Why Don’t I Get a Temperature Rise After Seeing Fertile Cervical Mucus?
Why Don’t I Get a Temperature Rise After Seeing Fertile Cervical Mucus? A reader asks, “I get days of fertile cervical mucus, but I don’t get a sustained rise in temperature on my body basal temperature chart. Instead, my temperature seems to be all over the place. Does this mean I’m not really ovulating?” Answer: Usually, fertile cervical mucus – a watery to raw egg-white like vaginal discharge – will precede ovulation. If you’re charting your body basal temperature, and ovulation occurred, you’d expect to see a sustained temperature rise within a few days of seeing your most fertile cervical mucus. If you don’t seem to get a temperature rise at all, it could be for a few different reasons. Possibility #1: You May Not Be Ovulating It could be that you’re not ovulating. While fertile quality cervical mucus can
