trying to have a baby , but not sure how to work out how many days in my cycles?help?

Question

do you count from the first day of you peroid to the first day of your next peroid? pls help need to know what is the best time to have sex?

Answer 1

Count from the first day of your period to the first day of your next one. So if you start on February 1st, and then your next period starts on February 28th, you have a 27 day cycle. Day 1 of your cycle, is the first day of your period. You'll need to know this when tracking ovulation. Most women ovulate about 14 days before the start of their period (some say it's 14 days after the start of their period, but that's not accurate). So based on the dates I used before, this person would probably ovulate on day 13, assuming their periods are regular. The time period to try is starting 5 days before ovulation up until the day afterwards. This is because sperm can live up to 5 days, and the egg once released is only good for about 24 hours. It's suggested that you try during these 7 days, resting at least one day in the middle to let the man's sperm count build back up. I got pregnant the first time I timed based off this timing. Good luck.

Answer 2

Yes, from the first day to the first day. Then you divide that number by two and add that number to the date of the first day of your period, and that is most likely when you ovulate.

For example, if it is 28 days from the start of one cycle to the next you divide that by 2 to get 14. If your period started this month on the 5th then you will most likely ovulate around the 19th.

You can also learn a lot about your cycle, and more accurately guage ovulation through basal body temperature. You take your temperature first thing each morning (before even getting out of bed and using the bathroom) at the same time every morning and chart it on a BBT chart. About a day before you ovulate you get a temperature spike of about 1/2 to 1 degree (caused by progesterone).

Answer 3

There are ways other than counting to figure out when the right time is--there are physical changes that you can learn to recognize, and they will tell you when your egg is being released so you can hop into bed and start the baby-making. (One such physical signal is that your mucous will change and look like raw egg white -- this is the peak fertile time.)

Check out this website: www.fertilityuk.org

It's an English resource, and has sections with detailed info on avoiding and *planning* pregnancy. We got our kidlet on the first try after studying this, and so did two of my friends whom I sent the link to (with much excited babbling about the website). I don't know how much of our luck was just that, luck, but the info here is really solid.

Best of luck!

Answer 4

I use MyMonthlyCycles.com. Free, easy to use and extremely accurate. I know 4 people personally who have used this site for calculating and they got pregnant the first cycle they tried! Good luck! *hugz*

Answer 5

Try having sex two or three days after your period goes off.