How do you know when you are ovulating?

Answer 1

Start temping in the mornings this site tells you how to do it
http://www.storknet.com/cubbies/preconception/bbt.htm

then use this site to chart it
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/

This site is a forum where girls can chat about TTC......Please look at this one they can be so helpful
www.justmommies.com

Checking cervical mucus can tell you when your fertile...here's the site for that
http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/cervical-mucus.html

Checking your cervix. You need to scroll down some cause the first part we have covered already
http://www.womenshealthlondon.org.uk/leaflets/cycle/cyclechanges.html

Using ovulation predictor kits (these can get expensive....(I recommend ordering them in bulk on line or using the dollar tree)

I also recommend this book
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060937645/bookstorenow57-20

If you have a 28 day cycle then you are likely to ovulate around the 14th day after your period. You would want to have sex before during and after this time! Have sex every other day cause everyday will lower his sperm count!

Answer 2

You get an ovulation monitor and use it. Or you can chart body temperature. The only thing about temp is that by the time you know, its kinda too late. The best time to inseminate for that month's egg is BEFORE you ovulate. That is why doctors say sex on the 10th, 12th, 14th, 16, and 18th days after the start of your last bleeding is the best way to try for a baby. Most women ovulate at sometime in this range, so its the cheapest way to go about it. Ovulation kits are the best other option.

Answer 3

There is a book out called Taking Charge Of Your Fertility. It tells you exactly how to chart your monthly cycle so that you know when you ovulate.

In summary, there are 3 things that signal ovulation. Cervical position, basal body temperature, and cervical mucous. Your cervix is usuall way high up in yoru vagina, around ovulation, it moves to a lower position. The discharge you normally notice throughout the month will change to an egg-white consistency around ovulation. Your basal body temperature can be taken with a basal thermometer, you can buy them at any drug store, or WalMart. You will notice a rise in your body temperature around ovulation. Usually if it stays high that is an indication of pregnancy, but after ovulation, it will drop again.

You chart these bodily changes for a few months until you begin to see a pattern falling on certain days in yoru cycle and that's how you pinpoint exactly when you ovulate.

A more basic, but less reliable, way to count is to figure out how long your cycle is. Say you menstruate every 28 days. Women with cycles that are about 28 days usually ovulate between days 10 and 14.

Answer 4

The only way to pinpoint the time of ovulation with exactitude is by ultrasound -- not exactly a feasable option. However, there are methods of determining the general time of ovulation. Ovulation Predictor Kits, which you can buy in any drugstore, help predict ovulation by detecting the presence of luteinizing hormone in your urine. There are also Fertility Monitors that you can purchase that predict ovulation by detecting luteinizing hormone as well as rises in estrogen levels.

In another answer, someone referenced the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility, by Toni Weschler. I highly recommend that book, and also the website connected to it, which is at tcoyf.com.

Taking your basal body temperature, despite what you may hear to the contrary, will not tell you when you are ovulating or are nearing ovulation. Does your basal body temperature (in general) rise as a result of ovulation? Yes, it does. But that temperature spike occurs after ovulation -- in some women, a few days after ovulation, even -- and so while your basal body temperature is a ggood indicator of whether ovulation has already occured, it cannot tell you that you're about to ovulate. (Your temperature rises as a result of increased progesterone levels; the rise in progesterone is a RESULT of ovulation, occuring after ovulation has taken place.)

The important physiological signs to watch out for were set out already in another answer (basal body temperature, cervical position, and cervical fluid).

As an aside (just as an interesting point, not as a means of ovulation prediction) some women can actually feel when ovulation occurs (this is called mittelschmerz).

Answer 5

Okay, start with the first day of your period. That is day one. Then count 14 days, this is AROUND the time you should be ovulating. If you want to get pregnant, have sex on day 12, day 14, day 16. Hopefully one of those days will do it. If you don't, avoid those days.

Of course this is assuming you have a 28 day cycle. If yours is longer adjust the days accordingly. Making the halfway point of your cycle the time to have, or avoid sex.

I know my daughter was conceived on a day 16 of a 32 day cycle. Good luck!

Answer 6

Check you body temperature and keep a note of it. or you can look at www.babyzone.com or www.mymonthlycycles.com. You can chart your periods and can find out when you will ovulate determining you period days. Remember the first day of you period is not the day you spot but the first full bleeding. Good Luck

Answer 7

Use a basil thermometer. You can find them at your local drug store and they have approx 3-4 degrees on the entire thermometer. When you ovulate your temperature rises very slightly, the basil therm. will be able to tell you when you have a slight change in temperature.

I used the basil therm for 1 month and conceived that month!

good luck!!!!!

Answer 8

The most effective way to determine if you are ovulating is to take your vaginal temperature. Because this is so effective, it is often recommended for couples who have experienced difficulty conceiving when no cause for infertility has been determined through testing.

Answer 9

There are a lot of ovulation kits out there that can help you. Check at drugstore.com or any other online drugstore.

Answer 10

There is no sure fire way to know. Charting is a good way also taking BBT.