My doctor says that woman ovulate...?!
Question: My docstor says that women ovulate from 10 to 14 days counting from the first day of your period..but I thought that the length and time depending on the number of days between period(like 28, 30, 32, ect..)...so how is it?
Answers: My docstor says that women ovulate from 10 to 14 days counting from the first day of your period..but I thought that the length and time depending on the number of days between period(like 28, 30, 32, ect..)...so how is it?
The days in a period cycle are counted from the first day of the period until the first day of the next period. However many days that ends up being is considered the cycle interval. Average is about 28 days, give or take a few either way. If you have a 28 day cycle, regularly, you are ovulating somewhere between day 10 and 14 after that period started. If your period normally runs say 30 days, then you ovulate most likely between day 11 and 15- roughly midway through the cycle. Of course, given the fair size window of possible ovulation, and the time that sperm can survive, and the fact that cycles can vary a day or so normally month to month- well, that's why the rhythm method isn't such a good reliable form of birth control.
It happens before and when the egg goes unfertilized through the uterus, as it stays in the fallopian tubes and is usually fertilized there, the lining is discarded along with the egg during your period.
So, the doctor was right.
Most women ovulate about halfway between the start of one period and the start of the next. So you are right that it does depend on cycle length, but as the average cycle length is 28 days that is where the 14 days comes from.
In general, MOST women will ovulate on CD 10-14. MOST. Definitely not all - I ovulate on CD 18 of a 28-day cycle.
Every woman is different. If you want to know when you ovulate, chart your cycles and temperatures shifts.
Oh, and to the previous poster - Natural Family Planning is 99% effective when practiced correctly. I know - four years and counting of no babies, after having a "suprise" while using artificial BC methods.