Correct Date of Ovulation

The best way to determine date of ovulation it to observe cervical mucus. When the cervical mucus is clear and stretches over an inch you are ovulating.

most likely somewhere between the 4th and the 8th. I believe you ovulate around 2 weeks before your period starts. I usually ovulate 10 days before I start. hopefully that helps narrow it down some :) I take my temp every morning before getting out of bed, around the same time. Write them down, when your temp goes up .4 from your average (exclude any far out temps) and stays up for 3 days, you've ovulated. (on the first day of the rise) I usually go up a couple points before I do the actual ovulation temp rise

Hi R.,
With our first pregnancy we tried for 4 years - I was doing ovulation pee tests, basal temp and a silly ovulation watch - All 3 were telling me something different. We stopped doing ALL those to save our sanity. We got pregnant both times by having morning sex every other day right after my period stops. We do that for about 2 weeks. I know it's not necessarily convenient (and yes, it does get old) but we only tried for 2 months this last time. As it turns out, I ovulate earlier than what most experts say. Good Luck!!

After reading "Taking Charge of Your Fertility, I finally figured out how to decipher when my ovulation date was. I, too, had irregular periods. I took my temp each morning and also kept watch on my mucus discharge. My temps would go up and then right before I ovulated (the day before), it would dip down, I would then know that I would ovulate the next day. My mucus also became thicker, somewhat similar to the consistency of egg whites. I'd really recommend reading the book because it really helped me. Technically it's suppose to be (on average) 14 days prior to your period but it really differs from one person to another. Also,not everyone ovulates each month. I have a friend whom in a 12 month period, only ovulated 2x! Her ob told her it was amazing that she was even able to get pregnant but my friend had been tracking her cycles & ovulation for quite a while before she and her hubby decided to get pregnant, just because she knew that she didn't ovulate each month.

I was kinda like you, not knowning what days i'm more fertail. So I bought the clear blue monitor that worked really well. We're due with our first child in November.

Read Taking Charge of Your Fertility. You will be able to understand and figure out how to know when you are ovulating. I also used a ovulation tester that test your saliva. They work very well. Also very helpful if you don't want to get pregnant.

I'm not quite sure that you can find your ovulation date based on when you have/had your period. I was also very irregular and I did the temptature chart. Every morning before I got out of bed I took my temp. When my temp R. it was ovulation time. I do know they have kits now days (they didn't have them 34 yrs ago) but the tried and true could help(and is much cheaper). I'd talk to your doctor and see what he suggests. On the bright side after I had my daughter my periods did become regular.

Best of luck to you.

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There are some great websites out there that can give you a pretty accurate date of ovulation. I used www.babycenter.com 's ovulation calculator. You input the dates of your last three periods and it will predict the average length of your cycle and your probable date of ovulation. It will also determine your most fertile days. My DH and I struggled for years to conceive, used fertility drugs and everything, and finally were told that it just wasn't going to happen for us. Last year, we made a last ditch effort, and I used this as a reference point. I was pregnant within a few months....and with twins! It gives great tips on getting healthy prior to pregnancy, during pregnancy, and after pregnancy. I still use the site now, as it is a great reference point for parenting tips with my pre-teen daughter and now 8 month old boys!
Good luck!

Ovulation is a hard one. Having had irregular cycles my whole life I highly, highly recommend the book taking charge of your fertility. You can get it at most used books store for around $10 well worth the $$. You learn so much about your body and cycle. I tend to have a lot of anovulatory cycles and very long some times 50+ day cycles. After reading this book and charting I now know when I am going to get my period it is never a guessing game. I love, love it. It will also help amazingly with conceiving. Took me about a day to read it. I was so in to it and a few more weeks of going over it a couple times to get things straight.

just to really make the point i'll also say that all you need is the book "taking charge of your fertility". it changes your life...seriously.

R. I hope this helps. I also did not have the same menstrual cycle when I was trying to get pregnant. You usually ovulate 7 - 14 days after your last menstrual cycle. I used ovulation kits to find my exact date of ovulation , I would buy them in bulk packs at first it seemed expensive but it was well worth it in the end. I found out that I was ovulating between days 12-17 which is not the norm but again the kits worked well along with taking my temp. ( basal body temp) to find out my ov. dates. Good Luck

Hi R.,

I read Taking Charge of Your Fertility; something else that was really helpful was purchasing ovulation tests. You can get them at Target, Walgreen's, Wal-Mart. I think they have generic brands - because they can get expensive if you have to buy them over and over again like I did - but I used Clearblue Easy or First Response and found them very helpful. It pinpoints the best 2 days to conceive. Good luck!

You can never know EXACTLY when you ovulate, but you can figure out when you're fertile. Try looking at some natural family planning books. We do it, and it's very easy.
The best book I've read about it is "Taking Charge of Your Fertility".