Hormones have a significant impact on ourorganism, including its temperature. It is the ability to influence progesterone and estrogen on it for a long time used by gynecologists to diagnose various pathologies, including in the period of carrying a baby.
However, temperature is influenced not onlythese hormones, but also other factors. These include exercise, eating and so on. Therefore, measure the so-called basal temperature (BT), obtained in a state of complete rest.
It is observed in humans after a night's sleep, which lasts at least 6 hours. In this case, the impact of other factors is minimized. The measurement is usually carried out in the rectum.
Tracking BT during pregnancy can helpsave the fruit. It should be above 37, but below 37.5. If BT is low, then progesterone deficiency can be assumed. The function of this hormone is to preserve pregnancy. It does not allow the uterus to contract, inhibits immunity, does not allow the rejection of the ovum.
If progesterone is not enough, then pregnancyis under threat. In this case, the doctor prescribes artificial progestogens, such as "Duphaston" and "Utrozhestan." A woman takes them up to 20 weeks, then they are gradually canceled. After this period, the measurement of BT in pregnancy does not make sense, since the placenta begins to secrete hormones.
But the alarm is high temperature.In this case, you can suspect inflammation in the genitals. Nevertheless, it is necessary to take into account that what kind of BT during pregnancy in a particular woman is normal is individual. A value above or below the given figures may be a variant of the norm.
Better to know her and your body will help a womanplotting BT before conception. To do this, it must be measured 3 months. In order to make the data easier to analyze, cost graphics. Measurements must be carried out in the period of menstruation.
The cycle consists of the follicular and luteal phases,which shares ovulation. Before it, BT is kept low due to the predominance of estrogen, and after it it should rise by 0.5 degrees. This is due to the fact that the corpus luteum begins to secrete progesterone. So, BT during pregnancy should keep at the level of the luteal phase or be slightly higher.
The corpus luteum functions for 2 weeks. Then, if there was no implantation of the embryo, it regresses. At the same time, the level of progesterone decreases, and with it BT, which leads to the onset of menstruation.
If the introduction of the egg into the endometrium has occurred,then the chorion of the embryo begins to secrete hCG. In this case, the regression of the corpus luteum does not occur, and it begins to function in an enhanced mode. Therefore, the graph of BT during pregnancy looks different; there is no drop in temperature in the luteal phase.
However, it should be remembered that to obtain a reliable measurement result should be carried out according to all the rules:
It is recommended to measure BT during pregnancywomen who have had a miscarriage or have a hormonal imbalance. And also to those who had problems with conceiving a baby or it came on the background of taking gestagens due to the lack of progesterone. In the presence of abdominal pain and bloody discharge, it is also useful to recognize it.
So, measuring BT during pregnancy can help detect pathology in time and save the baby. With its low value, it is necessary to consult a doctor, because it is a symptom of the threat of interruption.
