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When is it normal to ovulate?
I am getting a bit confused here and need some understanding.
The first day of my last period was 6/16/2010 making my ovulation day on or around 6/25. I have a regular 28 days cycle and have always had my period when it was expected.
My partner and me had sex on 7/5/2010, now I am wondering if I could get pregnant since it was on one of my 'safe' days. I am have been reading conflicting reports and I am now very curious. My next period is scheduled for 7/14.
Thank you
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I have a nearly perfect 28 day cycle as well.
The truth?
Not ALL women ovulate on or even around day 14.
I actually ovulate around day 20.
Some other women ovulate during their periods, a few days after their period ends, or even right before their period.
The "normal" or "average" time to ovulate doesn't fit all women. It's just how life works. Nobody's body is perfect. This is why they say to have sex every 3 days when you're trying to get pregnant because if your ovulation day is off by quite some time you may still be able to catch it without having to purchase ovulation kits.
Your best bet to find out when you do ovulate, for sure? Purchase the over-the-counter ovulation prediction kits and use them for 6 months. Track them well on a calendar when they give you the "positive" sign of ovulation. Take your temperature each day and see if it increases when you ovulate. In 6 months you'll have a decent guestimate of when you typically ovulation. Some women do this and find out the exact day they ovulate.
Possible to be pregnant? Of course.
Average ovulation happens 14 days from the first day you get your period.
Average just doesn't mean always.
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There is always a risk of pregnancy. No method is perfect.
Using any method can decrease that risk no matter if your chosen method is watching your cycle and having sex when you're not ovulating, or things like the pill and condoms.
No matter what method you use there is always SOME degree of risk.
So is it possible you are pregnant?
Yes. It's possible. It's less likely then it would have been had you been ovulating, but it's still possible to get pregnant on one of your 'safe' days.
Even the very best statistics, from the people who really want you to use the cycle method or standard day method to avoid pregnancy, say it's only about 88% effective. The worse, and more realistic stats are more like 60% effective. Compare that to condoms and birth control, that are 94% or BETTER when used correctly and you'll see that the cycle method is just not the most reliable one out there.
No one can pull a number out of the air, but they'd be lying too you if they didn't say that it IS possible that you could get pregnant this way. It's always possible and the method you have chosen to avoid it is not one of the more reliable ones.
If you are concerned, get a pregnancy test. Maybe you didn't get pregnant this time, but I can only hope you wont trust this method in the future. Unless you don't mind getting pregnant, this is probably not a good method to rely on.
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