Our vaginal discharge is also another indicator of when we are ovulating! Thin, clear, stretchy (similar to egg whites) vaginal discharge is a sign of being fertile
Ovulation kits didn’t work for us but tracking discharge did. Pregnant on first try after ditching the kits, which just really stressed me out. Doc also told us to just have sex every other day starting day 6 until day 16 and we’d likely hit the window.
Best way is to track your discharge. I struggled to get pregnant for a year and a half. I then started check my discharge and was pregnant within 3 months. Your body has amazing ways of communicating with you!😁😁
Cervical mucus, cervix length and feel. These are the most accurate- because it can change month to month. It’s so important for women to be educated about their bodies beyond the basics like this!
Even if your cycle is pretty regular (mine is usually 26 or 29 days), time of ovulation can vary from month to month. If you’re charting to avoid or achieve pregnancy, it’s really important to track bio markers such as cervical mucus, basal body temp, etc. I track cervical mucus and use LH strips. But for some reason OBs don’t teach these things 🤔
Everyone Please remember: This is good for general information, so people gain an understanding of how the body works. However, if you are trying to avoid or achieve pregnancy, you MUST use addition methods to gather information. This is because you won't know the length of a cycle UNTIL IT HAS ALREADY PASSED. This is why the old Rhythm Method often resulted in unexpected pregnancy. Use an ovulation predictor kit, which can measure the hormones in your urine in real time. Or use the sypmto-thermal method. Or any other way of determining your actual and present fertility. I just would hate for someone to rely on only this for either birth control and end up pregnant. Or for someone who is trying to get pregnant, wasting their efforts.
I came here to write a similar comment. This was a very simplified explanation, almost as if she's talking to a 12-year-old who has just had her period for the first time, rather than full grown women who are having intercourse and either trying to get pregnant or avoid getting pregnant. It's fine for what it is, but I do think that perhaps she should have had some sort of PSA regarding not relying on ovulation predictor kits, basic cycle tracking such as this, or even natural planning methods if they absolutely shouldn't be getting pregnant. You never know who is watching these videos either and a teenager could easily misinterpret this information and think that they can have sex any other day without protection as long as they don't have sex on the 14th day.
Very simple way to explain cycle tracking! For those who want to use this for pregnancy research Natural Family Planning and consider tracking your basal temperature to nail down the exact days you ovulate. The more data you have, i.e. periods you track, the easier it is to predict your fertility. You might notice that stressful weeks or months with excessive caffeine use delay your period, or that you run on a 45 day cycle, just take notes! Cycle tracking is also useful for exercising, nutritional goals, and figuring out what weeks your able to make the clearest decisions. It can be used for all sorts of stuff!! Happy tracking! 👋
The Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) is also a great tool to track your cycle/ovulation so you'll know exactly when you are ovulating. Toni Weschler has a very thorough book on the topic. The three primary fertility signs she covers are cervical fluid, waking temperature and cervical position. Her book is wonderful and if you are considering FAM definitely a vital tool.
Before I had babies my cycle length was 35 days long. I had no clue when I would ovulate, this is interesting info! Now after babies I am 28 days like clock work!
PCOS struggles. Super irregular cycles for me. It took 3 years of TTC with no success to get answers. Don’t be afraid to bring up questions and concerns with your provider if something seems off.
Your cycle length is dependent on when you ovulate. Subtracting days and stuff will not give you your ovulation date. Most people do not have a luteal phase (the phase after ovulation before your period) of 14 days. Anywhere from 12 to 16 is normal. So instead, track your cervical mucus and temperature, get yourself a basal body thermometer, take your temp every morning at the same time before getting out of bed. When you are ovulating, you will notice egg white consistency mucus and the day after ovulation a shift in your temperature. Now you just have to wait until your period shows up, count the days from ovulation and you have the length of your luteal phase. This does not change, maybe once or twice a year by a day. But the follicular phase (the phase before ovulation) can change constantly, it's not set in stone. So if you want to know when your period shows up, you will need to track ovulation and count your luteal phase. Counting days on a calendar will not be accurate, only for a small amount of women.
This I true, but this likely isn't intending to find the exact date. You're fertile for a week even though the egg only lives about a day bc sperm survives several days in the fallopian tubes. So it's accurate enough for its purpose.
Woah. I went to Catholic school and they actually taught us this but they called it “natural family planning” as a form of birth “control”(?). So it was locating the same data in the same way, but for different reasons 👀
Also, egg white type discharge is present. My luteal phase is SO short. About 2 days. Which makes it easy to get pregnant during your period like I did 😅. Well, technically the sperm stays alive in there until the next egg drops but still. And you’re more likely to have a girl if you have sex while on your period because the female sperms tend to live longer so they can hang out longer and wait for the egg. Our bodies are fascinating!
That is not really how it works though... do you use ovulation tests or take your temperature? With a luteal phase of 2 days you would be infurtile... in the first part of your cycle (starts on the first day of your period) your egg starts to mature and get ready for ovulation. Then you ovulate and your progesteron levels go up (makig your temperature go up, that's how you knlw ovulation happens with taking your temperature every day). In this phase a furtilised egg starts cel devision and your uterus lining gets thicker for implantation. This takes about 5 days. Then the egg starts to implant, usually it is ready around day 9. Only when this happens your body starts to release pregnancy hormones so you would not get your period and the pregnancy can grow. If no egg was furtilised or implanted your hormones change, progesteron gets lower and you get your period so the cycle can start again. As you see, with a luteale phase of 2 days, a furtulised egg would not have the time to implant and would die while you have your period. I think you have an early ovulation. In that case you can get pregnant from s3x during your period as sperm can stay alive for up to 5 days in the womans body. But this has nothing to do with your luteal phase. I think it must be longer than you think. Also if your luteale phase is only 2 days and you get pregnant on your period, that would mean your cycle is at most 12 days long and that would also make you infurtile...
Best way to figure it out is use a cycle thermometer to check your temp everyday. I was a late ovulator with a wide range of cycle days. The best book for learning this was Take charge of your fertility.
Thank you for teaching people this! Not many people understand their cycles! I was always told you cant ovulate before cd 12, however i had 24 day cycles so i ovulate on day 9-10. People always said that's too early and that it doesnt work like that... Well I'm pregnant now so it definitely works like that😅
Not a safe way to contraception though. If you want to find out your fertile days to use that information for contraception or getting pregnant you'll have to track your cycle by measuring basal temperature and discharge/cervix. You'd have to do that for about 12 cycles and know what and how to do that in order to be safe. What's descirbed in the video is the calendar method which is not safe contraception. You'll need the symptothermal method in order to use the data reasonably.
My mom was having problems conceiving with my brother, obgyn told her how to track her cycle, and her ovulation, two cycles later she was pregnant. I came later and was a surprise they weren’t trying for me at all! 😂
It works only for those who has the everytime the same lenght circle. Mine vary from 28 - 42 days , never ever it was the same . So medical hormonal checker and self thermal cheking is better and is more informative and correct
As someone in the first video said...my PCOS laughs at this. I've literally had ovulation on day 4 of my 40 day cycle. I really really wish that there was more information about PCOS and getting pregnant
This is surprisingly inaccurate coming from a doctor. Granted, she does say "for most", but many people don't know what to do with averages when it comes to the individual. For more precise information you could track your inner body temperature. After egg release, your temperature will rise.
The problem with me is that my period does not come exactly on time EVER so I can’t really track the cycle length. 🙃 I would give anything just to ovulate normally.
I thought my cycle was regular but one month I had a 29 day cycle, the next was 24 days, and the one after that was 39 days! So we’ll see what this next one is I guess
Often the luteal phase,.might not be the same as 14days. But if it is the same length then when you ovulate (based on LH spike and then temp rise) you will know period is in X days. Might take a few months to see how lomg luteal phase is first. Luteal phase = ovulation day to day period starts.
it might be worth looking into taking your basal temperature then. this is when you take your temperature in a specific spot every morning. it slightly shifts after ovulation, i‘m a bit foggy on the details so it’s best to look it up.
Basal body temperature is how I keep track. Using it combined with an app like fertility friend helped me track my cycles very accurately. I was able to see my luteal phase was usually 12 days but not always.
Or you can use your basil temp, as soon as that rises you have already ovulated. If you're regular it takes 2 or 3 months to be sure when it will be but there are a couple other things that can be seen by watching your daily basil temp. Recommended reading: Taking Charge of Your Fertility.
What if ur have irregular periods? Do I still ovulate?.. sometimes I get 2 periods a months. Sometimes I skip a month. My period is all over the place.
Came here to ask this exact question! ESP with the progesterone only pill - my period is all over the place! And without it, I usually get two a month. 😵💫
if you’re on the pill, you don’t ovulate. what you experience when you’re on the pill is a cycle of taking hormones that essentially makes your body think it’s pregnant. so in order to support a pregnancy it builds up tissue. when you get into that week where you’re taking the placebo your body realizes that it’s not actually pregnant so it cleans out that built up tissue and the cycle continues. however if you’re not on any form of hormonal birth control, a regular menstrual cycle starts with the period, usually 5-7 days, this may vary depending on your body, then at some point, usually during the middle of your cycle, you ovulate, which is when a mature egg hops on over to make its way down to the uterus, which is building up tissue to support a potential pregnancy. the egg stays in the uterus for a couple of days and when there’s no sperm there to make a child, everything is cleaned out, which takes the form of the period blood and the cycle starts again. now, if your natural cycle without artificial hormonal interference is irregular this can mean a couple of things. if you just got your period it’s very normal for it to skip a couple of cycles as your body is still getting in tune with the whole menstrual cycle thing. similarly, people reaching menopause may go months without a menstrual cycle. if you‘ve had a cycle for a couple of years and are far away from the age of 50, go and talk to your gynecologist about it. there’s a plethora of reasons why your body isn’t working the normal way. it could be hormonal, it could be ovarian cysts, it could be other things. the fix all solution to any uterus related issue is often hormonal birth control but i highly reccomend doing your research on it before you take it. there’s a long list of side effects ranging from depression, going as far as suicidality, increased risk of trombosis, in the long term it could make it harder to get pregnant when you do go off it in order to concieve a child, it can lead to thyroid issues and much more. these are all things to keep in mind when weighing the benefits. especially if you have family history with thyroid issues or depression or really any of these things. a lot of doctors will just hand you a prescription for the pill without discussing side effects so i think it’s important to be aware and do your own research, especially if it’s something you’re putting into your body on a daily basis for years on end that significantly interjects into your hormonal cycle. hope this helps, i know it’s a very long reply but our bodies are complex.
Mine is every 15 - 20 days. I was so miserable as I was told I was just unlucky. I got a mirena and they have stopped. My period was the bane of my existence.
For those who want more knowledge about their cycles, I recommend finding the podcast and books from Lisa Hendrickson-Jack. She’s incredibly knowledgeable about how our cycles work and what we can learn about our health from tracking different things like BBT, cervical mucus, etc.
My cycle is super irregular. Average - 61 days. Last year got my period after 90 days and was for sure not expecting another for 60 days. So ovulation should have been atleast 45 days later. But got pregnant within 2 weeks of my period. Now 15 weeks pregnant. Miracle baby ❤
this is a great way to estimate but the sympto-thermal method can actually track your ovulation for real. yes it takes time and effort to understand and interpret but its far more accurate that this regardless of most fluctuations in the menstrual cycle and length
It is literally so much more complex and nuanced than this for most women. Speaking from hard core experience here as a woman still waiting for ovulation on cycle day 24 this month 🙃🙃🙃 so if this doesn't deacribe your experience don't feel bad. I dont knoe anyone that ovulates on day 14 every month.
Sorry no offense intended but this is very misleading information. It would be better if you took this video down and changed it to include current knowledge/research. This kind of incorrect information could result in unwanted pregnancy for those watching who believe they are 'safely' outside the fertile window before, during and after ovulation. It could also prevent pregnancy and cause distress for those who believe they are repeatedly trying to conceive in the fertile window. Most people do not ovulate 14 days before their period. Some do but not enough that anyone should assume they do. I, like many women ovulate on days 7, 8, 9 or 10. My periods are always 27, 28, 29 or 30 days long. There are also many women who ovulate late in their cycle and they have periods anywhere from soon. What is now established in studies is that there is broad range. There are also all the conditions that result in a wide range of time spans for ovulation as well as between ovulation and menstruation. There are also the people who don't ovulate but still bleed. Your part 1 video is also incorrect. The video wants to teach people how to record a cycle but it doesn't. It shows a 27 day cycle but incorrectly states it's a 28 day cycle.
Lots and lots of people have short luteal phases which makes it hard to conceive. I was so frustrated by OBs telling me that luteal phases are fixed for everyone. Lengthening my luteal phase with progesterone is the only reason I got pregnant. This content is I’m sure accurate for most people but super confusing for folks dealing with short luteal phases.
22 weeks pregnant and for whatever reason, I ovulated early during my last cycle before conception. I had a period and ovulated just days after, not 14 days or so in.
These 14 days are wrong forn 99% of people. I got pregnant on day 10 😅 you need to find your own cycle with taking your temperature or using ovulation tests. Congradulations on your pregnancy!
I started tracking my basal body temperature since that is also a way to figure it out. Every month, my temperature for ovulatuon indicated I was ovulating the week before my period.
Cervical mucus! Use your mucus! I tried years getting pregnant. I ovulate right before my period. And SOMETIMES right after. Yes I know weird. But very rarely do I ovulate in the middle mark. Long stringy clear mucus- get ready to make a baby! Or avoid sex if you don’t want to get pregnant. Someone else mentioned it being like egg whites which is actually a great comparison! Or stretchy snot. But works like a charm!
My luteal phase is consistently 13 days long rather than 14 but im lucky to be able to use the natural cycles in uk (safely for now). Question re knowing you have ovulated - an o&g fertility nurse tried to tell me this week even if i have a good 12 days luteal temp rise I could have ovulated without releasing an egg?! I'm a medic but not o&g and I really font thislnk this is true. Can you confirm ovulation by definition is egg release and temp rise wont occur without release of an egg? I know LH spike predicts it is going to happen but this sounds so different to anything I can find.
ok question- i had to switch birth controls and im having trouble syncing to the new one. I got my period right in the middle where i would hypothetically ovulate if I were not on the pill .... SO my ovulation would be around the time of the placebo pill week, when id be unprotected ? thoughts on how to adjust to adjust the schedule? I used to get it on the new moon almost every month which made tracking easier and now im lost. For background infos sake, I have been testing for ovulation and i havnt been so the pills are working I think... I also am a lyme disease (and mulitple coinfection) patient in month 16 of treatment and I know antibiotics can mess with bc, but I take it 2 hours separate. I am not allowed to consider pregnancy until i am all done with treatment. THANK YOU
Ok so correct me if im wrong and it may sound dumb but since the fertile window is a few days in between cycles, your "safe" day are a few days before or after your period right? 🤔 meaning days we can go unprotected 😅 I can't remember if i heard this from somewhere but i was using this "natural method" for a few years with my husband. (I wasn't on any birth control) The app was also letting me know about my fertile window so we used protection those days. Method has been well for us until this year 🧐 Idk if I screwed up or what but i ended up pregnant 😅 i had missed my period in april. But then got some spotting in may (i thought oh wow my period came super late) but then i got the symptoms and behold!!! Baby! So yeah it was complicated keeping tract.
This video is incorrect. Please don't use the info it contains. As you've discovered already pregnancy can occur across a broad range of the cycle. There are days when it might be less likely but these are extremely hard to truly predict. No day is a safe day unless you are one of the exceptionally rare people who ovulate on basically the same day each time. For most people their ovulation days fluctuate every month and can also always suddenly go quite far out from your personal 'normal range of dates'. This can happen due to stress, exercise, hormones and plenty of other reasons. People get pregnant on their period, just before it, just after it and anywhere in between. I'm very worried that young people who have no one else to ask might find videos like this. 20 years ago I remember my biology teacher training us for our exams and teaching us that women ovulate 14 days before their period. That was already proved to be wrong then!!
is this what is considered the rhythm method? i have learned to never try to guess like this. basal body temperature and cervical mucus is the most reliable way to learn fertile vs infertile days
if i‘m correct it’s the days right before ovulation because sperm stays in the body for a couple of days. ovulation is the last or second to last day (probably also depends greatly on your body tho)
I know about BBT, OVARIAN RESERVE, ETC. My question is how do I check if I can even ovulate or have kids at all if the doctor thinks it's not even worth it? Granted, I told her I don't want kids but I still want to know about my ovarian health. How do I check?? I have PCOS.no ovulation and no period.
the question is not when are you ovulating, the question is have you talked to your gynecologist about this and what are they suggesting to do about that?
It’s impossible for me to ever track my period. After I got vaccinated in 2021 I’ve been getting a period that lasts for 10 days and comes every 10 days. By the time I’m done wearing a pad on one period another one has already given me its warning of coming. Many doctors. Blood work. Ultrasounds. Nothing can be found as to what happened. Much heavier bleeding too. However right before my period ends I do feel the egg being released. Like the cramps that indicate it’s coming again in 10 days. The only thing the doctors came to the conclusion of was that my body releases two eggs at the same time with every period. It’s horrible and I really don’t wish this medical mystery on anyone. They’re impossible to track! I just know it’s coming in the couple of days if I’m randomly crying over absolutely nothing! 😭🤣🤣
you could look into taking basal temperature. basically you need a thermometer and your cycle calendar and every morning you take your temperature in the same spot, you would have to google what those are because they’re not at the top of my head and you can’t just measure it anywhere but essentially that temperature changes by a not insignificant amount after ovulation. highly reccomend giving it a google search to see if that could be for you
Is it possible to get an LH surge in the ovulation stick and still not really Ovulate.? Because I have been tracking my ovulation since 3 months now, its always 14th or 15th day after my period,I have a 28 day cycle, I get the LH surge, basal body temperature is high, the usual symptoms are all there, Yet not getting pregnant.
It is possible to not ovulate every surge, but if your using BBT to confirm ovulation, then something else is wrong. If your temp confirms ovulation, then your ovulating. You might want to discuss this with your dr.
Hey guys. Not trying to sound stupid but in the video it was mention ovulation days and fertile days. What is the difference. Like what days would be fertile and in ovulation is it your least chance to get pregnant? 😅
Fertile days can happen around your ovulation day. That what people are referring to as the "ovulation window." In this window, your cervical fluid changes and helps preserve sperm for a couple days. So, for example, you could have sex one day and then the sperm from that day actually fertilize an egg a few days later.
I have quite painful ovulation cramps, I feel exactly when , where and how long. I also have nausea a few hours before it happens. Thats all very annoying.
You could try to take your temperature everyday before waking up. After ovulation your temperature will go uo till your next period. Problem is that you only know you ovulated after it happened. I don't have pcos, bit a friend of mine does and i know how difficult it is! Are you trying to get pregnant?
You aren't supposed to ovulate with an IUD but not sure about the copper one. Usually if you aren't having a period and you're on hormonal BC it's fine since you shouldn't be ovulating anyway.
Our vaginal discharge is also another indicator of when we are ovulating! Thin, clear, stretchy (similar to egg whites) vaginal discharge is a sign of being fertile
Ovulation kits didn’t work for us but tracking discharge did. Pregnant on first try after ditching the kits, which just really stressed me out. Doc also told us to just have sex every other day starting day 6 until day 16 and we’d likely hit the window.
mild cramps as well
I want to eat them eggs raw😂
Basal body temperature is excellent too. I'm lazy and mostly rely on bbt
Clear and watery discharge is a sign of fertility too?? Because I don't experience any egg white discharge
Best way is to track your discharge. I struggled to get pregnant for a year and a half. I then started check my discharge and was pregnant within 3 months. Your body has amazing ways of communicating with you!😁😁
Cervical mucus, cervix length and feel. These are the most accurate- because it can change month to month. It’s so important for women to be educated about their bodies beyond the basics like this!
Even if your cycle is pretty regular (mine is usually 26 or 29 days), time of ovulation can vary from month to month. If you’re charting to avoid or achieve pregnancy, it’s really important to track bio markers such as cervical mucus, basal body temp, etc. I track cervical mucus and use LH strips. But for some reason OBs don’t teach these things 🤔
This part it is like they want ppl walking around uneducated
Everyone Please remember: This is good for general information, so people gain an understanding of how the body works. However, if you are trying to avoid or achieve pregnancy, you MUST use addition methods to gather information. This is because you won't know the length of a cycle UNTIL IT HAS ALREADY PASSED. This is why the old Rhythm Method often resulted in unexpected pregnancy. Use an ovulation predictor kit, which can measure the hormones in your urine in real time. Or use the sypmto-thermal method. Or any other way of determining your actual and present fertility. I just would hate for someone to rely on only this for either birth control and end up pregnant. Or for someone who is trying to get pregnant, wasting their efforts.
I didn't realize there was a name for taking temperatures while you're trying to track ovulation. Thanks for putting that part in there. :)
I came here to write a similar comment. This was a very simplified explanation, almost as if she's talking to a 12-year-old who has just had her period for the first time, rather than full grown women who are having intercourse and either trying to get pregnant or avoid getting pregnant. It's fine for what it is, but I do think that perhaps she should have had some sort of PSA regarding not relying on ovulation predictor kits, basic cycle tracking such as this, or even natural planning methods if they absolutely shouldn't be getting pregnant.
You never know who is watching these videos either and a teenager could easily misinterpret this information and think that they can have sex any other day without protection as long as they don't have sex on the 14th day.
Exactly. I can’t believe how misleading this is.
DONG RELY ON THUS FOR BJRTH CONTROL AT ALL. Perfectly reasonable to use this to try to get pregnant.
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Very simple way to explain cycle tracking!
For those who want to use this for pregnancy research Natural Family Planning and consider tracking your basal temperature to nail down the exact days you ovulate. The more data you have, i.e. periods you track, the easier it is to predict your fertility. You might notice that stressful weeks or months with excessive caffeine use delay your period, or that you run on a 45 day cycle, just take notes!
Cycle tracking is also useful for exercising, nutritional goals, and figuring out what weeks your able to make the clearest decisions. It can be used for all sorts of stuff!! Happy tracking! 👋
Cervical mucus is also a good way to see when you're ovulating! I use a calendar and CM to track my cycle
The Fertility Awareness Method (FAM) is also a great tool to track your cycle/ovulation so you'll know exactly when you are ovulating. Toni Weschler has a very thorough book on the topic. The three primary fertility signs she covers are cervical fluid, waking temperature and cervical position. Her book is wonderful and if you are considering FAM definitely a vital tool.
Before I had babies my cycle length was 35 days long. I had no clue when I would ovulate, this is interesting info! Now after babies I am 28 days like clock work!
PCOS struggles. Super irregular cycles for me. It took 3 years of TTC with no success to get answers. Don’t be afraid to bring up questions and concerns with your provider if something seems off.
Your cycle length is dependent on when you ovulate. Subtracting days and stuff will not give you your ovulation date. Most people do not have a luteal phase (the phase after ovulation before your period) of 14 days. Anywhere from 12 to 16 is normal. So instead, track your cervical mucus and temperature, get yourself a basal body thermometer, take your temp every morning at the same time before getting out of bed. When you are ovulating, you will notice egg white consistency mucus and the day after ovulation a shift in your temperature. Now you just have to wait until your period shows up, count the days from ovulation and you have the length of your luteal phase. This does not change, maybe once or twice a year by a day. But the follicular phase (the phase before ovulation) can change constantly, it's not set in stone. So if you want to know when your period shows up, you will need to track ovulation and count your luteal phase. Counting days on a calendar will not be accurate, only for a small amount of women.
Yes!!
This I true, but this likely isn't intending to find the exact date. You're fertile for a week even though the egg only lives about a day bc sperm survives several days in the fallopian tubes. So it's accurate enough for its purpose.
Woah. I went to Catholic school and they actually taught us this but they called it “natural family planning” as a form of birth “control”(?). So it was locating the same data in the same way, but for different reasons 👀
Yeah it's almost like they were teaching you extremely useful information to empower women
@@dagneyraye6808 yes, dagney!
Also, egg white type discharge is present. My luteal phase is SO short. About 2 days. Which makes it easy to get pregnant during your period like I did 😅. Well, technically the sperm stays alive in there until the next egg drops but still. And you’re more likely to have a girl if you have sex while on your period because the female sperms tend to live longer so they can hang out longer and wait for the egg. Our bodies are fascinating!
I must ovulate quickly as well after my period. I get the clear stuff like 2 3 days after my period
That is not really how it works though... do you use ovulation tests or take your temperature? With a luteal phase of 2 days you would be infurtile...
in the first part of your cycle (starts on the first day of your period) your egg starts to mature and get ready for ovulation. Then you ovulate and your progesteron levels go up (makig your temperature go up, that's how you knlw ovulation happens with taking your temperature every day). In this phase a furtilised egg starts cel devision and your uterus lining gets thicker for implantation. This takes about 5 days. Then the egg starts to implant, usually it is ready around day 9. Only when this happens your body starts to release pregnancy hormones so you would not get your period and the pregnancy can grow. If no egg was furtilised or implanted your hormones change, progesteron gets lower and you get your period so the cycle can start again. As you see, with a luteale phase of 2 days, a furtulised egg would not have the time to implant and would die while you have your period.
I think you have an early ovulation. In that case you can get pregnant from s3x during your period as sperm can stay alive for up to 5 days in the womans body. But this has nothing to do with your luteal phase. I think it must be longer than you think. Also if your luteale phase is only 2 days and you get pregnant on your period, that would mean your cycle is at most 12 days long and that would also make you infurtile...
Best way to figure it out is use a cycle thermometer to check your temp everyday. I was a late ovulator with a wide range of cycle days. The best book for learning this was Take charge of your fertility.
Thank you for teaching people this! Not many people understand their cycles! I was always told you cant ovulate before cd 12, however i had 24 day cycles so i ovulate on day 9-10. People always said that's too early and that it doesnt work like that... Well I'm pregnant now so it definitely works like that😅
Not a safe way to contraception though. If you want to find out your fertile days to use that information for contraception or getting pregnant you'll have to track your cycle by measuring basal temperature and discharge/cervix. You'd have to do that for about 12 cycles and know what and how to do that in order to be safe. What's descirbed in the video is the calendar method which is not safe contraception. You'll need the symptothermal method in order to use the data reasonably.
My mom was having problems conceiving with my brother, obgyn told her how to track her cycle, and her ovulation, two cycles later she was pregnant. I came later and was a surprise they weren’t trying for me at all! 😂
It works only for those who has the everytime the same lenght circle. Mine vary from 28 - 42 days , never ever it was the same . So medical hormonal checker and self thermal cheking is better and is more informative and correct
As someone in the first video said...my PCOS laughs at this. I've literally had ovulation on day 4 of my 40 day cycle.
I really really wish that there was more information about PCOS and getting pregnant
This is surprisingly inaccurate coming from a doctor. Granted, she does say "for most", but many people don't know what to do with averages when it comes to the individual. For more precise information you could track your inner body temperature. After egg release, your temperature will rise.
The problem with me is that my period does not come exactly on time EVER so I can’t really track the cycle length. 🙃
I would give anything just to ovulate normally.
I thought my cycle was regular but one month I had a 29 day cycle, the next was 24 days, and the one after that was 39 days! So we’ll see what this next one is I guess
Often the luteal phase,.might not be the same as 14days. But if it is the same length then when you ovulate (based on LH spike and then temp rise) you will know period is in X days. Might take a few months to see how lomg luteal phase is first. Luteal phase = ovulation day to day period starts.
it might be worth looking into taking your basal temperature then. this is when you take your temperature in a specific spot every morning. it slightly shifts after ovulation, i‘m a bit foggy on the details so it’s best to look it up.
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You are ovulating normally your cycle length just varies but youre still having a cyclw n youre still ovulating
Basal body temperature is how I keep track. Using it combined with an app like fertility friend helped me track my cycles very accurately. I was able to see my luteal phase was usually 12 days but not always.
Okay, but can we talk about how the example is of a 27 day cycle and not 28???
Thank u so much ! I have pcos but good to know
Or you can use your basil temp, as soon as that rises you have already ovulated. If you're regular it takes 2 or 3 months to be sure when it will be but there are a couple other things that can be seen by watching your daily basil temp. Recommended reading: Taking Charge of Your Fertility.
Ive needed to know this for a long time thank you so much.
Mine varied wildly. Also, my period was so heavy and it lasted 7 to 9 days. I'm so happy I don't have a uterus anymore.
Thank you!!😊
What if ur have irregular periods? Do I still ovulate?.. sometimes I get 2 periods a months. Sometimes I skip a month. My period is all over the place.
Came here to ask this exact question! ESP with the progesterone only pill - my period is all over the place! And without it, I usually get two a month. 😵💫
yes you still ovulate but it’s hard to predict when
if you’re on the pill, you don’t ovulate. what you experience when you’re on the pill is a cycle of taking hormones that essentially makes your body think it’s pregnant. so in order to support a pregnancy it builds up tissue. when you get into that week where you’re taking the placebo your body realizes that it’s not actually pregnant so it cleans out that built up tissue and the cycle continues. however if you’re not on any form of hormonal birth control, a regular menstrual cycle starts with the period, usually 5-7 days, this may vary depending on your body, then at some point, usually during the middle of your cycle, you ovulate, which is when a mature egg hops on over to make its way down to the uterus, which is building up tissue to support a potential pregnancy. the egg stays in the uterus for a couple of days and when there’s no sperm there to make a child, everything is cleaned out, which takes the form of the period blood and the cycle starts again.
now, if your natural cycle without artificial hormonal interference is irregular this can mean a couple of things. if you just got your period it’s very normal for it to skip a couple of cycles as your body is still getting in tune with the whole menstrual cycle thing. similarly, people reaching menopause may go months without a menstrual cycle. if you‘ve had a cycle for a couple of years and are far away from the age of 50, go and talk to your gynecologist about it. there’s a plethora of reasons why your body isn’t working the normal way. it could be hormonal, it could be ovarian cysts, it could be other things. the fix all solution to any uterus related issue is often hormonal birth control but i highly reccomend doing your research on it before you take it. there’s a long list of side effects ranging from depression, going as far as suicidality, increased risk of trombosis, in the long term it could make it harder to get pregnant when you do go off it in order to concieve a child, it can lead to thyroid issues and much more. these are all things to keep in mind when weighing the benefits. especially if you have family history with thyroid issues or depression or really any of these things. a lot of doctors will just hand you a prescription for the pill without discussing side effects so i think it’s important to be aware and do your own research, especially if it’s something you’re putting into your body on a daily basis for years on end that significantly interjects into your hormonal cycle.
hope this helps, i know it’s a very long reply but our bodies are complex.
Mine is every 15 - 20 days. I was so miserable as I was told I was just unlucky. I got a mirena and they have stopped. My period was the bane of my existence.
Story of my life! Also how does the depo shot affect ovulation? When it's purpose is to decrease cervical mucus
For those who want more knowledge about their cycles, I recommend finding the podcast and books from Lisa Hendrickson-Jack. She’s incredibly knowledgeable about how our cycles work and what we can learn about our health from tracking different things like BBT, cervical mucus, etc.
My cycle is super irregular. Average - 61 days. Last year got my period after 90 days and was for sure not expecting another for 60 days. So ovulation should have been atleast 45 days later. But got pregnant within 2 weeks of my period. Now 15 weeks pregnant. Miracle baby ❤
Can't find part 1 :(
I miss the days before having pcos and irregular periods. 😢 I really need to go see a new gynecologist.
this is a great way to estimate but the sympto-thermal method can actually track your ovulation for real. yes it takes time and effort to understand and interpret but its far more accurate that this regardless of most fluctuations in the menstrual cycle and length
It is literally so much more complex and nuanced than this for most women. Speaking from hard core experience here as a woman still waiting for ovulation on cycle day 24 this month 🙃🙃🙃 so if this doesn't deacribe your experience don't feel bad. I dont knoe anyone that ovulates on day 14 every month.
Sorry no offense intended but this is very misleading information. It would be better if you took this video down and changed it to include current knowledge/research. This kind of incorrect information could result in unwanted pregnancy for those watching who believe they are 'safely' outside the fertile window before, during and after ovulation. It could also prevent pregnancy and cause distress for those who believe they are repeatedly trying to conceive in the fertile window. Most people do not ovulate 14 days before their period. Some do but not enough that anyone should assume they do. I, like many women ovulate on days 7, 8, 9 or 10. My periods are always 27, 28, 29 or 30 days long. There are also many women who ovulate late in their cycle and they have periods anywhere from soon. What is now established in studies is that there is broad range. There are also all the conditions that result in a wide range of time spans for ovulation as well as between ovulation and menstruation. There are also the people who don't ovulate but still bleed. Your part 1 video is also incorrect. The video wants to teach people how to record a cycle but it doesn't. It shows a 27 day cycle but incorrectly states it's a 28 day cycle.
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Download P tracker and track everything, I’m now pregnant 😂
Lots and lots of people have short luteal phases which makes it hard to conceive. I was so frustrated by OBs telling me that luteal phases are fixed for everyone. Lengthening my luteal phase with progesterone is the only reason I got pregnant. This content is I’m sure accurate for most people but super confusing for folks dealing with short luteal phases.
I can't imagine not tracking my cycle. I vividly remember writing down my 2nd ever cycle. Lol
Thank u tha k i thank u
*Cries in PCOS* where nothing is regular 😂
I knew when i was about to ovulate.....i would feel pretty.
Sounds weird but thats how i felt.
22 weeks pregnant and for whatever reason, I ovulated early during my last cycle before conception. I had a period and ovulated just days after, not 14 days or so in.
These 14 days are wrong forn 99% of people. I got pregnant on day 10 😅 you need to find your own cycle with taking your temperature or using ovulation tests.
Congradulations on your pregnancy!
@@SL-gz3dy Agreed, cycles can also change for a variety of reasons. You don't always ovulate at the same time during each cycle.
Thank you!
What about women who have ovaries but don't have a uterus (hysterectomy)?
I started tracking my basal body temperature since that is also a way to figure it out. Every month, my temperature for ovulatuon indicated I was ovulating the week before my period.
Cervical mucus! Use your mucus! I tried years getting pregnant. I ovulate right before my period. And SOMETIMES right after. Yes I know weird. But very rarely do I ovulate in the middle mark. Long stringy clear mucus- get ready to make a baby! Or avoid sex if you don’t want to get pregnant. Someone else mentioned it being like egg whites which is actually a great comparison! Or stretchy snot. But works like a charm!
My luteal phase is consistently 13 days long rather than 14 but im lucky to be able to use the natural cycles in uk (safely for now).
Question re knowing you have ovulated - an o&g fertility nurse tried to tell me this week even if i have a good 12 days luteal temp rise I could have ovulated without releasing an egg?! I'm a medic but not o&g and I really font thislnk this is true. Can you confirm ovulation by definition is egg release and temp rise wont occur without release of an egg? I know LH spike predicts it is going to happen but this sounds so different to anything I can find.
Can you explain different causes people don’t have periods that are well above the normal age
Oh I know without any math because I get pain and cramps like a mild period day, just for a few hours then it goes away
What happens if your.s are super irregular? How would I track?. Love your videos ❤
ok question- i had to switch birth controls and im having trouble syncing to the new one. I got my period right in the middle where i would hypothetically ovulate if I were not on the pill
.... SO my ovulation would be around the time of the placebo pill week, when id be unprotected ?
thoughts on how to adjust to adjust the schedule? I used to get it on the new moon almost every month which made tracking easier and now im lost.
For background infos sake, I have been testing for ovulation and i havnt been so the pills are working I think...
I also am a lyme disease (and mulitple coinfection) patient in month 16 of treatment and I know antibiotics can mess with bc, but I take it 2 hours separate. I am not allowed to consider pregnancy until i am all done with treatment.
THANK YOU
Basically 7 days after period ends. If my period is shorter, the 7 days still stands.
The first half is variable. The second half i.e. 14 days is fixed.
Hi, can I ask, how to know when you are ovulating when you're irregular, every month I have different cycle length?
There is no link for part 1- can someone help a sister out. 😅 I’ve scrolled through her videos and still can’t find it! Thanks!
Ok so correct me if im wrong and it may sound dumb but since the fertile window is a few days in between cycles, your "safe" day are a few days before or after your period right? 🤔 meaning days we can go unprotected 😅
I can't remember if i heard this from somewhere but i was using this "natural method" for a few years with my husband. (I wasn't on any birth control)
The app was also letting me know about my fertile window so we used protection those days. Method has been well for us until this year 🧐
Idk if I screwed up or what but i ended up pregnant 😅 i had missed my period in april. But then got some spotting in may (i thought oh wow my period came super late) but then i got the symptoms and behold!!! Baby! So yeah it was complicated keeping tract.
This video is incorrect. Please don't use the info it contains. As you've discovered already pregnancy can occur across a broad range of the cycle. There are days when it might be less likely but these are extremely hard to truly predict. No day is a safe day unless you are one of the exceptionally rare people who ovulate on basically the same day each time. For most people their ovulation days fluctuate every month and can also always suddenly go quite far out from your personal 'normal range of dates'. This can happen due to stress, exercise, hormones and plenty of other reasons. People get pregnant on their period, just before it, just after it and anywhere in between. I'm very worried that young people who have no one else to ask might find videos like this. 20 years ago I remember my biology teacher training us for our exams and teaching us that women ovulate 14 days before their period. That was already proved to be wrong then!!
is this what is considered the rhythm method?
i have learned to never try to guess like this. basal body temperature and cervical mucus is the most reliable way to learn fertile vs infertile days
I can always tell by cervical mucus, slight cramping, and basically "ready to go" for about 3-5 days if you know what I mean 🔥😈
my cycles are very irregular so how do we calculate. cuz my periods are just all over the place i dont know myself when to expect them
Could you please talk about what days are most fertile in your cycle? Because it’s not ovulation time correct?
if i‘m correct it’s the days right before ovulation because sperm stays in the body for a couple of days. ovulation is the last or second to last day (probably also depends greatly on your body tho)
I do t have any cervical mucus 😢and I’m starting to worry. My husband and I want to start having a baby late summer, what should I do?
How many fertile days do you have??
This is so hard with pcos with irregular periods, how do you track your length when it could be weeks before your next inconsistent cycle
I tracked mine by my discharge. That's how I got pregnant with my two kids.
I hate shorts. I had to scroll so far to find this.
Weird question but what if you ovulate from both sides in a month? Would that also still work on the same principle of 14 days?
I know about BBT, OVARIAN RESERVE, ETC. My question is how do I check if I can even ovulate or have kids at all if the doctor thinks it's not even worth it? Granted, I told her I don't want kids but I still want to know about my ovarian health. How do I check?? I have PCOS.no ovulation and no period.
What is the difference between being fertile and ovulation?
So it’s literally just two weeks before your period starts. Right?
What if I’m bleeding for 25 days, not bleeding for 7. And bleeding again for 25 days. When do I ovulate then?
the question is not when are you ovulating, the question is have you talked to your gynecologist about this and what are they suggesting to do about that?
How long do you ovulate? I have very irregular periods and I'm gay so it's totally fine, but I've never understood ovulation cycling
It’s impossible for me to ever track my period. After I got vaccinated in 2021 I’ve been getting a period that lasts for 10 days and comes every 10 days. By the time I’m done wearing a pad on one period another one has already given me its warning of coming. Many doctors. Blood work. Ultrasounds. Nothing can be found as to what happened. Much heavier bleeding too. However right before my period ends I do feel the egg being released. Like the cramps that indicate it’s coming again in 10 days. The only thing the doctors came to the conclusion of was that my body releases two eggs at the same time with every period. It’s horrible and I really don’t wish this medical mystery on anyone. They’re impossible to track! I just know it’s coming in the couple of days if I’m randomly crying over absolutely nothing! 😭🤣🤣
Don’t get the vax ever again
I have a question
I had an abortion which my period lasted for a week and some days please how do I calculate my ovulation before the next period
i got my periods on 2nd march and ends on 6th march wat is my ovulation date ?
What if your cycle length is different each month?
Let’s talk PCOS ovulation tracking!
I found out I ovulated on day 18 of 28 back in 2018. No wonder we missed it for months while trying 😂
You can just take a ovulation test they have those and it's so much easier
Sooo my cycle has been 35 days so it would be day 21?
Yes but how many days does ovulation last???
Do those apps work like flow
There are lots of apps that are free that can really help also 😊
Can you track if you are extremely irregular?
Not really, you should get ovulation sticks if you need to know for sure.
you could look into taking basal temperature. basically you need a thermometer and your cycle calendar and every morning you take your temperature in the same spot, you would have to google what those are because they’re not at the top of my head and you can’t just measure it anywhere but essentially that temperature changes by a not insignificant amount after ovulation. highly reccomend giving it a google search to see if that could be for you
Is it possible to ovulate earlier or later than the 14 day gap?
Absolutely, every body is different ...
Yes, absolutely. This isnt accurate for me at all.
Yes, your ovulation can be early or late depending on the individual cycle.
Is it possible to get an LH surge in the ovulation stick and still not really Ovulate.? Because I have been tracking my ovulation since 3 months now, its always 14th or 15th day after my period,I have a 28 day cycle, I get the LH surge, basal body temperature is high, the usual symptoms are all there, Yet not getting pregnant.
It is possible to not ovulate every surge, but if your using BBT to confirm ovulation, then something else is wrong. If your temp confirms ovulation, then your ovulating. You might want to discuss this with your dr.
What about an irregular periods person
What if you miss your period do you only ovulate once
What if my periods aren't trackable?? This shi comes when it wants 💀
What if you get your period is every 20 days. My period length is all over the place.
What if i have 20 days? 20-14=6? Does that work for me as well? I know is quite short i should go to a doc
Hey guys. Not trying to sound stupid but in the video it was mention ovulation days and fertile days. What is the difference. Like what days would be fertile and in ovulation is it your least chance to get pregnant? 😅
Fertile days can happen around your ovulation day. That what people are referring to as the "ovulation window." In this window, your cervical fluid changes and helps preserve sperm for a couple days. So, for example, you could have sex one day and then the sperm from that day actually fertilize an egg a few days later.
I ovulate at cycle day 11 is that normal been trying to get pregnant for 8 months
I need help! Idk how to ask for help. We are currently trying to get pregnant 😢
Can you ovulate without having a period after?
I’m 42 I feel like my ovulation moved up to like day 10-12 😬
Can you do some videos on getting pregnant in your 40’s
My cycle length is never the same 🥺
I have quite painful ovulation cramps, I feel exactly when , where and how long. I also have nausea a few hours before it happens. Thats all very annoying.
How can we know this if we’re irregular 😭? I have pcos so I never know how to calculate any of it
You could try to take your temperature everyday before waking up. After ovulation your temperature will go uo till your next period. Problem is that you only know you ovulated after it happened. I don't have pcos, bit a friend of mine does and i know how difficult it is! Are you trying to get pregnant?
How does that work if you have a iud? Because the iud makes you have less periods
You aren't supposed to ovulate with an IUD but not sure about the copper one. Usually if you aren't having a period and you're on hormonal BC it's fine since you shouldn't be ovulating anyway.