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Become an Ovulation Detective

10 Ways to Know You're Fertile

By Teri Brown

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Dr. Levi says that not all women experience this pain, only those women who perceive pain in response to the rupturing of the ovarian follicular cyst that houses the egg. Other women experience mid-cycle pain due to pelvic endometriosis, a condition that may cause inflammation of the pelvic reproductive organs. While most women with endometriosis have pain with their periods and pain with intercourse, some also report mid-cycle pain as well.

Other Ovulation Clues
According to Dr. Levi, women may note that their cervical mucous often changes as their estrogen levels rise just prior to ovulation. The mucous will thin out and become watery (it will resemble an egg white), which is conducive to the sperm traveling through the cervix and into the uterus and fallopian tube. "The amount of this thin mucous increases right up until ovulation," he says. "This is important since the sperm are able to survive the longest in the mucous when it is of a thin consistency (up to 72 hours or more), a significantly longer time than during the rest of the cycle. It is at this point in the cycle when fertility rates are at their highest."

Women can also perform daily morning temperature readings, more commonly known as basal body temperature (BBT) monitoring. After a woman ovulates, her temperature will rise (since after ovulation, progesterone is secreted, which is a thermogenic hormone, meaning a woman's "basal body temperature" will rise). In this way, women can monitor their BBTs and obtain a better understanding of when they ovulate each cycle.


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Become an Ovulation Detective by dont read my name on 01/06/2010 06:19AM

pregnancy is fun :) GRL PAWA

Become an Ovulation Detective by Sherl on 09/30/2009 12:58AM

Never thought of tracking my fertility. May buy an ovulation prediction test tomorrow. Thanks for the mind-opening article. Needed someone to wake me up. Not getting pregnant when you want to is a very depressing thing. Thx.

Re: Become an Ovulation Detective by anonymous on 03/18/2009 04:31PM

I would like to know what the tempature would be if you are trying to conceive?

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