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When Are You Fertile?

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Getting pregnant is rarely as simple as you would like it to be&period; For all the effort that goes into avoiding pregnancy when you’re not ready for it&comma; when the time comes for you to start a family&comma; you might find yourself wondering why you bothered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Today were taking a look at one of the major challenges of conception&colon; working out just when you are fertile&comma; so you can give yourself the best chance of getting pregnant when you want to&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>The Ovulation Cycle<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you’re getting interested in fertility&comma; ovulation has to be your first port of call&period; Ovulation is the keystone of your menstrual cycle&comma; the event that your whole body is preparing for&comma; and then reacting to at every other stage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you have a very regular cycle&comma; then it’s easy to know when you’re ovulating&period; You simply need to count the days from the beginning of your period and you know where you are in cycle at any one time&period; If your cycle is less than regular&comma; either simply because this is how your body works&comma; or due to a condition like Polycystic Ovary Syndrome&comma; then identifying this part of your cycle is even more important&period; If you ovulate less frequently&comma; you have less chances overall to get pregnant&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Pregnancy can only happen when active sperm meet a fertile egg&comma; and since an egg remains fertile for no more than 24 hours after ovulation&comma; you need to know when it’s due to maximise your chances of pregnancy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Identifying Ovulation<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Ovulation predictor kits &lpar;known as OPKs&rpar; are fast and convenient&comma; but they’re of limited use&period; If there’s any kind of hormone disruption affecting your cycle&comma; they throw off the accuracy of an OPK to the extent that it’s useless&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">A better way to identify and predict ovulation is to measure your Basal Body Temperature&period; This is the low temperature your body falls to during a long period of rest – such as when you sleep overnight&period; Measuring this temperature – first thing in the morning&comma; as soon as you wake up&comma; before you even move to prevent that low temperature being distorted – and plotting the data on a graph &lpar;or more simply&comma; using an app&rpar; will show you a pattern&period; A drop followed by a three day rise is an indicatory for ovulation&comma; as you become more familiar with this pattern you will be able to use it not just to identify ovulation&comma; but to predict it and make sure you’re getting the best chance of getting pregnant&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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