What causes low body temperature during pregnancy?

Pregnancy is a challenge for women. Various abnormal conditions will occur in your body. Some pregnancy reactions are relatively normal, but some are pathological. Low body temperature during pregnancy is a common phenomenon. Let us understand what low body temperature during pregnancy is.

Generally speaking, the body temperature of pregnant women is higher than usual. If the basal body temperature continues to rise for 18 days, pregnancy can be suspected. In addition, the continued increase in basal body temperature after ovulation can also indicate a person's corpus luteum function. If the body temperature is low, it indicates corpus luteum insufficiency, and you should go to the hospital for diagnosis as soon as possible. Since we don’t know much about your situation, for safety reasons, we recommend that you go to the “Perinatal Care Clinic” of a regular hospital to see a doctor!

If your basal body temperature remains low, with no high temperature period, and no biphasic changes in high and low temperatures, then be careful, because it may be a sign of no ovulation. Because the principle of the basal body temperature curve is formed by the progesterone (luteinizing hormone) secreted by the corpus luteum formed by the ovary after ovulation. The body temperature is low before ovulation and high after ovulation. If there is no change between the two phases, then either you are pregnant or you have not ovulated. Generally speaking, if the temperature remains high for a long time, you are likely to be pregnant. On the contrary, if the temperature remains low for a long time, you may not ovulate.

Therefore, if the basal body temperature has not fluctuated much (difference of 0.3-0.5℃), and there are no obvious high and low temperature areas, it is very likely that ovulation is not occurring. You know, even a good cook cannot cook without rice. You cannot successfully conceive without ovulation. Therefore, if you find that your basal body temperature has been very low and has not fluctuated, you need to go to the hospital for a thorough check-up to see what is wrong and then prescribe the right medicine.

This situation often reflects luteal insufficiency and may lead to miscarriage.

Guidance:

It is recommended to check the progesterone and HCG values. This will help you understand whether pregnancy-preserving treatment is needed.

During pregnancy, the body temperature is not constant and it is not unchanging. The fluctuation of body temperature will be larger. However, low temperature is more likely to lead to miscarriage. Therefore, if you have this condition, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.