Oral temperature

Oral temperature is an efficient tool that helps assess several functions in the body such as thyroid function, the menstrual cycle time and may reveals the approximate time of ovulation.

To take your oral temperature, please apply the following steps:

1. Make several photocopies of this chart to be used in subsequent months,
2. You must read your temperature every single morning upon rising before you leave your bed,
3. Females should start a new page at the start of every menstrual cycle,
4. Use the same thermometer each time for a more accurate reading,
5. Shake your thermometer if you are using a manual one, and zero your thermometer if you are using a battery-operated thermometer,
6. Keep your thermometer, this chart and a pencil at your bed side,
7. Place the thermometer in your mouth - under your tongue, for one minute immediately upon waking,
8. Indicate, in the “Notes” field, the start of first and last days of the menstrual cycle,
9. Indicate, in the “Date” field, the date when temperature was taken,
10. Should you miss one day, (please try not to miss any days at all costs), leave that field blank,
11. Should you become sick or use any medications, please make a note in the “Notes” field,
12. Should you run out of table space, please use the reverse side of this page or use a blank page and
13. Mail this chart back, or bring it to the clinic so it can be evaluated.

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