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How to calculate the ovulation cycle?

Updated on November 22, 2018

The phase of ovulation is a part of the female menstrual cycle when the ovary releases the egg cell, which travels in the fallopian tubes and then reaches into the uterus. Ovulation is an essential stage of the menstrual cycle during which the phenomenon of pregnancy can occur if the egg cell is fertilized by sperm.

What is the time of ovulation?

According to experts, the process of ovulation or the release of the egg from the ovary occurs nearly fourteen days before the date of next period. To understand the exact date, you need to count for the number of days from the first day of period till the day before your next period. After it, you need to subtract the total count by fourteen to determine the approximate date of ovulation.

To determine the perfect date when you are ovulating, you need to follow certain steps:

Calculation of your menstrual cycle:

You need to keep your concept clear regarding the dates of your periods. You need to consider the date when your periods start. In the following month, you need to make a note that when you get your periods. Once both these dates are noted, you need to count the number of days between them. This number of days is actually the length of your menstrual cycle.

You can also try taking into account the dates of the period for the following two months because the cycle sometimes may get varied due to mental and physical changes. Moreover, calculation of fertility calculator will also help you to understand if you are undergoing irregular menstrual cycle or not.

Calculation of the approximate date of ovulation

Once you get to know about the duration of your menstrual cycle, it becomes quite easy to get the perfect date of ovulation. If your menstrual cycle is of thirty days, the date of ovulation generally is the day 16 from the first day of the cycle.

Calculation of your fertile window

Women, who have a regular period cycle, generally have their fertile window between day 10 and day 14 before her next period. In an average cycle of 28 to 30 days, the fertile window for majority females ranges between the days 14 to day 17 from the date of the period. Majority doctors and specialists recommend undergoing calculation and having proper fertility calculator for having a fertile sex. They ask the couple to have sex within the range of fertility window because sperm can remain alive in the female reproductive tract for a maximum of five days.

Know the most fertile time after the period

A female body is the most fertile on a day before and after the ovulation. According to doctors, a woman having regular periods has a fertile window from the week before the process of ovulation. If a woman wants to conceive, she is advised to have sexual intercourse every day or every alternate day of the week because, during that particular time, the chances of getting pregnant are the highest.

You can also try getting an ovulation kit for getting a fertility calculator so that you can actually understand the perfect date of ovulation so that you can conceive easily.

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