what exactly is ovulation?and how do you know when you are?

Question

today i was listening to comedy central and some guy was talking about his sex life, and i wanted to know what it is because i am getting older, and more and more of a teenager if u kno what i mean

Answer 1

Ovulation is when an egg is released from an ovary. It then travels through a fallopian tube to the uterus. You probably won't know when you are. Some women get a cramping sensation on one side or the other, and some don't feel it.

Answer 2

Ovulation is the part of the menstrual cycle when the egg is released from the ovary. It's roughly half-way through the menstrual cycle.

Most women don't know for sure when they are ovulating, and you can't predict exactly when it will happen by simply counting days. If we could reliably know when we ovulate, it would be much easier to avoid accidental pregnancy!

There are some ways to more accurately predict ovulation, including learning to interpret differences in cervical mucus, and keeping careful records of temperature variations in the body. Sometimes women who are trying to conceive do this, as do women who are serious about natural family planning (avoiding pregnancy by avoiding sex during the fertile times of the month)

Answer 3

well ovulation is when an ovum reaches full growth and released from the organ producing it---the ovary...in order that if sex takes place it can meet with the sperm and can have a baby....into a tube called fallopian tube...which leads to ur womb...

natural methods for monitoring your fertility and predicting when you will ovulate - the time of month when you are most likely to become pregnant. These methods include recording your basal body temperature, monitoring changes in cervical mucus (CM), locating the position of the cervix (cervical position), and monitoring physical symptoms of ovulation (ovulation pains or mittelschmerz).

Basal Body Temperature and BBT Charting

The BBT charting method is based on the principle that your body increases in temperature, due to hormonal changes, directly after ovulation takes place
Your basal body temperature (or bbt) is the temperature of your body before any activity and after at least 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Your basal temperature should be taken in the morning before any activity or movement, even before leaving bed.

Typically, temperatures range from around 97.0 to 97.6 before ovulation. Once ovulation takes place, you should suddenly see a "spike" in temperature readings. A minimum temperature rise of 0.4 to 0.6 degrees F can be measured - and this change will last through the duration of the menstrual cycle. By monitoring when this temperature change takes place, you know when you ovulated.

Monitoring cervical position can help you predict ovulation.
Gently insert one or two fingers into your vagina - and by reaching back you should be able to feel your cervix.

Prior to ovulation, during the first half of your cycle, the cervix will feel relatively firm (like touching your nose) and dry to the touch - and the position of the cervix will be low in your vagina (easy to reach). The entrance of the cervix will feel closed. However, as you approach ovulation, the cervix will become increasingly soft and will increasingly moisten in order to create a more fertile environment for the sperm. The entrance of the cervix will feel open and begin to lift. At the highest point, the cervix may be a bit difficult to reach and the entrance of the cervix will increase in size. The feel of your cervix will be softer - like touching your lip. At this point, you are at your most fertile time. Following ovulation, the cervix begins to return to a firmer state and the entrance will begin to close. Also, the position of the cervix will again drop and become easy to reach.

lower-abdominal pain that typically takes place around the time a woman ovulates. Not every woman will experience mittelschmerz, but it is a natural fertility sign and if you experience mittelschmerz, note it on your fertility chart. Only 20% - 30% of of women will have mittelschmerz or ovulation pains - and mittelschmerz may occur before, during, or even after ovulation.




Cervical Mucus and Fertility

Cervical mucus (CM) is produced by the lining of a woman's cervix and cervical canal (the passage between the vagina and the uterus). From cycle day 1 (CD1) through the early part of your pre-ovulatory phase, most women typically experience a time of dryness or limited CM. As the cycle continues, the cervical mucus may increase and is typically cloudy and sticky. Just before and during ovulation, cervical mucus is abundant and becomes clear and slippery and will stretch like "egg white" between the fingers. This is "fertile" cervical mucus - the perfect transport medium to help sperm both move through the cervix and sustain sperm vitality and sperm longevity on the way to the egg.

When fertility charting, you can check your CM in a number of ways: wipe the vaginal opening with toilet paper or extract CM directly from the vagina using clean, dry fingers. When examining cervical mucus, note the color (white, creamy, opaque, or clear) and the texture (dry, tacky, or slippery and stretchable). Note your observations on your daily fertility chart to see if you are fertile.

Non-Fertile CM: Following the menstrual period, there is a feeling of dryness. There will be no visible mucus. Gradually, more mucus will accumulate - yellow, cloudy, or white in color and sticky to the touch.

Pre-Ovulation: As you approach ovulation, your cervical mucus will increase. First, there will be a moistness or stickiness to the mucus, as well as a white or cream-colored appearance.
When you ovulate, the quantity of mucus will increase and CM will resemble "egg white". Sometimes clear or semitransparent, the texture will become slippery or "stretchable"'. When CM stretches like egg white, then you know you are most fertile.

Answer 4

It takes place around 14 days from your period. It is when you are most likley to get pregnant, when the egg travels down to be fertilized, it's not something u can see :>

Answer 5

quite simply, ovulation is when the egg drops from the ovaries. it's when you should have sex if you want to have children.