Know Ovulation Time
What is Ovulation?
Ovulation occurs when a mature egg is released from the ovary, pushed down the fallopian tube and is available to be fertilized. The lining of the uterus has thickened to prepare for a fertilized. If no conception occurs, the uterine lining as well as blood will be shed. The shedding of an unfertilized egg and the uterine wall is the time of menstruation.Basal Body Temperature chart is a way commonly used to determine the time of ovulation. The basal body temperature refers to the temperature of your body at rest. You will need a special thermometer or ovulation thermometer and graph papers or a special chart. record your temperature everyday upon awakening before you get out of bed. Immediately after ovulation there will be a slight but definite rise in your body temperature. Temperatures remain elevated until the next menstrual period.
How does ovulation determine when I can get pregnant?
Knowing your time of ovulation is crucial to successful conception. Your fertile period starts about 4-5 days before ovulation, and ends about 24-48 hours after it. This is because sperm can live in your body for approximately 4 to 5 days, and the egg can live for 24 to 48 hours after being released. Maximum fertility is reached during the period of 24 hours before ovulation and 24 hours afterwards. To increase your chances of getting pregnant, you should time intercourse to occur during this 'fertile window'. See Getting Pregnant for more information.Prior to ovulation, a woman's basal body temperatures generally range from 97.0 to 97.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures are suppressed at this time due to the presence of the hormone estrogen. After ovulation, due to the production of the heat-inducing hormone progesterone, temperatures rise to about 97.6 to 98.6 F. This rise in temperature indicates that ovulation has occurred. Your most fertile day is the one immediately before the rise in temperature. This method can be best utilized along with other fertility signs such as a pain or ache felt on one side of the lower abdomen, to be accurate. When a woman is pregnant, her temperature remains elevated throughout pregnancy.
Ovulation is the term for the time when one of your ovaries ejects an egg, which lingers invitingly in the dark corners of your womb, smiling and beckoning at passing sperm.In fact, some years ago, a medical researcher made headlines when she discovered , that the usual understanding of how pregnancy occurred was a misconception. Male medical researchers had consistently described fertilization in the way men have always described sexual encounters.The sperm, his smokes rolled up in his T-shirt sleeve that stretches taut over a rippling bicep, swims valiantly upstream.Ovulation occurs halfway through the cycle.sometime around the fourteenth day of the standardizes 28-day menstrual cycle .The reason ovulation predictors are so popular for pregnancy planning is that knowing your dates of ovulation really puts you in the driver’s seat in terms of getting pregnant. Once you know the date, you can light the candles, call your honey and get to work.
Key Facts of Ovulation: -
 
  • An egg lives 12-24 hours after leaving the ovary.
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  • Normally only one egg is released each time of ovulation.
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  • Ovulation can be affected by stress, illness or disruption of normal routines.
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  • Some women may experience some light blood spotting during ovulation.
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  • Implantation of a fertilized egg normally takes place 6-12 days after ovulation.
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  • Each women is born with millions of immature eggs that are awaiting ovulation to begin.
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  • A menstrual period can occur even if ovulation has not occurred.
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  • Ovulation can occur even if a menstrual period has not occurred.
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  • Some women can feel a bit of pain or aching, near the ovaries during ovulation called mittelscherz which means “middle pain” in German.
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  • If an egg is not fertilized, it disintegrates and is absorbed into the uterine lining.
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    How can tracking your ovulation be useful?
    Tracking ovulation can help a woman get a better idea of when pregnancy can and can not occur during her monthly cycle Fertility Awareness is one way to track when ovulation occurs and it includes studying the changes in cervical mucus and using a basal thermometer. Cervical fluid will change to a wet, slippery substance that resembles "egg whites" just before ovulation occurs and until ovulation is over. A thermometer helps track a body temperature rise, which signals that ovulation has just occurred. Another way to track ovulation is through ovulation kits and fertility monitors.. Once ovulation has occurred, there is nothing you can do to increase your chances of pregnancy. Your next step is to begin watching for early pregnancy symptoms.