How to Find Your Date of Ovulation
If you are planning to get pregnant there is one important piece of information that you need to be successful...your date of ovulation. Knowing when you ovulate is vital to achieving pregnancy. By monitoring your ovulation, you may actually be able to become pregnant faster and more easily. Ovulation refers to the time during your menstrual cycle when your ovaries release an egg for fertilization. After being released, the egg can survive for 12 to 24 hours before dying. It is only during and immediately after ovulation that the egg can be fertilized and pregnancy can be achieved. Here are a few methods for determining your date of ovulation.
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**Calendar Method**
This method for determining ovulation requires you to track the length of your cycles for a few months. After that, add up the number of days in each cycle. Now subtract 14 days from the length of your shortest and longest cycle. Example: Let's say your shortest cycle was 24 days and your longest was 29. This gives us 10 (24-14) and 15 (29-14). Based on the assumption that you ovulate 14 days before your next menstrual period we will say that your date of ovulation is between cycle day 10 and cycle day 15. -
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**Basal Body Temperature Method**
Tracking your Basal Body Temperature (BBT) is a great way to tell when you have ovulated, but it can't predict ovulation. Your Basal Body Temperature is your body temperature first thing in the morning before rising, moving about, eating or even speaking! The general rule is that ovulation has taken place when your temperature rises .2 degrees higher than any temperature from the previous 6 days, and it stays elevated for at least 3 consecutive days. Note the day this happens each cycle. This will give you an idea of your normal date of ovulation. -
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**Cervical Mucus Method**
There are many methods for tracking ovulation, but one of the best for predicting ovulation is called the cervical mucus method. Your fertile period begins when you see creamy or lotion-like cervical mucus. Your most fertile days will be when you have what many call Egg White Cervical Mucus (EWCM) because it resembles raw egg whites (clear or semi-clear and very stretchy). EWCM signals that ovulation is or is about to take place. Any day that you have EWCM present is considered a VERY fertile day and is your best time to conceive. Good Luck!
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Tips & Warnings
See the Resources section below for more details on how to use each of the above methods.
