Loeb et al published an alternate set of criteria in 2001. They recommend a minimum set of clinical criteria for the initiation of antibiotic therapy for UTIs in nursing home residents (Table 2). 12 Under these criteria, urine culture is required to rule out a UTI.
Ovulation. Normal basal body temperature is typically below 98 degrees Fahrenheit before ovulation and rises above 98 degrees Fahrenheit after ovulation. A temperature drop of greater than 0.4 degrees Fahrenheit occurs during the 48 hours preceding ovulation. Basal body temperature rises following ovulation.
Low temperatures are observed before ovulation and higher temperatures are recorded after ovulation. Your BBT, or basal body temperature, is your body temperature at rest as measured in the morning after at least three hours of sleep, before you get up, with a special BBT thermometer that you can buy at your drugstore. Before ovulation, during your follicular phase, basal temperatures are relatively low.