Can I check my bbt to see if I ALREADY ovulated this month?

[leahdawg]

I'm new ti charting my temp, but can I start on cd22 and go off the average temp post ovulation?

 

[sallyhansen76]

Sure, just start temping. When you get af (IF you get af ) then a new cycle will begin. Either way if you ve temped previous cycles and know approx what your temps usually are it could give you a rough estimate.

 

[Duckieshoes]

You can start temping now, though you likely won't get anything this cycle (if it's after Ovulation, your temps will be different then pre-ovulation and you don't have an accurate way of knowing which side of the spectrum you're on)

But, it can help get ya into practice for the next cycle, so I don't see any reason to not do it!

 

[Duckieshoes]

Or rather, to answer the question you put in the title, no. You probably won't be able to find out if you already ovulated this month.

 

[KellC]

I started checking my bbt late in my cycle as well. It didn't tell me if I ovulated that month, but when my new cycle started I was able to tell that there was a clear difference between my post and pre-ovulation temps. It gives me hope that I did in fact ovulate the month before.

 

[puppymom]

It depends if you know your regular temps to begin with - if you've charted before, and you know your patterns, then you would have a good idea.