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Step 1
Take your temperature every morning when you wake up, before getting out of bed or using the bathroom. Your temperature will drop slightly right before you ovulate, and then will rise. It will continue to rise on the following two days, and will register about 0.4 to 0.6 degrees higher than your normal temperature.
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Step 2
Observe any abdominal discomfort. Some women experience a sharp pain in their lower abdomen when they begin to ovulate. You may also get a pain on either side of your lower back. The pain should only last a brief time.
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Step 3
Be aware of discharge. Cervical mucus becomes thinner and more watery as ovulation approaches. At ovulation, it resembles raw egg whites in consistency.
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Step 4
Notice any changes in cervix color, which also indicate ovulation. The normal color is pink; when you ovulate, the color becomes pale or bluish.
Comments
ms-tee said
on 4/3/2009 1st off GREAT ARTICLE!! 5* 2nd, about some of the comments,thetrueross - Do you feel your girl "entrapped you" with pregnancy? If you don't want to hear about pregnancy and people trying to become pregnant DONT POST on a how-to-get-pregnant article post on a how-to-not-get-pregnant article. People here feel mature enough, and intelligent enough to have a baby otherwise we wouldn't be here. It's insulting
thetrueross said
on 2/10/2009 *for someone weaker than you. Grow outside of yourself, discover a new way of thinking about life. Meditate to get to know yourself. Smile at someone having a bad day.
thetrueross said
on 2/10/2009 Try maturing before having a child.. You need to be financially secure or you'll be poor your whole life. Is that any way to treat a child? Making it grow up poor and less likely to be any kind of success in life? If you want some meaning in life try joining a cause. Work on something to better the world. I hope you've all discussed with your bf's that your trying to get pregnant... It would seem very stupid otherwise. Entrapping someone in a relationship is really stupid. You'll never be truly happy and do a lot of things out of guilt. Is that a way you want to live the rest of your life? There is something missing from your lives because you don't have a purpose. You need a drive, something you care passionately about. Don't focus on what you don't have or can't be doing. Focus on things you can do and enjoy doing. Help someone, learn about an issue, stand up for someone we
pinksand29 said
on 1/5/2009 have stopped taking my birth control pill for over a year now and I've been trying to get pregnant and nothing has happened yet! all the doctors keep telling me is it will happen when i ovulate but sadly i dont have a regular menstral cycle....Can some one tell me what to do please this is driving me crazy...uurgh....
SpanishFly23 said
on 12/30/2008 Spanish Fly: "I have been with my boyfriend for 2 years and have been trying to get pregnant.... I have missed a period or it has came late and still nothing... I tried all types of things I stopped smoking... I stop partying... And its hard to be stress free if I am stressing the fact of infertility.... I asked my GYN if there is anything wrong with me he tells me know... please some one help me... Im getting sick watchign my closest friends have kids and I have yet gotten pregnant... Some one please comment back..."