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Mercury-Free Basal Thermometer: With the dangers of mercury thermometers documented by health organizations and the EPA, seeing a new and innovative fertility product on the market is good news for women who prefer glass basal thermometers to digital thermometers. In fact, glass mercury thermometers will soon be extinct due to legislation designed to prevent mercury from entering the environment, particularly the home. But fear not. If you prefer using a glass thermometer, a new product from Fairhaven Health offers a mercury-free bbt thermometer experience. Safe and happy bbt charting!

Charting Accurately, Charting Safely
Non-Mercury Basal Thermometers

Pregnancy, Babies, Family, and Mercury. You know the song by Sesame Street: “One of these things is not like the other, one of these things doesn't’t belong, can you guess which thing is not like the other, before I finish this song?”

Even your child can probably identify the noun non grata in this group of words. Mercury. And if you are like many women who prefer using a glass basal thermometer, then you will be happy to hear that a new fertility product is on the market that combines accurate, easy fertility charting with safety and good home health.

Call it a "green product" or just call it smart science, the Fairhaven Health glass basal is a non-mercury basal thermometer that offers all the accuracy of traditional mercury thermometers, but without the environmental danger and health hazards that mercury poses to families, pregnant mothers, and developing babies.

"More than just a mercury-free thermometer, this innovation is just a better basal, plain and simple."

As the EPA indicates, "for fetuses, infants, and children, the primary health effect of methylmercury is impaired neurological development. Methylmercury exposure in the womb....can adversely affect a baby's growing brain and nervous system. ... [Mercury can have an impact] on cognitive thinking, memory, attention, and language, and fine motor/visual spatial skills have been seen in children exposed to methylmercury in the womb".

Mercury-Free Basal Thermometer: Designed for Fertility BBT Charting

Mercury can enter the environment and the body through multiple vectors; in the air, food, and water as a by-product of coal burning, through eating fish (particularly larger predator fish like tuna and swordfish), or through direct exposures in the home. Home exposures can occur, according to the EPA, when products that contain elemental mercury break and release mercury to the air, particularly in warm or poorly-ventilated indoor spaces. Fertility Charting and Basal Thermometers As a quick introduction, a basal thermometer is a highly accurate thermometer designed to measure your resting temperature (after several hours of sleep). Use your basal thermometer the first thing in the morning, even before getting up or moving around in bed. To chart fertility, simply record your basal temperature daily in your ovulation calendar or fertility chart.

Knowing When You Are Most Fertile
Sometime around the middle of your cycle, you will notice that your basal body temperature has suddenly increased. This increase of temperature is caused by hormonal changes (progesterone) that "heat the body up" to make a more "fertile home" for a baby. By monitoring when your basal temperature increases, you will know the exact date of ovulation. Over time, you will see patterns in this temperature increase that allow you to predict ovulation and time intercourse so your odds of conceiving are better.

A Mercury-Free Thermometer Alternative
Using the new Fairhaven Health basal thermometer, you have all the accuracy of a mercury thermometer, but without the dangers to health and family (especially if you are pregnant or trying to conceive a baby). The mercury-free glass basal thermometer is certified accurate and contains an environmentally-friendly and harmless liquid alloy instead of mercury. If it breaks, no big deal. Just clean up the mess with soap and water. Also cool for TTC women, it even comes with a neat carrying case that actually serves to magnify the result. Just slip the thermometer into the carrying case and get a precise close up view of the exact basal temperature. More than just a mercury-free thermometer, this innovation is just a better basal, plain and simple.

For safe, accurate fertility charting, nothing beats the Fairhaven Health glass basal thermometer.

To use the iBabydust.com Ovulation Calendar, click here.