How, what? What is at all the temperature method and is it really safe?

 In the 1920s, two gynaecologists, the Austrian Hermann Knaus and the Japanese Kyusaku Ogino at about the same time that there is a certain regularity in the furtherncycle and a woman is only fertile on a certain number of days per month. The so-called calendar method, the counting of days, was born; the first and only contraceptive method recognised by the Catholic Church. The problem with this is butthat this method is based on this, that ovulation takes place around the middle of the cycleThis means that ovulation takes place on approximately the 14th or 15th day of the cycle in a 28-day ovulation cycle. However, as no other factors are taken into account, such as the fact that not every cycle has to be the same length and no other indicators, such as body temperature, are taken into account, this method is not very reliable. 

The basic idea behind the Temperature method is the same. She goes also from this assumes that only the days around ovulation can lead to pregnancy, but clarifies this by including the rise in temperature in the calculation. Fun factThe fact that the body temperature rises around ovulation is said to have been discovered by the German clergyman Wilhelm Hillebrand in 1935.  

The Temperature method 

Dr Michael Schenk, a specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics and an expert in clinical embryology, explains in detail what the temperature method is and why you should use it. femSense more relaxed than you might think. 

Anyone who is now thinking, what, what temperature rise? Continue reading here:  

The temperature method is also known as the basal body temperature method. It distinguishes between infertile and fertile days by taking your body temperature every morning. This value is called the "basal" temperature because the body reaches its lowest individual temperature shortly before waking up in a state of deep relaxation. This "baseline" is a constant that is not influenced by external factors and is therefore particularly meaningful when it comes to recognising the temperature rise of 0.2-0.5 degrees Celsius during ovulation. 

However, taking your basal body temperature manually does have its disadvantages. Spot measurements are never that accurate and application errors, such as missing the daily measurement window (you have to take your temperature at roughly the same time every day), can easily happen. 

So if you want to reliably measure your basal body temperature as an ovulation indicator, you should use our Smart Sensor Patch: 

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Measuring the basal body temperature with a thermometer 

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