How Long Does Ovulation Occur?

   

When you are expecting to conceive a baby, the first essential matter is to understand yourself. Get to know your body and find out how to prepare it for pregnancy. Certain types of medication whether to induce the ovulation or fertility are the next resort to look for. Basically, you just need to predict when the ovulation is by recognizing the signs.

The actual time of ovulation is uneasy to recognize. However, you have the chance to make the prediction. When the ovary is about to release the ovum, your body will tell you several signs, including the cervical mucus changes and basal body temperature increasing. Besides that, using an ovulation test strip to check LH surge is considered as the most potential way to get the accurate prediction. Of course, you also need to pay attention to the menstrual cycle. You will be able to chart the fertility patterns, predict the ovulation and increase the chance of conceiving. The ovulation usually occurs in the middle of menstrual cycle. Regularly, women have 28-day cycle where the ovulating process takes place between the 12th and 17th days. It means that you have 5 days in advance to predict. The LH surge can tell you the right time starting having more intense intercourse to conceive a baby.

Based on the regular menstrual cycle, you have seven days of fertile window. They are five days before ovulation, the ovulation day and the day after ovulation. After that, the chance of conception will decrease due to the short lifespan of the egg which is just about 24 hours. Fortunately, the sperms have longer lifespan. They can survive up to 5 days. Therefore, it is recommended to immediately have intercourse after finding positive result on the ovutest test strip as the sign of ovulation is about to occur