Top Symptoms of Ovulation: Key Signs During Your Ovulation Period

Every woman who wants to conceive, wants to know the very crucial days of ovulation or fertile days. Ovulation is the time when an egg is released from the ovary, and during this time you ideally want sperms present in the fallopian tube to fertilise the egg. Typically, these fertile days come after your period and if you carefully observe your body, you'll notice telltale signs of ovulation.

Understanding ovulation symptoms and having intercourse regularly will help if you're trying to conceive. It's true that recognising the exact days of ovulation can be precarious but there are ways to determine it by understanding and recognising your ovulation symptoms.

Here are some signs of ovulation that will help you determine your most fertile days after periods.

• Cervical mucus
• Increase in libido
• Increase in basal body temperature
• Breast tenderness
• Ovulation pain

Your cervix typically secretes more mucus than usual when you approach ovulation. And not just that, the consistency of cervical mucus changes as well. It becomes more like that of raw egg whites and is also known as ovulation discharge. This is a common and most referred-to sign of ovulation. Maintaining a chart of your cervical mucus consistency will help you recognise a pattern and also recognise ovulation discharge, which will further help you predict your days of ovulation.

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It is believed that a woman has an increased sexual desire when she nears ovulation. Of course, this is a sensitive ovulation symptom and various factors such as mental health and stress can hamper these intuitive feelings.

When your body is completely at rest, you can measure your basal body temperature. Typically, your basal temperature will increase after you ovulate, and recording your basal temperature daily and consistently can help you notice this sign of ovulation. However, you must remember that this requires strict discipline and the temperature must be recorded every morning at the same time. Also factors such as your diet, exercise, sleeping habits, hormone level etc. can affect your basal temperature.

The hormones produced by your body after ovulation causes your breast to feel tender to the touch. While this does not happen to every woman, it happens to most. You can use this ovulation symptom to ascertain that ovulation has most likely occurred.

Ever experienced pain in your lower abdomen, similar to period cramps, and wondered if you've got your periods mid cycle but actually haven't? Chances are that you're experiencing ovulation pain, which is a sharp, temporary pain you experience just before you ovulate.

Similar to an at-home pregnancy test kit which provides results in a matter of minutes, an ovulation kit too provides instant results. It also works in a similar manner wherein you urinate on a stick and the results show you whether you're ovulating or not. This is a popular way to detect ovulation among couples eager to get pregnant as they are simpler, more reliable and provide results faster. However, they can get a bit expensive.

Your ovulation or fertile period lasts for around four-five days and determining it can prove to be tricky for some. It is important to understand your body to recognise its signs of ovulation. If you're having trouble, we suggest you speak to a gynaecologist who will be able to help and guide you.

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FAQ's

Calculating your menstrual cycle and ovulation is quite easy. Your menstrual cycle is the total number of days starting from day 1 of your last period when you bleed to day 1 of your next period. Subtract 14 days from the end of your menstrual cycle and you will get a date when you are likely to ovulate. You can also use the ALWAYS Period Calculator to know when your next period is due.

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