How do you know if you are ovulating? What are the symptoms of anovulation?

Ovulation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women. When a woman ovulates, she will definitely have her period. However, some women have their period but do not ovulate. So how do they know if they are not ovulating?

How do you know if you ovulate?

For women with regular menstrual cycles, ovulation usually occurs about 14 days before menstruation. To be on the safe side, we call the 5 days before and 4 days after ovulation, together with the ovulation day, a total of 10 days, the ovulation period.

Therefore, women can go to the hospital to check whether they have ovulated about 10 days after their menstruation.

If you don’t want to go to the hospital for examination, you can use the following methods:

1. Determination of basal body temperature. Measure your temperature every morning when you wake up, before exercising or eating. Do this for at least three months, and measure your temperature every morning when you wake up, before getting out of bed. It is found that the body temperature measured in the morning after ovulation is one degree higher than that before ovulation, that is, there is a sudden increase in body temperature. This is because the progesterone level increases after ovulation, causing the body temperature to rise.

2. Some women are more sensitive and may feel a dull pain in one (or both) ovaries during ovulation.

3. In addition, the amount of leucorrhea will increase during ovulation.

How do you know if you ovulate?

1. Observe cervical mucus:

After the menstruation is over, the cervical mucus is often thick but in a small amount, or even with no mucus, which is called the "dry period", indicating a non-ovulation period. In the middle of the menstrual cycle, with the changes in endocrine secretions, the mucus increases and becomes thinner, and vaginal secretions increase, which is called the "wet period". As ovulation approaches, the mucus becomes clear, smooth and elastic, like egg white, with high stringiness and not easy to break. The last day of the appearance of this mucus ± 48 hours is the ovulation day. Therefore, when the vagina feels moist, it is the ovulation period, also known as the fertile period." Planned conception should be chosen during the moist period before ovulation."

2. Measure basal body temperature:

Women's basal body temperature changes periodically. The increase in basal body temperature after ovulation can indicate that ovulation has occurred. Ovulation generally occurs in the process of basal body temperature rising from low to high before it rises. The three days when the basal body temperature is at an elevated level is the fertile stage. However, this method can only indicate that ovulation has occurred, and cannot predict when ovulation will occur.

It is worth noting that the basal body temperature must be measured and recorded after 6 hours of adequate sleep, before waking up and before engaging in any activities. Any special circumstances may affect the change in basal body temperature and should be recorded, such as sexual intercourse the night before, a recent cold, etc. It is necessary to test repeatedly and connect the points with lines.

Under normal circumstances, the body temperature rises by 0.3-0.5℃ after ovulation, which is called biphasic body temperature. If there is no ovulation, the body temperature will not rise, and the body temperature will remain low throughout the cycle, which is called monophasic body temperature.

If your menstruation is irregular or your lifestyle is irregular, such as night shifts, business trips, insomnia, mood changes, illness, etc., this method cannot be used to determine whether ovulation has occurred.

It is very important for young women to correctly grasp the ovulation period: if you want to get pregnant, start from the first day of the ovulation period and maintain a frequency of having sex every two days. If you persist for a few months, you will generally get pregnant unless there are special circumstances. Women who do not want to get pregnant need to miss having sex during these days.