Ready to have a baby? Experts agree that determining when you're ovulating is the single most important factor in getting pregnant quickly. But with so many methods out there " from charting your basal body temperature to using an ovulation predictor kit " where does a woman start?
The general rule of thumb is that women ovulate 14 days before their next period. A normal menstrual cycle will last between 23 and 35 days...
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harting Basal Body Temperature (BBT)
A woman's body temperature drops slightly at the time of her luteinizing hormone (LH) rise, and then goes up significantly...
hecking Cervical Mucus (CM)
As the estrogen level rises in the first half of your cycle, your mucus changes from sticky to creamy to a thin, watery, stretchy consistency. Ovulation occurs when copious amounts of this thin, stretchy discharge is present...
Ovulation Predictor Kits (OPKs)
OPKs use special chemicals to recognize a surge of LH in your urine, indicating that ovulation will occur in about 24 to 36 hours...
Clearblue Fertility Monitor
At $200 to $250 per monitor, plus about $50 for test sticks, this is the BMW of ovulation predictor methods...
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