How To Tell Ovulation Day
Mark your calendar doctors say it s best to have sex at least every other day especially during the 5 days before you ovulate.
How to tell ovulation day. In general ovulation occurs in the four. Ovulation does not always occur on the same day every month and can vary by a day or more either side of the expected date. There are many ways you can tell if the time is right. How we calculate your fertile days.
From the five days before ovulation through to the day that you ovulate you re potentially fertile. Many women use ovulation predictor kits which identify the date of ovulation 12 to 24 hours in advance by looking at levels of luteinizing hormone or lh the last of the hormones to hit its peak before ovulation. The first day of their last menstrual period lmp is day 1 of the cycle. First we estimate when you ll ovulate by counting back 14 days from the day you expect your next period.
Or you can look for ovulation symptoms and have sex whenever you detect fertile signs. Ovulation typically happens around day 14 of a 28 day menstrual cycle. Generally ovulation happens in the middle of your menstrual cycle. Ovulation occurs about midway through your cycle.
But your chances of getting pregnant are highest if you have sex in the last three days of this six day window. If your cycle is 28 days long your next period should start 28 days from. You can also try tracking your cycles every month so you get an idea of when ovulation occurs for you your own personal average. You could aim to have sex every day or every other day between day 8 and day 21.
So if you normally have a 28 day cycle ovulation should occur about day 14 although it s common for it to occur a few days before or after. Our ovulation calculator gives you the dates you re most likely to be fertile over the next several months. Since the surge can sometimes last for a day or two testing every day or even twice a day once in the morning and once in the afternoon can help provide context for where in your surge you are. Ovulation is when you release an egg from one of your ovaries.
You are most fertile during the 2 3 days before ovulation.