What are the symptoms of ovulation? Some girls clearly feel any changes in their own body, whether it is the approaching of critical days, ovulation, that is, the period when the body is ready for conception, or the onset of pregnancy (before the delay). Others do not even know if they ovulate in principle. But this problem can cause the couple to be unable to have a baby for a long time. Fortunately, stimulating ovulation and other ways to become parents can help such couples.
What symptoms does a woman feel before ovulation? This is necessary for couples planning to have a baby in the near future. There are several signs of a period when conception is more likely to occur. Some of them can only be determined with the help of a doctor, others are individual. But first, let's talk about what ovulation is, how it relates to the possibility of becoming pregnant. Then consider what symptoms of ovulation are.
Of course, you need to touch on another topic. If conception has occurred, what symptoms does the expectant mother feel after ovulation? How to determine pregnancy before delay? All this will be discussed in detail later.
What is ovulation
All women of reproductive age (from the first menstruation to the onset of menopause) with a certain regularity in the body there are changes that are called the menstrual cycle. The duration of the cycle is on average 28 days, an individual norm is from 21 to 35 days. In the menstrual phase of the cycle (the first 3-6 days), bleeding from the uterine cavity occurs, so the membrane is rejected, to which the egg should be attached in case of conception.
The follicular phase begins on the first day of the cycle (like the menstrual), it lasts an average of 14 days. At this time, the formation of a follicle occurs in the female body, in which another egg matures. Also, in the follicular phase, the process of endometrial buildup begins, which was rejected on critical days.
Next comes the ovulatory phase. This is the time when a woman may be wondering what symptoms she may feel during ovulation. Ovulation is the exit from a mature follicle of a mature egg, which is ready for fertilization. Some women may experience certain sensations during this period, but everything is purely individual. A doctor can determine exactly whether ovulation has occurred. You can also use a special test, but they sometimes lie. The methods for determining ovulation will be discussed later.
The last phase of the menstrual cycle is luteal, lasting 11-16 days. In this phase, the female body actively produces estrogen and progesterone - hormones that prepare the body for pregnancy. At the same time, some women can feel PMS (premenstrual syndrome). This set of symptoms is associated with changes in the hormonal background before critical days.
Ovulation and Conception
Ovulation and pregnancy are phenomena that are closely related. It is on the day the mature egg leaves the follicle that pregnancy is most likely to occur. This is the shortest phase of the cycle, which lasts only 24 to 48 hours. The date of ovulation must be known to those who plan to have a baby in the near future.
It is believed that sexual contact on the day of ovulation is ineffective if the couple wants to become parents. The fact is that sperm can live in the female body for up to a week after sex. There are good chances of conception even if sex was five to six days before ovulation. Experts recommend to couples who want to conceive a child the frequency of sexual intercourse after about a day between 8-10 to 23-25 ​​days of the menstrual cycle.
Of course, it is not necessary to say that intimate contact must be without contraception (otherwise pregnancy will not occur), as well as be accompanied by ejaculation of a man.
Definition of ovulation
Doesn't conception happen? Perhaps the problem is the incorrect determination of the day of ovulation. Therefore, when planning a child, it is very important to learn how to determine the day X when pregnancy is most likely. What symptoms does a woman feel on the day of ovulation, how to determine the yield of a mature egg by herself or with the help of a doctor?
There are several ways to help determine ovulation with varying degrees of accuracy:
- Calendar method. This is the so-called natural method of family planning. The method is suitable for women with a regular menstrual cycle. For this, calculations are carried out on the basis of data on the duration of the cycle for the last 8-12 months. The beginning of the period when pregnancy is possible is calculated by subtracting 18 from the duration of the shortest cycle for the entire observation period. The end of the period when it is possible to conceive a child is the day that will turn out if you subtract 11 from the duration of the longest cycle. So, for example, if the longest cycle lasted 35 days, and the shortest - 27, pregnancy is most likely from 9 to 24 days. At this time, you need to increase the frequency of sexual intercourse.
- Individual sensations. Here, everything is not so simple, because a woman may not feel anything special during ovulation. What are the symptoms of ovulation? The most common symptoms are pain in the lower abdomen, an increase in sexual desire. Details on the possible manifestations of the most effective period for conception will be discussed later.
- Graph of basal temperature. Maintaining a BT schedule will help determine not only ovulation, but also conception, implantation of an embryo in the uterine cavity, and pregnancy before delay. The only drawback of the method is that you need to determine the temperature at the same time every day. In addition, some experts argue that the method has already lost relevance.
- Using an ovulation test. A home ovulation test determines the level of LH in a woman’s urine. It works the same as with a pregnancy test. The test determines ovulation 24-36 hours before its actual onset, which allows you not to miss the most necessary time, as this can happen with BT schedules, on which day X is visible only after a couple more days of observation.
- Ultrasound monitoring the growth of the follicle. This is the medical method that is most accurate in determining ovulation. The procedure is carried out every 2-3 days, starting from about the 7th day of the cycle. So, it is possible to predict the release date of a mature egg precisely.
- Dynamic determination of the level of LH (luteinizing hormone). This is the same test that can be done at home, but in a medical facility.
BT measurement
What are the symptoms of ovulation? This will not matter if you measure BT, enter the measurement data into the graph and observe the resulting graph. From the first cycle, this may not work, so it takes 2-3 months to understand how to make a schedule and correctly read it. In addition, when using oral contraceptives, measuring BT does not make sense, since it will not be regulated by the woman’s own hormones.
For reliability, the basal temperature must be measured every day at the same time. This is done immediately after waking up. You can’t even get out of bed, so you need to knock down a thermometer in the evening and put it on a bedside table or just somewhere nearby. By the way, a digital thermometer is also suitable, but during the whole cycle you need to measure the temperature with only one thermometer (either mercury or electronic).
The nose of the thermometer must be inserted into the anus. If mercury is used, you need to wait 5 minutes, if electronic - before the sound signal. Results should be immediately plotted. You can keep it on paper or in the application for a smartphone, which is much more convenient.
Normally, in a woman, from the first day of menstruation until the end of the bleeding, the temperature decreases from about 37 degrees to 36.3-36.5. When the germ cell matures and ovulation occurs, BT within 3-4 days rises to 37, -37.3 degrees Celsius. Throughout the second half of the cycle, the schedule remains relatively stable, only before the next critical days the temperature drops to 37 degrees or slightly lower. Of course, the figures are approximate, everything is individual here, but the changes should be visible.
Sensations during ovulation
What are the symptoms of ovulation? Day X, as a rule, is marked by sharp, but short-term pains in the lower abdomen (as before the onset of critical days), as well as increased libido - sexual desire. Discomfort in the lower abdomen during this period of the cycle is called ovulatory syndrome. Especially sensitive women feel it as distinctly as PMS. It is important that such pain should be felt as discomfort, but not just as pain. If the sensations are strong, then this may be a sign of various gynecological diseases.
What symptoms of ovulation in women can still be expressed? One of the most accurate signs is discharge, or rather, a change in their nature. During ovulation, they look like raw egg white, they are stretching and transparent, which ensures the rapid entry of sperm to an already matured egg. Before ovulation and after menstruation, vaginal discharge is initially insignificant, then they become creamy, then watery, and only then mucous, transparent and lasting.
What symptoms during ovulation will still help determine that the body is ready for conception? The position of the cervix, for example, is also an accurate sign. You need to determine the position daily, at about the same time, be sure to wash your hands well with an intimate or antibacterial soap before the procedure. Before ovulation, the cervix is ​​dry, closed, firm and lowered; as day X approaches, it becomes wet, soft, the canal opens, and the cervix itself rises slightly.
The remaining signs that a woman can feel are already considered secondary. What symptoms during ovulation in girls can be observed? This, for example, may be:
- hypersensitivity and slight soreness of the chest;
- increased sexual desire;
- surge of strength, energy;
- aggravation of the senses (vision, hearing, taste, tactile sensations);
- water retention in the body and minor swelling.
What symptoms may be characteristic of ovulation? Some women notice small spotting. This situation is the result of a sudden drop in estrogen hormone levels before ovulation occurs. Minor spotting may also be present with a lack of progesterone.
Medical signs
As already mentioned above, the doctor can accurately determine the day when fertilization is most likely. For this, ultrasound is regularly performed using a vaginal probe. Studies begin to do from about 7 days of the cycle. Ultrasound is performed every 2-3 days.
By the way, even using such an accurate method to determine ovulation, it is important to listen to your feelings. What symptoms do you feel with ovulation detected by ultrasound? Record your feelings in a special calendar. What are the symptoms after ovulation? Note this too. If you cannot conceive a child in this cycle, then you will already know your feelings in advance, so that in the future you will try to determine day X yourself.
Test use
Home tests to determine the most suitable period for conception can be started from about 11 days of the cycle. With a long menstrual cycle (about 35 days), their use can be delayed until 18 days. Tests give good results with daily use. The best result can be obtained if you combine tests with ultrasound. As soon as the follicle reaches 18-20 mm by ultrasound, you can begin to do tests every day, and until this point this is not necessary.
The test can be performed at any time of the day, but it is best to always do this at the same time. Before the test, you need to refrain from urinating for about 4 hours. Excessive fluid intake should also be avoided, which can reduce the reliability of the result. One strip on the test means that ovulation has not yet occurred. Two bars mean that the level of LH has increased, we can expect the onset of ovulation in the near future. You can begin to attempt to conceive.
Symptoms of Conception
What symptoms of ovulation in women can occur have been discussed above. Now let's talk about how feelings of conception can be noted and how to determine that a pregnancy has come before the delay of menstruation. So, ovulation has occurred. What symptoms of conception can be distinguished? Many of them may turn out to be unpleasant, but these are the features of the new state.
The main symptom of pregnancy, of course, is a delay in menstruation. But this is not the only sign that the conception has taken place.
It is possible to determine that conception has occurred by minor bleeding. More precisely, not even by bleeding (as during menstruation), but by minor spotting (when daily pads are enough). This may be a sign of implantation of the fetal egg into the uterine cavity. This usually happens 1-3 days after conception.
Symptoms during conception after ovulation include:
- slight malaise;
- drowsiness (the body needs more strength);
- increased breast sensitivity;
- "Fullness" in the lower abdomen;
- distraction, fatigue;
- tingling sensations in the uterus;
- aversion to odors, a change in taste preferences;
- headache;
- maintaining BT at a level above 37 degrees;
- back pain;
- bowel disorder;
- frequent urination.
Of course, far from all the signs may appear, but only 2-3, they may not appear at all until the delay of menstruation. Everything here is purely individual. Some women claim that they clearly felt the moment of fertilization of the egg (this does not occur during intercourse, but 20-40 minutes after ejaculating a man), while others do not feel that they are pregnant until the baby begins to push.
What are the symptoms of pregnancy after ovulation? Most often, women notice an increase in breast sensitivity, drowsiness and a feeling of "fullness" in the abdomen before a delay. Aversion to odors and nausea are visited only by those who experience early toxicosis. Other future mothers will feel all these signs later.
Signs of pregnancy
The true signs of pregnancy are clear and understandable. Women who have been trying to get pregnant for a long time may feel some special symptoms even immediately after sexual intercourse, but experts say that in the first days the expectant mother still can not feel the signs of pregnancy. All the while the egg is in the fallopian tubes, the female body will not feel that conception has occurred. These signs will appear only after the transformation of the zygote into the embryo and its attachment to the uterine cavity. A woman can begin to feel the "fullness" of the uterus only five to six weeks after fertilization, when it will already be clear that the pregnancy has already begun.
Methods for determining pregnancy
What symptoms after ovulation indicate that a woman will become a mother in nine months? This, of course, a delay in menstruation is the most obvious and accurate sign. Delay occurs when pregnancy is already 3-4 weeks. It is at this time that you can already conduct a home test. It is the most popular way of determining an “interesting position,” but not the only one. What to do if you want to know about your situation as soon as possible? There are ways to help determine a successful conception a couple of days before the delay of menstruation.
A blood test for hCG is also performed. In the blood, the “pregnancy hormone” appears earlier than in the urine (a home test strip determines the level of the hormone in the urine, while a laboratory blood test will give more accurate results earlier), so that using hCG analysis in dynamics you can determine that conception has occurred , even a couple of days before the delay. It will help to determine the "interesting position" and the examination of the gynecologist, but the method is effective only from 4-5 weeks.