3 Ways To Predict Ovulation

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3 Ways To Predict Ovulation

Any women in her fertile years should have knowledge about when she is ovulating. This will help her reduce the risk of unwanted pregnancy as well as getting pregnant when she wants to have a baby.

Let’s review three techniques for determining when ovulation occurs:

1) Calendar method:

This method uses the starting date of the woman's period and the cycle length.Assuming a regular cycle, ovulation occurs 14 days before the next period date. It's the simplest of methods that works reasonably well for a majority of women. It does not work too well for women with irregular cycles.

2) Basal temperature:

During the days prior to ovulation, a rise in the level of luteinizing hormone LH causes a slight drop in body temperature. When ovulation occurs, the body temperature goes up. A basal thermometer is accurate enough to detect the changes in body temperature and can be used to determine when ovulation occurs. It's more accurate than the calendar method but of course it comes with the price of having to remember to measure the temperature every morning. The biggest change in temperature is noticeable when ovulation has occurred, meaning a woman may not know about her most fertile days until after the fact.

3) Cervical Mucus (CM)

During the days prior to ovulation, the cervical mucus thins as its pH level rises. The thinner mucus allows the sperms to pass through the cervix and reach the fallopian tubes, where they wait for an ovum to be released. Shortly after ovulation the mucus reverts to being thicker again. So by performing daily checks of the cervical mucus, a woman can detect how fertile she is.

There are many products available to predict ovulation, just google for ovulation calendar or ovulation predictor.

Most of the calendar method offerings on the internet are usually free. Some require downloading their software but many are web-based.

There is even a wireless service that sends ovulation and period messages to the women's cell phone, making it truly impossible to forget when you can expect to ovulate or start your period.

By: Michelle Peters

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