Hey Hopeful D/DD's,
I have been having the same "problem" but I am pretty convinced now that it is NOT a problem. My temps were always lower than 98.2 during my follicular phase (and they SHOULD be! you would have a thyroid problem also if your temps were as high as 98.2 during your follicular phase). Also, I don't know why people are telling us to take L-Tyrosine to bring up temperatures. I consume around 180 grams of protein a day (which means I get a ton of L-Tyrosine) and it hasn't effected my temperatures a bit. As for kelp, sure why not try it, but you should be careful with it because it is the iodine in the kelp that you are taking the kelp for, and if you take too much it can give you even more thyroid problems. This is, of course, assuming that you have thyroid problems due to an iodine deficiency. Only if this is the case, will kelp "work" for you.
Oh yes, and btw, the whole theory behind temperatures and kelp and L-Tyrosine is that these latter two things I mentioned
theoretically will help a low thyroid. This is if you have hypothyroidism!!!!! If you don't, don't bother with any kelp, because you may (as I mentioned) actually
give yourself a thyroid problem.
Since I honestly don't think I have hypothyroidism (and it is pretty obvious when one does--you can research the symptoms), my only goal was to bring up my temps by NOT affecting my thyroid (since a higher body temp, although often indicative of a healthy functioning thyroid [only in the follicular phase, as temps in the luteal phase are not affected by the thyroid] results in the liver being able to function better and convert T3 and T4). So, for the purpose of a better-functioning liver while avoiding messing with my thyroid, I was looking for something to bring up my temps without effecting my thyroid. But, I found out that if a person is not properly converting those T3 and T4 hormones, they become hyperthyroid, and I have none of those symptoms, either. So apparently, my BBT is high enough for my liver to function properly enough for me to grow from BO. So, I am just going to dismiss the whole "need to have high enough temps to grow from BO" thing altogether. After all, BBT readings are very sensitive and can be very inaccurate based on many environmental factors. At least that is my theory for now as to why my temps fluctuated so much and are so often low. It may have to do with timing and sleep (which I am VERY inconsistent with), so I can get back to you on that if you'd like. What time of the day do you take your BBT? Has your BBT never gotten up to 98.2 (it SHOULD in your luteal phase, so that would be a separate concerning matter)? Also, are you taking your BBT after eating? I usually don't get 3+ hours of sleep before I take my temps (I have
very irregular sleeping patterns), even though I know that I should take my temps after having more than 3 hours of sleep. Otherwise, when I do get more sleep, my temps are significantly higher. Just a thought!
I hope this helped. Let me know if you have any other questions!
EDIT: Tibetan experienced much successful growth and you can see as she posted on my bust program page, that her temps were always very low until recently... and she experienced most of her growth before recently (so she grew with her temps being low). So, if I were you, I wouldn't be too concerned at all!!!!!