Please explain this whole ovulation thing to me?

Question

Everyone says that its better to test if you're pregnant after you've ovulated or watever. Wat is this ovulation. When does it happen? Will you fall pregnant, before or during or after ovulation. How close to your monthly periods is your monthly ovulation? Thanks!

Answer 1

A person normally ovulates between 10 to 15 days before their next period starts....or (10 to 15 days after the last period)...

Your egg comes out of the follicle, lured out by "waves" made by the waving motion of the fimbrae of the fallopian tubes. The egg slowly floats into the tube.

At this point, there should be sperm there, waiting, if you have had intercourse recently. One sperm breaks into the egg, and it starts dividing itself. As it does this, over the next 5 days, it travels down the tube, to the uterus, and implants, where it will start developing into the placenta/sac/baby.

I have 26-28 day cycles...this is counted from the first day of your period, to the day before the first day of your next period.
When I am trying to get pregnant, I plan to have intercourse every day from day 8 to day 18.....SO...8 days after my period started to 18 days after.

It is difficult to say exactly when you ovulate. I feel a sharp pain in my lower abdomen, and have a clear eggwhite discharge and am usually more interested in intercourse, but some women never can tell.

Yes, you can become pregnant during or after ovulation.

"BEFORE ovulation" is a little tricky. Let's say you had intercourse 3 days before you ovulated. There is a huge chance that you can get pregnant. Why? Because sperm can survive in the woman for up to 5 days.

So, you can't get pregnant before ovulation, but the sperm from the intercourse that entered the woman before she ovulated can certainly be hanging around waiting to jump on the egg when it comes out of the follicle!

Many people believe that the sperm that has been waiting around like that will most likely create a female baby, since it is true that male sperm are stronger, smaller, and faster, but they die after 3 days.

The sperm that carries the Y chromosome are larger and slower, but live up to 5 days, and are usually still alive long after intercourse.

If you are thinking about taking a pregnancy test, it is best to wait for 5 weeks after your last period.

Good luck!

Answer 2

When a woman releases an egg from her ovary, it is called ovulation. You can't get pregnant until you ovulate, it's the egg that gets fertilized by the sperm.

Ovulation is an event that happens at one time during the month. It is possible to ovulate more than once in a month but it would be within 48 hours of the first ovulation

Most menstruation calendars will say ovulation happens 14 days AFTER your period but that doesn't always hold true. If the woman is sick, stressed or whatever that can delay ovulation. Ovulation almost always happens 12-16 days BEFORE the next menstrual period. A time called the Leutal Phase. The leutal phase is when the woman could possibly get a positive pregnancy test.

here are a couple links

http://www.womenshealthlondon.org.uk/leaflets/cycle/cycle.html

http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/what-is-ovulation.html

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/gettingpregnant/understandingovulation.html

Answer 3

The monthly release of a mature egg from an ovary into one of the Fallopian tubes. A woman is most fertile in the days just before and on the day of ovulation.

To determine when you are likely to ovulate - you determine when your next period is due and count back 12 to 16 days. This gives you the number of days when a woman most likely begins ovulating. An easier way is to purchase a Ovulation Prediction Kit, which I use and it will show you when you are most fertile.

Answer 4

The easiest way to understand this is to read some articles about it, like this one: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/gettingpregnant/understandingovulation.html

When it happens is different for everyone. You have to have ovulated to get pregnant because that is when the egg is released, but if you have sex prior to ovulation the sperm may stick around long enough to fertilize the egg (I believe sperm can stay alive about 5 days).

Answer 5

try www.askdramy.com it has a really easy to understand video that takes you through the whole menstrual cycle explaining ovulation and how everything works