Categories: Pregnancy

Ovulation

Ovulation. What is ovulation? It is when an egg is released from your ovary into your Fallopian tube. This will occur normally approximately thirteen (13) to fifteen (15) days before your next period. Just as you calculate you period, your ovulation time table can also be calculated and it will occasionally change from one cycle to another.

It is important to note that a good comprehension of how ovulation happens in you body is a great deal of knowledge for your health that you cannot overlook.

Most women get to study about the topic of ovulation only after they have tried to get pregnant and failed. It is however imperative that you understand this topic because once you do, it will provide you with new knowledge on the issues of fertility. You have to be abreast with basics of how your body undergoes various kinds of changes due to hormones and how these changes affect your body or how your body reacts and responses to these changes.

Ovulation happens several times in a woman’s lifetime, according to statistics, a woman will ovulate not less than 400 times throughout their lives. This number could be less or more depending on several factors such as the use of contraceptives and other health issues which one way or the other have an effect on reproduction hormones.

EXACTLY WHEN DOES IT HAPPEN?

Ovulation will occurs approximately on the 14th day 14 of menstrual cycle that is 28 days. Since not every woman has a 28 day cycle, this time period will not be the same for every women. Generally speaking, ovulation will happen 4 days before or after the middle of your cycle.

HOW LONG DOES DOES OVULATION LAST?

Ovulation will normally start when your body releases follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and will last averagely within the 6th and 14th day of your cycle. The follicle-stimulating hormone will assist the eggs within your ovary to grow well as it prepares to release the egg in the near future.

When the egg is fully matured, your body will then let out what is known as luteinizing hormone (LH). This hormone will initiate the release of the egg.

DOES OVULATION HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS

Some vaginal discharge can occur as a result of a coming ovulation. This type of discharge will be sticky and mostly very clear. Once ovulation is over, this kind of discharge turns to be much more ticker and less in quantity.

It might show the following:

Some slight bleeding
Your breasts might feel more tender
You may have a rise in your urge for sex
You might experience what is know as “mittelschmerz” or a little pain in one side of your abdomen

Since it is not everyone who would show these signs, they above mentioned are supposed to be secondary considerations if you want to use them to keep track of your fertility.