quick question regarding ovulation

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

ovulation usually occura about half-way through the cycle, correct?


ie, if someone's last af started on 9-20, she probably ovulated around 10-4, right?

[candipooh]

Originally Posted by mom2tig99Nroo03

ovulation usually occura about half-way through the cycle, correct?


ie, if someone's last af started on 9-20, she probably ovulated around 10-4, right?

Depends. The "typical" cycle is 28 days long with ovulation being on day 14. But so so many things can effect when a person ovulates. Do you have around 28 day cycles?

[savithny]

Originally Posted by mom2tig99Nroo03

ovulation usually occura about half-way through the cycle, correct?


ie, if someone's last af started on 9-20, she probably ovulated around 10-4, right?

Well, you actually ovulate between 12 and 16 days before the first day of your period, with the "average" being 14 days before Cycle Day 1.

What that means is that if someone's AF started on 9/20, she last ovulated on 9/6, plus or minus 2 days.

IF she's got a 28-day cycle as a rule, that means she probably will have ofulaed about 10/4, plus/minus 2 days, but every day shorter or longer that her cycle is pushes that backwards or forwards a day.

[Ruthla]

Ovulation usually occurs about 14 days before the menstrual cycle begins. So O typically occurs on day 14 of a 28 day cycle, or day 12 of a 26 day cycle, or day 16 of a 30 day cycle, or day 21 of a 35 day cycle.

Also remember that sperm can live up to a week inside a woman's body before ovulation if the conditions are right.

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

thanks for the info ladies.

[Blooming]

It all depends on your body, none of us are the same. I can't tell from one month to the other when I'm going to ovulate.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

I had 30-32 day cycles and ovulated on cd 16-17. The old 28 day cycle rule with ovulation on day 14 is actually the minoraty for woman rather than the norm I have found after years of visiting ttc boards.

You can ruffly guess when you will ovulate based on the length your cycle is. But it will only be a guess since some woman have what they think is a normal 28 day cycle but are not ovulating till day 20 or later even and they are having progesterone issues.

The only way to know for sure is to chart.

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

hmmmmmm

charting would likely confuse me

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

charting is doing temps and everything, right? (i havent read tcoyf- obviously, lol)

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

You can chart with just temps. You dont need to go all out and do the cm, cp and stuff.

It is really very simple. You take your temp every morning at the same time without getting up and moving around first. Record the temp and watch for the shift.

You can do a free chart at fertilityfriend.com or ovusoft and they will show you when they think you ovulated.

[kristenok18]

Charting is amazingly easy once you get the hang of it. Just with my temps I know when I ovulate. And through charting, I've learned how long my luteal phase is (between ovulation and period), so I know exactly what day af will start. Never get surprised again!

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

Originally Posted by candipooh

Depends. The "typical" cycle is 28 days long with ovulation being on day 14. But so so many things can effect when a person ovulates. Do you have around 28 day cycles?

29-30 typically

Originally Posted by Ruthla

Ovulation usually occurs about 14 days before the menstrual cycle begins. So O typically occurs on day 14 of a 28 day cycle, or day 12 of a 26 day cycle, or day 16 of a 30 day cycle, or day 21 of a 35 day cycle.

Also remember that sperm can live up to a week inside a woman's body before ovulation if the conditions are right.

hmmm, so lmp was 9/20, and certain things happened 9-26 , 9-28 , 9-29, and 10-10, so *maybe* 9-29 is when something happened? :

Originally Posted by MCatLvrMom2A&X

I had 30-32 day cycles and ovulated on cd 16-17. The old 28 day cycle rule with ovulation on day 14 is actually the minoraty for woman rather than the norm I have found after years of visiting ttc boards.

You can ruffly guess when you will ovulate based on the length your cycle is. But it will only be a guess since some woman have what they think is a normal 28 day cycle but are not ovulating till day 20 or later even and they are having progesterone issues.

The only way to know for sure is to chart.

Originally Posted by MCatLvrMom2A&X

You can chart with just temps. You dont need to go all out and do the cm, cp and stuff.

It is really very simple. You take your temp every morning at the same time without getting up and moving around first. Record the temp and watch for the shift.

You can do a free chart at fertilityfriend.com or ovusoft and they will show you when they think you ovulated.

thanks, i know cm is cervical mucous, i don't have a clue what cp is, i guess i would if we were actually *trying* huh?

problem is i don't get up at the smae time every day, and most of the time the first thing i do is jump outta bed and go pee

Originally Posted by kristenok18

Charting is amazingly easy once you get the hang of it. Just with my temps I know when I ovulate. And through charting, I've learned how long my luteal phase is (between ovulation and period), so I know exactly what day af will start. Never get surprised again!

cool. thanks. i'll keep this in mind for future reference



and jic anyone is interested, i poas this am, and it was a bfn.

i am actually pretty relieved, i'd love to have 2 more kiddos, but dh doesn't want any more while we're living in a 2 br singlewide etc. plus i figured i'd be due the end of june, beginning of july if i were knocked up, and i don't do well with the heat even when not preggers

thanks for the info ladies

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

thanks, i know cm is cervical mucous, i don't have a clue what cp is, i guess i would if we were actually *trying* huh?

problem is i don't get up at the smae time every day, and most of the time the first thing i do is jump outta bed and go pee

cp= cervical position.

You dont need to take your temp at exactly the same time (tho it helps) I wasnt able to at all charting for ds after dd because of her sleep habits. As long as you take the temp after at least 3 hours of solid sleep you are good to go.

You keep the therm right on the bedside table or headboard. Open eyes put in therm wait for it to finish, maybe 1-2 min. then you are done. You can get a therm that has a light and stores the temp so you can see it in the dark or wait and write it down later. Therm runs around $8.00 they sell them here at the pharmacy or wal mart.

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

thnx.

now i just need af to hurry up and get here.

i would love to be a more patient woman, lol. this waiting thing is driving me

if she doens't show up soon, i'm gonna go have a test run at the women's center (i found out they do free testing), but i'm gonna tr to wait til monday..

[Defenestrator]

Sperm can live for up to five days, so if you had sex on 9/29 you could have ovulated any time in the next five days and become pregnant. So, a 10/4 ovulation causing a pregnancy would not be out of the question.

[Ruthla]

CP is cervical position, CT is cervical texture. CM is cervical mucus, sometimes called CF for cervical fluid instead.

When I was charting with babies in the house, especially with babies in the bed, I found it much easier to check CM and CP (and CT while I'm checking my cervix anyway) since those could be checked any time of day, don't vary depending on how many times somebody woke me up last night, and are just as valid if I do them when I'm not half asleep!

I used to keep the thermometer in the bathroom and take my temp while on the toilet. So it was "second thing of the morning" instead of "first thing in the morning" but it was more consistent, since I always wake up and go pee immediately,and this kept the thermometer in a safe place where the kids couldn't play with it while I'm trying to get them to bed or if they woke up a few minutes before me.

To check CP/CT, you put a finger inside your vagina and feel for your cervix. It gets higher and softer around O time, and lower and firmer when you're not fertile. (high/low refers to CP, soft/firm CT) Checking this once a day is enough. CM needs to be checked regularly during the day, every time you use the toilet. Then if you list the most fertile CM of the whole day- so if it's sticky most of the day but creamy once, you label CM as 'creamy" for the day.

Taking temps will only help you figure out when O already happened, while CM and CP help you figure out when it's about to happen- which is helpful both for TTA and TTC. Knowing the exact date of O is good for dating a pg, but if you're TTA it's enough to know the "fertile window" when you need to avoid (or use a barrier method) even if you can't pinpoint O precicely.

I was charting to avoid when I conceived DS. Thanks to a 5 day bout of insomnia, I didn't have any definite temps to clarify when I O'd that month. I knew exactly which act of "togetherness" led to his conception (we decided to "satisfy each other in other ways" since I knew I was fertile, then we changed our minds in the heat of the moment) but I can't say if I ovulated that day or 3 days later though.

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

af arrived this am. don't know why she was so late- apparantly she stopped at someone's house first this month .


thanks for the answers everyone.