If you have a 28 day cycle, you ovulate around 2 weeks after you have your period. If your cycle is longer, add 1 day to the 2 weeks for each additional day of your cycle or if shorter, subtract a day. You should know that it is easier to say when you will get your period after ovulation: You usually get your period 14-15 days after ovulation.
While on the pill you don't have an ovulation cycle - the pill prevents ovulation. Once off the pill you can start tracking ovulation by cervical mucus changes and charting your menstrual cycle. Ovulation happens about 14 days prior to menstruation.
Usually you get PMS symptoms about a week before your period is due to start.
Yes, you can get pregnant. If you are having a period it mean your body is ovulation (releasing eggs), and can get pregnant. However the problem with such a long gap in cycles is it makes it harder to pinpoint ovulation. You can buy ovulation kits at any big store, Wlamart, Target, Rite-aid, CVS, and use it to help. Or you can track your cervix position and cervical mucus at home daily, yourself. It can be done.
I looked it up on wikipedia, and they gave me this long definition. I'm going to put it in simple terms. Ovulation is when a woman is on her period, has sex, and gets pregnant.
As long as you aren't nursing anymore, you can start whenever, here's the catch. If you start your birth control right after your period it is effective almost immediately (check with the brand of pill you are using) because ovulation hasn't occured yet, if you start the pill any other time it is not considered effective until after your next period as ovulation may have already occured thus you could become pregnant, again.
Typically, ovulation occurs around 12-16 days before the start of your next period. This is when the egg is released and can be fertilized. It's important to remember that sperm can survive in the female reproductive system for up to 5 days, so having sex in the days leading up to ovulation can result in fertilization.
A normal ovulation is when your LH phase is between 10-16 days long. This phase can not be counted from the 1st day of your period rather is is counted from you ovulation date to your period. This shows that the uterus has a healthy environment for immplantation. To determine when you ovulate you must temp or use OPK (Ovulation prediction kits)
If your menstrual cycle is 34 days long, ovulation typically occurs around 20 days after the first day of your last period. This is based on the general rule that ovulation happens about 14 days before the start of your next period. So, you would likely ovulate around day 20 of your cycle. However, individual variations can occur, so tracking other signs of ovulation can provide more accuracy.
Women have their luteal phase soon after ovulation is finished up to their first menstrual period. On average, women have a 14 days luteal phase. The normal luteal phase is 10-16 days. But if you want to get pregnant having 12 or higher luteal phase is ideal.
Roughly 14 days later - when your period starts
You don't get pregnant the day after your 2 day period. You can only get pregnant when you ovulate. Immediately after ovulation, the egg begins decaying. So sperm needs to be present as soon as ovulation occurs. However, sperm can live approximately 5 days, so it is possible that if you have sex after your period that the sperm could live long enough to reach ovulation day, if you ovulated early. Therefore, if you want to prevent pregnancy, you need to use birth control when having sex, since most women do not know when they ovulate and can not predict their ovulation day.
It can take anywhere from three to sixteen weeks before you start having a period, and could take up to two years before it normalizes again.