Predicting Ovulation

PREDICTING PREGNANCY Presented by: OvulationCalculator.com HOW DOES OVULATION DETERMINE WHEN CAN I GET PREGNANT? Each month, an egg matures inside your ovary. Once it reaches a certain size, the egg is released from the ovary and is swept into thefallopian tube toward the uterus. You must have sexual intercourse during the period spanning one to two days before ovulation to about 24 hours afterward. HOW CAN I TELL WHEN I'M OVULATING AND MOST FERTILE? Beginning of your next period + 12 to 16 days, 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. Sperm cells can live for two or three days, but an egg survives no more than 24 hours after ovulation 7 WAYS TO DETECT SIGNS OF OVULATION - unless, of course, fertilization occurs. CERVICAL MUCUS CHANGES As ovulation approaches, Cervical mucus become more abundant, takes on a watery to raw-egg-white-like consistency, and stretches up to an inch or more between your fingers. INCREASED Research has shown, women experience an increase in sexual desire when they are most fertile. SEXUAL DESIRE CHANGES IN CERVICAL POSITION BODY BASAL When you're most fertile, your cervix will be higher, softer, and more open. TEMPERATURE CHANGES Some women experience tenderness in their breasts just before or after ovulation. This is related to the homones rushing in your body, getting ready for the potential of pregnancy. BREAST TENDERNESS POSITVE RESULT ON A OVULATION PREDICTOR TEST Ovulation predictor kits require you to either pee on a test stick, or dip a special paper into a cup of collected urine, once a dày for a week before you expect to ovulate. There are two lines on the test strip. Your body basal temperature will rise by a few tenths of a degree, and stay elevated, after ovulation. This rise in temperature is caused by the hormone progesterone, which increases immediate after ovulation. INFERTILE SALIVA FERNING A unique and uncommon way to detect ovulation, a ferning pattern of your saliva is another possible sign of ovulation. There are special microscopes sold for this purpose, but you could technically use any toy store microscope. A ferníng pattern is a pattern that looks like frost on a window pane. The ferning pattern appears during the body's LH surğe, which occúrs 24-48 hours before ovulation. SOMEWHAT 'FERTILE PEAKOF FERTILITA 71 PRESENTED BY: OVULATIONCALCULATOR.COM CREATED BY: INFOGRAPHICSMASTERS.COM http://www.ovulation-calculator.com/preconception/commonsigns.htm http://www.womentowomen.com/sexualityandfertility/predictingovulation.aspx http://www.babycenter.com/0 detecting-ovulation 484.bc http://infertility.about.com/od/tryingtoconceive101/a/ovulationsigns.htm http://www.whattoexpect.com/preconception/fertility/five-ways-to-tell-you-are-ovulating.aspx http://www.babycentre.co.uk/preconception/suspectingaproblem/detectingovulation/#8 http://www.parents.com/advice/pregnancy-birth/getting-pregnant/how-can-i-detect-ovulation/ REFERENCES PSLE