do you always ovulate 14 days before your period?

Answer 1

depends on how long your cycle is? you normally ovulate half way through your cycle so if your cycle is 28 days then you usually ovulate on day 14.

Answer 2

The first day of a woman's period is 14 days after ovulation. The number of days between ovulation and the start of the next period is fairly consistent among all women. However, the opposite it not true. The number of days between the start of the period and the next ovulation varies quite a bit between women. It even varies from month to month for the same woman.

Counting days of the cycle is by far the easiest and least technical of all of the methods for tracking ovulation. But, it is really a retrospective indicator. It can tell any woman when her last ovulation was. But, it works well as a predictor for the next ovulation in women whose cycles are very regular. If the woman has a regular cycle, then this method can work for her. For example, if she has a perfect 30-day cycle, she will ovulate on day 16 (30-14=16). Day 1 is the first day of her next period.

Women with cycles that vary a bit in length, but are nevertheless roughly every 30 days or so can also get some utility from this method. She can record the first day of her period for 3 consecutive cycles. From this information, she can get a pretty good idea of the week when she will be ovulating the next month. Having sex at least every other day during that week is a good strategy, if she wants to get pregnant.

hope this helps

Answer 3

The luteal phase can be as few as 10 or as many as 16 days in length. Therefore women will ovulate 10-16 days before their next period, regardless of cycle length. Most women have a luteal phase of 12-14 days in length, so, no, it's not always 14 days by any means!

Answer 4

No. I'm quite regular-every 28/29 days and I tend to ovulate 10-11 days after my period. Had no idea until I used a really good ovulation test.

Answer 5

No. 14 days is average. The luteal phase (the time between ovulation and menstruation) generally lasts from 10 to 16 days (fourteen being average.) It is, however, for most people, consistent from cycle to cycle-in other words, if your luteal phase is 12 days and you normally have a 30 day cycle, then you'll ovulate on day 18. Shorter than ten days may indicate a luteal phase defect, which can impair the ability to get/stay pregnant.

My own cycle is usually 29 days, with a ten day luteal phase.

Charting cycles using fertility monitoring like BBT, cervical position and texture and mucous can tell you how long your luteal phase is.

Answer 6

No. The period of time between ovulation and menstuation is called the luteal phase. The luteal phase can vary between 10-16 days. For an individual woman, the luteal phase is usually consistent. When a woman's cycle is affected by stress, it is ovulation that is delayed. Once you ovulate, stress will not delay your period.

Answer 7

That is if you have a 28 day cycle you do but not all women have the perfect 28 day cycle.

Go to http://www.mymonthlycycles.com and put in your period info and it will calculate when you will be fertile and ovulating plus it keeps tracks of your periods. It will even email you ahead of time to alert you of your upcoming fertile/ovulation and period dates. It is a free and very helpful website.

Answer 8

thats not true at all. that just something stuff somebody made up because it all depends on the person that 14 day stuff is just a myth you body ovulate when it ready so dont go by that 14 day. but, usually a couples days after you period goes off. not 14 days that is just a myth

Answer 9

If you are regular yes (if your periods are every 28 days), but if your irregular and your periods change time to time, or come different every month then it is hard to pin point when your fertile and talk to a doctor or buy ovulation kits from the store.

Answer 10

Nope, everyone is different. I have a 28 day cycle and sometime I ovualte as early as day 11 and sometimes as late as day 16. This is why I track my temps and saliva. Good Luck!