Detecting Ovulation

What is ovulation?

Ovulation is biology process when an ovum (egg) is released from the ovary each month, after an ovum matures inside your ovary. Then the ovum is swept into the fallopian tube toward the uterus, so that it's the fertile time for you to produce your child.

How can I get pregnant?

You must have sexual activity (there're sperm cells spread into your vagina) during this period spanning one to two days before ovulation to about 24 hours afterward. Because Sperm cells can live for two or three days, but an ovum survives no more than 24 hours after ovulation ; unless, fertilization occurs.

How can I know when I'm ovulating and most fertile?

Figure out when your next period is due to begin and count back 12 to 16 days. This will give you a range of days when you will probably be ovulating. For women with a 28-day cycle, the 14th day is often the day of ovulation. To use this method, you must know how long your cycle usually lasts.

The best way to determine your most fertile time, though, is to pay attention to your body and learn to spot the signs that ovulation is imminent.

Clear cervical mucus. As your cycle progresses, your cervical mucus increases in volume and changes texture because of the rising levels of estrogen. You are considered most fertile when the mucus becomes clear, slippery, and stretchy. You could compare mucus at this stage to raw egg whites.

This mucous helps sperm to get through the cervix, so that it can up to the uterus, and then to the fallopian tubes for fertilizing your ovum.

A rise in body temperature. During ovulation, your temperature may increase by 0.5 degrees Celcius. You can't expect that you will feel the rising temperature as when you get cold, no... you won't, but you can detect it by using a basal body temperature (BBT) thermometer. This temperature spike indicates that you've ovulated, because releasing an ovum stimulates the production of the hormone progesterone, which raises body temperature.

You're most fertile in the two or three days before your temperature hits its high point. A few experts think you may have an additional 12- to 24-hour window of fertility after you first notice the temperature creep up, but most say that at that point, it's too late to make a baby, so that experts recommend that you chart your temperature by taking it each morning for a few months to detect a pattern and your likely ovulatory date. Then you can plan to have sex during the two to three days arround the day your temperature normally rises.

Lower abdominal discomfort. About one-fifth of women actually feel ovulatory activity, which can range from mild achiness to twinges of pain which may last a few minutes to a few hours.

Or you can calculate the time of ovulation easily and generates your personal fertility calendar here www.ovulation-calendar.com

How do ovulation predictor kits work?

You can buy ovulation predictor kits at drugstores and grocery stores easily, what for? it can detect the surge in luteinizing hormone (LH) in your urine just before ovulation. They're easier to use and often more accurate than the BBT method, and they can predict ovulation 12 to 36 hours in advance and help you maximize your chance of conception, so that you can catch up your target, just by following its instruction.

Your cycle starts on the first day you have your period. If you have a 28-day cycle, start using the test on day 11 and use it for six days, or however many days the manufacturer recommends. If your cycle runs between 27 and 34 days, your ovulation may range between days 13 and 20. Start testing on day 11 and continue until day 20 or so. If you have an irregular cycle, you may find that this is the least satisfying way for you to detect your ovulation, because some of the kits, which range in price from $20 to $50 — provide only five to nine days' worth of tests. You may need to buy more than one kit a month.