Ovulation Calculator - Do You Need One?
Do You Need An Ovulation Calculator? Yes And No - Here’s Why
Otherwise known as ovulation calendars, this is a tool that provides a great way to build a detailed history of your menstrual cycle and its key components. The ultimate goal of these calculators is to narrow down when it is you’re likely to ovulate, to then enable you to optimally time your conception attempts.
Narrowing down your time of ovulation is one thing, timing your conception attempts in relation to that information is another. There are only a few critical days each month that offer the maximum chance of getting pregnant, why guess when you’ll ovulate? Like I’ve already mentioned, these calculators are great for gathering information about your menstrual cycle but I don’t recommend them as a way of determining when you should attempt to conceive. Here’s why:
If you mess with the timing of trying to get pregnant then you could be waiting a great deal longer than you need to for that positive pregnancy test. Knowing when you will ovulate is so crucial I cannot stress it enough. It’s absolutely fine to use a calendar to guide you but please don’t rely on it to determine the timing of your attempts to conceive.
A free tool such as an ovulation calculator that offers the promise of accuracy and that longed for positive test is tempting but the basics related to your last menstrual cycle or even a trend of many is not the way to maximise each and every month to its full.
If you really love your ovulation calculator then by all means keep using it, they are fabulous for understanding your body and what it’s trying to tell you. You might even discover something as simple as every second month your temperatures are lower than the previous…what might that mean, or that the length of your cycle on average is shorter than you realised.
Pinpointing ovulation must be treated with the utmost of importance if you are serious about getting pregnant as quickly as possible.
Do you know the most reliable method to pinpoint ovulation, the method that has been proven, the method you can use with 100% accuracy? Ovulation tests! If you aren’t investing in them then you really must start now. Over the coming days I will be posting about ovulation tests and how to get the most from them.
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MY PERIOD VARIES MONTH BY MONTH. HOW DO I KNOW WHEN I AM OVULATING? IT VARIES BETWEEN 24 - 27 DAYS. ALSO, I GOT OFF THE PILL 5 MONTHS AGO. DOES THIS DELAY FALLING PRREGNANT? PLEASE ADVISE. THANKS.
Hi Patty, thanks for stopping by my blog.
The fact you stopped the pill five months ago could very well be the reason that your cycles are a little varied; this should settle down soon as your body finds its natural rhythm again.
Cycles of around 27 to 28 days are ideal, 24 days or less is something to watch; if that became the norm then you would certainly want to investigate that further in terms of hormonal balance, particularly progesterone.
Some women get pregnant straight after stopping the pill others don’t. It really is better to wait a little while to ensure when you do conceive the pregnancy remains viable and the ova is free of any affects the pill might have had on it if any. Your hormones should be finding their own feet now after five months so that is the good news.
Ova take approximately three months to develop so you are also clear of the pill in terms of that too so all ’round you’re in a great position to get pregnant.
Now the all important question you ask is when you’re ovulating. This is critical; Patty I wouldn’t harp on about this unless I really believed in it. The reason I really believe in it is because I’ve read the studies that prove that when trying to get pregnant pinpointing ovulation correctly makes a huge difference to your chances of conceiving.
So you’ve no doubt read the above post and can see why ovulation tests are going to be your best friend in determining when you ovulate. I’ve just posted about ovulation tests, you can read it here. That should get you on your way to understanding how to use ovulation tests. There are usually lots of instructions that will come with your tests when you purchase them so be sure to read every last detail.
Good luck Patty, and if you have any other questions please feel free to post them here.
I’ve had one child already she is now 6yrs old. I’ve been trying for the 2nd one for the past 3 years but I have not get pregnant, I’ve been taking all the vitamins that I need to and following your instruction every step. Is there something wrong with me? My husband have 2 kids in his prior marriage. What can I do?
Hi Sarom,
I’ve finally made it back to my blog to answer some questions, sorry for the delay.
My first question is whether or not you’ve seen a doctor and asked for some blood tests? That is the first thing I would recommend you do. After three years of trying you really need to discover what it is your body is struggling with. Is it your thyroid function? Did you have that tested? Is it your FSH, has that been analysed and if it’s not great have you been able to take anything to improve it?
If you have had blood tests recently then I’d be very interested in your results. If the results were considered to be very good then the trouble you’re having trying to conceive could very well come down to a micro mineral that is lacking or even a simple lifestyle habit that is reducing your chances significantly.
Your husband needs to be tested too. After such a long time of trying to conceive it would be important for both of you to undergo some comprehensive testing. You mention that you’ve been taking all the vitamins, has your husband also? It is easy to forget that 40% of all fertility issues are male related…as much as they don’t want to admit it most of the time.
So you really need some recent test results to start getting to the bottom of what might be your issues. There are so many factors that play a part in conception that it is really difficult to cover them all off here. For example an over enthusiastic jogger can put a real dent in your chances of conceiving or innocently drinking a glass of wine here and there.
So it’s time to take stock. Get some up to date tests done and a comprehensive analysis by your doctor. Come back and post the results along with some of the key facts about your cycle and I’d be more than happy to start working through that with you.
Good luck Sarom and thanks for stopping by and posting your question.
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