1. Basal Body Temperature (BBT) p. 102 ---Did you brush your teeth this morning? Was it hard to make yourself brush your teeth? ---BBT is easy! ---You do need a BBT thermometer ($10)

2. Day 1 98.1

3. Day 2 98.0

4. Day 3 98.0

5. Day 4 97.9

6. Day 5 98.0

7. Day 6 97.9

8. Day 7 97.7

9. Day 8 97.8

10. Day 9 97.8

11. Day 10 97.7

12. Day 11 97.8

13. Day 12 97.8

14. Day 13 97.9

15. Day 14 97.8

16. Day 15 97.7

17. Day 16 97.8

18. Day 17 97.8

19. Day 18 97.4

20. Day 19 97.5

21. Day 20 97.6

22. Day 21 98.1

23. Day 22 98.0

24. Day 23 98.1

25. Day 24 98.1

26. Day 25 98.0

27. Day 26 97.9

28. Day 27 98.0

29. Day 28 98.1

31. Normally 3-7 days (varying from woman to woman, and consistent for a particular woman about 35 ml of blood lost total most of which is lost in the first 3 days

32. Abnormalities Amenorrhea: Absence of menses for 6 months or absence of menstrual cycle for three cycles Menorrhagia: Heavier and increased amount of flow occurring at regular intervals or loss of >80 mL of blood Metrorrhagia: Irregular episodes of bleeding Menometrorrhagia: Longer duration of flow occurring at unpredictable intervals Oligomenorrhea: Cycle length >35 days Polymenorrhea: Cycle length >21 days Postmenopausal bleeding: Bleeding that occurs more than 12 months after the last menstrual cycle

33. Cervical Mucus (general description) Days 1-5: Menstruation occurs. Days 6-9: Vagina is dry with little to no mucus. Days 10-12: Sticky, thick mucus appears, gradually becoming less thick and more white. Days 13-15: Mucus becomes thin, slippery, stretchy, and clear, similar to the consistency of egg whites. This is the most fertile stage. Days 16-21: Mucus becomes sticky and thick again. Days 22-28: Vagina becomes dry.