to my satisfaction" is basically the authors' personal opinion, and has no place in the article. The authors' POV doesn't meet the usual criteria for presenting someone's opinion in a scientific article (e.g., they are neither famous proponents or famous critics of the issue at hand).

I think it would be more pointful to say something like "As high-quality evidence does not exist, it is unknown how well this would work at preventing or achieving a pregnancy". WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:31, 5 December 2017 (UTC)