Ok.... So let me get this straight?? Ovulation?

Question

Do you Ovulate 2 weeks before your period??? OR 2 weeks after your period?? Keep in mind that not everybody has a regular 28 day cycle!!!

Answer 1

Fertility charting is the best way to determine when your body ovulates. Here is some information about your question that should give you an idea of when, but only charting will tell you when YOU ovulate!

You should find that your menstrual cycle is made up of three phases. The first stage is the beginning on your cycle and is known as menses. Charting begins on day one of menses. The second phase is the follicular phase and occurs after menses and before ovulation. The length of the follicular phase may vary from cycle to cycle and from woman to woman. The follicular phase length determines your cycle length. Ovulation divides the follicular phase from the luteal phase. The luteal phase occurs after ovulation and lasts from 12 to 14 days, but may last from 10 to 15 days. The luteal phase length is usually fairly consistent rarely changing, more than a day or two, from cycle to cycle in an individual woman. You may have been told that most ‘regular’ cycles last from 29 to 30 days, as you are probably aware, we are all different and so are the lengths of our cycles. A typical menstrual cycle may be anywhere from 21 to 35 days, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Our cycles are all individual and different things can affect each cycle, but hopefully yours will show the hormone patterns that you seek. Life happens and things affect our bodies differently. You will probably find that no two cycles are exactly the same, but they should be similar. Charting will help you to realize when the three phases occur in your cycle so you can determine when you are most likely to conceive. You probably grew up believing that you ovulate, or are most fertile, on day 14 of your menstrual cycle, mid cycle or 14 days before your period is expected. This time frame is known as the cover line, but the assumption is based on broad averages and they may not be true for you, even if your cycles are regular. When cycles are irregular, it is usually a result of ovulation occurring earlier or later than expected. Knowing when you ovulate allows you to have a good idea if intercourse was well timed for conception and lets you determine your luteal phase length. Knowing your luteal phase length tells you when to expect your period or a positive pregnancy test result. Though not accurate either, the luteal phase is supposed to be 10 to 17 days long. By using this, you count back the length of your longest luteal phase from the length of your average cycle. It is suggested that you mark and ‘O’ on your chart to signify the earliest that you may ovulate. If you have a ‘regular’ length cycle, this means you should mark you ‘O’ at, or around, day 11 in your upcoming cycle. You can use this ‘O’ as a warning point for you to be a bit more observant in your monitoring.

Answer 2

Neither, actually. The most reliable way to know is to chart your fertility signs to find out when you ovulate, but generally it's between ten and sixteen days before menstruation-that means with a 35 day cycle, somewhere between day 19 and day 25, but with a 28 day cycle, somewhere between day 10 and day 18. The luteal phase (the time between ovulation and menstruation) tends to be consistent, so if you usually have a 25 day cycle and a ten day luteal phase but you're sick or stressed and ovulation is delayed, and you ouvlate on day 24, you can expect your cycle to be 34 days.

Answer 3

you ovulate 14 day after the beging of your last period, which on a 28 day cycle that would be almost 14 days before your next period. You are most fertile 11-14 days after your next period because sperm is able to live in you for up to 3 days.

Answer 4

Well if you are irregular with your cycles, your best bet is to try to use the basal body temperature method to try to pinpoint your ovulation times. This will help you out alot. You will take your temp every morning before you move out of the bed and try your best to make it at the same time everyday. The best website I found to help out with this fertility friend. Also the Clearblue fetility monitor helped me out alot.. but that is expensive. Good luck and check out the website.

Note: no one ever ovulates at the same time. Even when I had a normal period.. I found out I was ovulating on day 16 not day 14. This is what the Fertility monitor helped me with.

Answer 5

Ovulation typically happens 9 to 16 days BEFORE your period begins.

The time between ovulation and bleeding is called your LUTEAL phase - it varies from woman to woman, but in one woman is generally the same length of time from month to month.

Otherwise - if you have a 10-day luteal phase, you will most likely always have a 10-day luteal phase.
But another woman may have a 14-day luteal phase.

Both are normal. Having a shorter luteal phase can make it more difficult to concieve though.

For more info check out the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" from your library - it's an excellent resource.

Answer 6

1. It depends on the individual woman
2. It depends on the length of your cycle

This is unique to every woman. I have a 30 day cycle and ovulate on day 13. Normally, one would assume with such a long cycle I'd ovulate later. However, that is not the case.

You need to find this out for yourself. It's your body and none of us on here know you or your body very intimately.

Read, "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" for the full scoop.

Answer 7

Generally its two weeks before.

But not everyone ovulates on day 14 of their cycle, so you really cant go by that at all.

I happen to ovulate on day 23, but I got pregnant on my period. You can have fluke ovulations whenever your body fancies to release and egg.

Answer 8

You start counting 14-16 days on the first day of your period, you ovulate for about 4 days. Have sex the day before and every other day. This worked for me both times and I got pregnant in the first month of trying. Pregnant at 33yrs and at 35 yrs.