How to calculate ovulation period if menstruation is irregular?

Nowadays, many women who are preparing for pregnancy will calculate the time of intercourse based on their ovulation period to increase the chances of successful conception. For women with normal menstruation, they can calculate their ovulation period based on the time of their last menstruation. Generally, ovulation occurs 14 days before the next menstruation. So what is ovulation?

What is ovulation?

The ovulation period is when the ovaries of normal women of childbearing age release a mature egg every month. Women with normal menstrual cycles have only one ovulation period per month, and it is relatively regular. If a woman's menstrual cycle is irregular, it will be difficult to determine the ovulation period. Therefore, knowing your ovulation date in advance plays an important role in helping women conceive.

How to calculate ovulation period for irregular menstruation? There are three main methods:

Basal body temperature measurement

Measuring basal body temperature can help you understand your ovulation time, which is also a very convenient way. Basic body temperature measurement refers to measuring oral body temperature after about 6 hours of sleep, when you wake up and do not engage in other activities. Connecting the body temperatures on the test dates into a line is the basal body temperature curve.

The normal basal body temperature curve for ovulation is a biphasic curve with obvious high temperature and low temperature areas. Generally speaking, ovulation occurs on the day when the basal body temperature is lower, which is related to the hormone secretion in the body.

Ovulation test strip monitoring method

There is also a more convenient monitoring method in daily life, which is the ovulation test paper monitoring method. If the test line is stronger than or as strong as the standard line, it means that the woman is about to ovulate. However, the standards for ovulation test strips are not consistent, and each person's specific situation is different, and the accuracy of ovulation test strips may be relatively low.

B-ultrasound monitoring ovulation method

Through B-ultrasound monitoring, the development of follicles and ovulation can be visually observed. If you just want to understand the ovulation situation, you can do an ultrasound monitoring once before and after ovulation; if you want to understand the ovulation situation and the development of follicles at the same time, then at least one cycle of regular monitoring is required.