What is ovulation?

Signs and symptoms of ovulation include mittelschmerz, light pelvic pain on one side of the pelvis, spotting, changes in cervical mucus, breast tenderness. Learning about signs and symptoms of ovulation help you predict fertility and find out if and when ovulation happens and when you should have sex to get pregnant. Women trying to get pregnant often become frustrated when they miss their period but have a negative pregnancy test. What most don't realize is that when trying to conceive, the single most important factor is finding out if and when ovulation happens. Ovulation is when the egg is ejected from the ovary. If you miss your period and you know if and when ovulation happened then there are only 2 possibilities. Either you are not pregnant and your period comes 15 or so days later, or you are pregnant and your period does not come 15+ days later.

If you don't know if and when ovulation happened, then you don't know when your period is supposed to come. Women who don't ovulate usually do not get their periods or they have irregular spotting and bleeding. There are several ways to find out if and when you ovulate. Some methods of finding out when you ovulate can be easily done at home, while others require more sophisticated testing. If you have a regular menstrual cycle, a fertility or ovulation calculator and calendar may be helpful. Your "fertility window" consists of the 5-6 fertile days of your menstrual cycle 4-5 days before and the day of ovulation when intercourse is most likely to result in pregnancy. This fertile window starting 5 days before the day of ovulation until the day of ovulation. Your most fertile of these days are the 2 days before plus the day of ovulation.

Why Are My Breasts Sore After Ovulation?

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What Happens After Ovulation?

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Breast Tenderness and Menopause

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All About the Birth Control Pill

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Can You Use an OPK as a Pregnancy Test?

OPKs have a high false positive as well as a high false negative rate for being pregnant. If an OPK is positive, you could still NOT be pregnant, and if it's negative you could still be pregnant. ... read more »

The Interactive Pregnancy and Ovulation Wheel

Just turn the inner wheel to either the first day of your last period or point the 40-week arrow to your due date. The dates below will then automatically calculate all your important pregnancy dates. ... read more »

Do Tender Breasts and Hard Nipples Mean I'm Pregnant?

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Progesterone and Pregnancy: What Levels Are Optimal?

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Questions About Your Chances of Getting Pregnant

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Infertility Q & A

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Your Menstrual Cycle and Periods (Menstruation): A Window into Your Health

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Is A Normal Menstrual Cycle Always 28 Days Long?

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Menstrual Cycle - Regular or Not

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Your Fertile Window: The Best Time For Sex

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Important Ovulation Symptoms

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Can Changes in Your Cervix Diagnose Pregnancy?

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Ovulation Pain: Mittelschmerz

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Infertility Treatments Don't Work

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What is an Ovulation Predictor Kit (OPK)?

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28-Day Cycle And Ovulation

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After the Pill

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Basal Body Temperature (BBT) Chart Ovulation Calendar and Ovulation Chart

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When Is Your Fertility Window?

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Sex And Basal Body Temperature (BBT)

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Timed Intercourse

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Does Ovulation Always Occur on Cycle Day (CD) 14?

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Can Obesity Prevent Ovulation?

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