 [ Symptoms ] does minocycline affect your basal body temperature  i would like to start natural family planning to avoid pregnancy by taking my basal body temperature but i am wondering if taking minocycline for a month for acne will change my temperature thanks [ Disease ] just as pregnancy is different for each woman so is the experience of bed rest some women know that because of problems with past pregnancies they will need to go on bed rest at some point for others a prescription for bed rest comes as a surprise some women are prescribed bed rest early in their pregnancies others must spend their entire pregnancies resting in bed sometimes doctors recommend modified bed rest this means you should spend most of your time lying or sitting up on the couch or bed but you should not exercise lift or have sexual intercourse at other times doctors may restrict almost all activity telling a patient to sit up only for meals or stand for quick showers sometimes doctors prescribe bed rest with close monitoring in the hospital it is important to know how much    and what    you should or should not do during bed rest following are some questions you should ask your doctor can i get up to use the bathroom how long is bed rest required must i stay in bed all the time or can i move around the house if necessary is it ok to work from home is it ok to do light chores can i take baths or showers should i lie on one side or stay in a certain position is sexual activity ok if so what kinds and how much