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Home › Articles › Tracking Your Fertility › Become an Ovulation Detective

Become an Ovulation Detective

10 Ways to Know You're Fertile

By Teri Brown

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  • Changes in Cervical Mucous: Cervical mucous becomes copious, clear and stretchy.
  • Mid-cycle Cramps: This may signal that ovulation is occurring or has occurred.
  • Basal Body Temperature (BBT): This is only good to signal that ovulation has already occurred. The general rule is that you have ovulated when your temperature rises 0.2 degrees higher than any temperature from the previous 6 days, and it stays elevated for at least 3 consecutive days after ovulation.
  • Changes in the Cervix: During the beginning of your cycle, your cervix is low, hard and closed. As ovulation takes place, it pulls up, softens and opens just a bit. You can check with two fingers and track what it feels like. Along with the other clues, this can be a good indicator of ovulation.
  • Changes in Emotions: Because of the shift in hormones, many women become moody during ovulation. If you get moody during the middle of your cycle, you may be such a woman.
  • Breast Tenderness: Many women get breast tenderness and pain during ovulation. Again, this is caused by the hormone shift.
  • Increased Sex Drive: An amplified libido is often a sign of ovulation.
  • Swollen Vulva: Some women experience a swollen vagina or labia during ovulation.
  • Bloating: Some signs of ovulation mimic the signs of PMS, and many women feel bloated during this time.


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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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