How to Calculate Your Ovulation

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Ovulation is when a female's ovary releases an egg ready to be fertilized by a man's sperm. A woman ovulates one time per month, and this is the only time when she can become pregnant if the egg is fertilized. If your period is regular, it can be easy to calculate when this ovulation takes place so as to plan pregnancy or avoid pregnancy.

Steps

1. Note the date that you start your period
2. Count 14 days from the first day of your period, this is the day that you will ovulate if your period is regular each month.
3. To avoid pregnancy, do not have sex around this date (+/- three or four days before and after ovulation.
4. To get pregnant, have sex as much as possible during the days surrounding your ovulation.

Tips

• This only works if your period is regular.

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