what range or pattern can a woman expect her basal body temperatures
to be during and (especially) after a miscarriage? What is the normal
range for immediately after a miscarriage?

Dear jessiej:

Thank you for your question. According to parentsplace.com:

"Can falling BBT predict a miscarriage?
Waking temperatures are very useful if you continue to take them
during the first trimester. Most miscarriages occur during this time
and waking temperatures typically start dropping below the coverline
as a warning of an impending miscarriage. *You can usually tell that
you have had a miscarriage, even if your pregnancy was never confirmed
by a pregnancy test. You may have had 18 or more high temperatures,
followed by what appears to be either a normal or heavier period.*"
Source: http://www.parentsplace.com/fertility/conception/articles/0,10335,238711_409161-2,00.html

Also see: "Can falling BBTs predict a miscarriage?"
http://www.parentsplace.com/expert/fertility/qas/0,10338,166389_115222,00.html


Google Search Strategy:

     basal body temperatures after miscarriage
     ://www.google.com/search?q=basal+body+temperatures+after+miscarriage&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&start=10&sa=N

I hope this was the information you were looking for.

Best Regards,
blader-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by jessiej-ga on 29 Jul 2002 17:11 PDT

I'm sorry but that did not answer the question. The question is "what
temperature range can you expect during and after a pregnancy", not
"can falling temps predict miscarriage." The miscarriage has already
happened...

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Request for Answer Clarification by jessiej-ga on 29 Jul 2002 17:14 PDT

oops, I meant to say "during and after a miscarriage" in that
clarification...sorry! Thanks.

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Clarification of Answer by blader-ga on 29 Jul 2002 19:36 PDT

Dear jessiej:

Thank you for your clarification request. I'm sorry the answer I have
provided was not more clear. By "predict", it doesn't mean that it
predicts a miscarriage yet to happen. What it means is that you can
tell that you have had a miscarriage before taking a test to confirm
it by looking at your basal body temperature. The answer says
specifically:

"You can usually tell that you have *had* a miscarriage, even if your
pregnancy was never confirmed by a pregnancy test. You may have had 18
or more high temperatures, followed by what appears to be either a
normal or heavier period.*

Best Regards,
blader-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by jessiej-ga on 29 Jul 2002 21:01 PDT

hello blader,
I'm sorry but you don't understand the question, nor do you understand
the answer that you supplied. The 18 days of sustained high
temperatures indicate pregnancy and the "heavier than usual period"
indicates a miscarriage. What I am looking for is the BBT CHARTING
AFTER pregnancy and AFTER miscarriage, in other words, AFTER the 18
days... So, thanks for trying but the parentsplace quote is answering
a different question, one I'm familiar with already (I already saw
that quote long ago). Fortunately the comment supplied by "mother-ga"
may be helpful.

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Clarification of Answer by blader-ga on 29 Jul 2002 22:12 PDT

Dear jessiej:

My apologies for misunderstanding your question. I believe mother-ga's
information probably is what are really looking for. I'm kicking
myself for not finding it for your first. =)

I tried to find some more resources related to the answer, but I
turned up none that were better than mother-ga's comment. The best I
could was this:

"How long temps stay elevated after miscarriage?
Sara1959 says:
I had an early m/c in April. My temps stayed elevated for about 8
days, then dropped and resumed their usual pattern. My next AF came 35
days after the m/c.

MFS says:
I miscarried early, at 4 1/2 weeks in May, and, like sara, my temps
only stayed high for a short time. I usually have 27-28 day cycles,
and the one after the miscarriage was just 31 days - so my temps only
stayed high for a few extra days. We also tried right away, but have
not yet been successful. "
Source: http://members.tripod.com/~ttcfaq/mc.html#MC4

I hope that helps a little. Here are some additional resources
(attempts to redeem myself) for information after a miscarriage:

"Your Health After Miscarriage"
http://www.miscarriagesupport.org.nz/health.html

"Where to after Miscarriage?"
http://www.mydr.com.au/default.asp?article=3336

My sincere apologies once again,
blader-ga

This one is hard to rate because at first the answer was off base
because of a little confusion. But the researcher stuck with it...
Thanks for your help and good luck.

Jessiej,

You may want to have a look at TCOYF's (Taking Charge of Your
Fertility) online cycle gallery, where users of TCOYF software upload
their charts for others to view. Here is a specific gallery devoted to
miscarriage cycles, some of which may help to supplement the answer
given above.
http://www.tcoyf.com/ourtcoyf/gallery/gallery.asp?typeid=13

The "ourTCOYF" forums are also a good place to go for answers to
questions such as yours.
http://www.tcoyf.com/forum/

The software and website are based on the book "Taking Charge of Your
Fertility" by Toni Weschler.
http://www.tcoyf.com/products/bookstore.asp

Hope this helps,
mother-ga

Another thing you might want to keep in mind is that your temperature
will vary from person to person, cycle to cycle.

Before I started ovulating, my temperatures were all over the place.
After a while, I finally started ovulating and my basal temperatures
before, during and after ovulation and during my menstural times
varied EVERY SINGLE MONTH. My baseline for determining ovulation
varied EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

Therefore, your temperature range to indicated a miscarriage would
likely be at or below your average baseline, eventually, perhaps
during or after the heavy flow/miscarriage flow.

Another good site for information on this subject is
http://www.fertilityfriend.com