BBT increase without ovulation?

Question

Hi

So I've been coming off the depo injection since January and my cycles still seems pretty messed up. I got my periods back in late March, and had about three periods over 6 weeks. I then had a proper 28 day gap between April and May, so thought it was sorted. However, in mid-May I had either another mini period or an ovulation bleed - I have no idea which. I had ovulation symptoms like raised BBT and egg white CM, but no positive on the OPK.

Anyway, I've only been tracking my BBT for about a month. It's been raised to about 36.7 C since I started in May, including over the "ovulation bleed/light period". However when I got my proper period a few days ago, it dropped properly to 36.1 C.

Essentially, while I think my cycles are still out of sync, it seems my BBT is acting as expected. Obviously I need to track longer for more days, but does this suggest that I am actually ovulating???

Or can my BBT still act like this without the actual ovulation bit?

As an aside, I think my oestrogen is still high and my progesterone low as I'm getting weird symptoms like egg white CM during first few days of period, hot flushes, very tired etc. Could this be the cause of my BBT behaviour rather than actual ovulation?

Answer

Thanks Kelly. Here's my charts.

Ignore the low starting temps pre-22nd May. I had a rubbish thermometer and was checking at the wrong time of day. I have a new thermometer now and check first thing in the morning.

The first short period is the light period/ovulation spotting I was talking about. I initially thought it was ovulation spotting but I've since changed the log to mark it as a period. I don't know which is correct. As you can see, my BBT was up at 36.7 C when I started charting around this time.

The green fertile window is probably inaccurate, especially if it was actually ovulation spotting. I missed a few days temp charting as I got slack, thinking I had ovulated. But when I started again, my temp was still raised.

There's a clear drop on my most recent period though (which seems to be what it's supposed to do). I don't know if this suggests something in my cycle is working normally? I will keep charting to see if it goes up against

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Do u guys think I have a chance this month

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It's hard to understand what you mean without seeing your chart. Not getting a positive opk doesn't really mean much as some women don't have strong surges or it was simply missed.

BBT increase without ovulation?

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