Pregnancy Information : Calculating Date of Ovulation

Calculating a date of ovulation requires keeping track of cervical mucous changes, body temperature changes and the cycle days, as ovulation usually occurs during day 14 of a 28-day menstrual cycle. Find out when you are ovulating with helpful information from a certified nurse-midwife in this free video on pregnancy.

Expert: Mavis Schorn
Contact: www.vanderbiltnursemidwives.org
Bio: Mavis N. Schorn, CNM, PhD, is a certified nurse-midwife and director of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nurse-Midwifery educational program in Nashville, Tenn.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

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so you're curious when it is that you're
ovulating
this is maybe a short professor and
certified nurse midwife from Vanderbilt
University School of Nursing
here to try to help you figure that out
well
if you have regular menstrual cycles
that really helps
I'm and every woman cycles a little
differently on
average most women have a Mistral period
every 28 days
we ought to be a late between our
menstrual cycles
usually on day 14 what that means is if
you're for the first day of your period
is day one
and you count four day 14 then that's a
brown the day a population
that's also assuming a 28-day cycle
some other signs you can look at this to
find figure out if
if this is the right time for you are
you may notice that your cervical mucus
changes
when you get towards time the population
are when you're actually producing an
egg it becomes clear and slimy like
and if you even look under the
microscope but that it's got
it's got channels in there that it
actually helps burn get up to your aid
so what you notice at that mid cycle
time is that
click a white berry Shannon slimy and
then something else you can do that
takes a little more time is you can
check your temperature
you need to use a what's called a basil
body temperature thermometer
and you need it it's different than the
regular there are digital ones in their
mercury ones but it should say basal
body temperature
because at that temperature changes very
subtle it's about a half a degree to a
degree
increase in the second half for the
cycle if you bought the elated
so it's something that you do you check
your temperature first thing in the
morning
every day and chart that if you chart it
you'll see how your temperature rises
if you are the late in the second half
the cycle a some people ask about
ovulation kits I'll tell you I'm not a
big proponent of those because they're
very expensive
and you have to use them over time and
people
typically don't get pregnant the first
top first month a try
so then you're using a lot of kids over
time and it costs a lot
so the advantage of using you're looking
for cervical mucus
even your thermometer checking the
calendar his it's cheap
you get to know your own body and and it
works for me
for most people now keep in mind that
your first baby in may take six to 12
months
in order to get pregnant the first time
if you're over 35
may want to talk to your about midwife
for physician
and come see how long that you want to
wait before you look into any other
assistance in getting pregnant