Learn the Signs of OvulationWhen you use natural family planning, you'll be watching for your body's signs of ovulation. Your body changes in specific ways as you get closer to ovulation - and it changes after ovulation has passed. Once you learn the signs of ovulation, you'll be able to create your own fertility chart to see when you are fertile or infertile. Ovulation is the main event in your fertility cycle. Your body changes in several, easy to observe ways as you get ready to ovulate.
Are you new to natural family planning? Click here to review key words like
ovulation, follicle, and corpus luteum in easy to understand terms.
And now for the big question...
Can You Predict Ovulation?Yes :) Learn to read the signs of ovulation in your body - and you will be able to identify the day that you are most likely to ovulate. As you go through your cycle - your hormone levels will change. They change as you get closer to ovulation, when you ovulate, and after you ovulate. You've probably seen those ovulation predictor kits. They work like pregnancy tests do - but they're testing for a different hormone. These tests are looking for the hormone changes that happen in your body around the time of ovulation. Do they work? Yes - they do. But here's what most people don't know...
Hormones Changes Cause Body ChangesWhen your hormones change - your body changes too. Hormones cause very reliable changes in your body. You can use those changes to tell if you are fertile or not.
Estrogen and progesterone are not the only female hormones that cause changes during your cycle. Click here to learn more about
important female hormones and how they play a role in your fertility cycle.
The changes in your body are very predictable and reliable. We don't need to measure your hormone levels to know you have ovulated - we just look for the changes in your body. Learn to read your body changes - and you will be able to predict ovulation without those expensive ovulation kits. There are three easily observable predictors of ovulation...
Ovulation Predictor #1: Cervical MucusCervical mucus is one of the best signs of ovulation. Checking your cervical mucus on a daily basis is an excellent way to predict ovulation. As you get closer to ovulation - your cervical mucus will change. Early in your fertility cycle - you may have no cervical mucus at all. As you get closer to ovulation - you will begin to have more mucus. You will notice the most cervical mucus on the day of ovulation.
Here's how you
check your cervical mucus.
Ovulation Predictor #2: Your CervixThe position of your cervix is another positive sign of ovulation. As you get closer to ovulation, your cervix will become softer, open slightly, and rise up slightly. You will need to make an internal check to determine the position and softness of your cervix. Don't worry if you don't know how to do this - most women have never done a cervix check.
Here's how you can
check position and softness of your cervix.
Ovulation Predictor #3: Basal Body TemperatureYour basal body temperature will go up - and stay up - after you have ovulated. While your cervical mucus and your cervix will start changing before you ovulate - your basal body temperature will rise after you have ovulated.
Learn more about
how your basal temperature changes through your fertility cycle.
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