1 & 2 Weeks Pregnant
Your Pregnancy Week by Week
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Just a Twinkle In Your Eye

Your Cycle, Ovulation & Hormones
Your monthly cycle starts and is measured from the first day of one period, until the first day of the next. A normal cycle should be about 28-32 days, but many women vary from this number to some degree. Ovulation will occur in the middle of this number - usually about 12 to 16 days from the first day of your last period. If you are unsure when you ovulate and would like to find the ideal time to conceive (or use extra caution), keep a calendar of your cycle length for a few months to find your average. While these are your most fertile days, conception can occur at any time during your monthly cycle, and on a different day within each month. Ovulation patterns may also shift if you have a month or two of excess stress, illness, or changes in hormones.Signs of ovulation may be easy to spot for some women. One of the most obvious ways to know you are ovulating is to pay attention to your vaginal secretions. When you ovulate, secretions become thinner and increase in amount. Almost mucus -like, this discharge is very stretchy and slippery. These secretions, though a bit unpleasant, are key to helping sperm migrate through the female reproductive tract to meet an egg. Another symptom of ovulation may be a twinge of pain either on the left or right side of the central abdomen in the middle of your cycle. This pain, known as mittelschmerz in German simply means "middle pain". Other women report light spotting around the time of ovulation as well.
For a pregnancy to occur, every cycle and every hormone must release and be timed correctly. Some women know first-hand that this process is easier said than done. Other women seem to make babies with ease. No matter if you are trying to get pregnant, or avoid it, being able to understand your body's cycles is key to your fertility. If you are trying to conceive, visit www.CountdownToPregnancy.com to track your cycles, record and compare your symptoms and may be helpful in tracking your own body's patterns and ovulation cycles. If your goal is to one day see those famous two lines, knowing your body will be the key to pregnancy success.
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