Ovulation and pregnancy: when to do the test? When is conception after ovulation?

An article in plain language tells you what a woman needs to know about ovulation and how this information will help her to become pregnant.

Almost any girl who wants to get pregnant at some point comes to questions about ovulation. Understanding the essence and meaning of ovulation, you can influence your pregnancy.

What is ovulation in women?

Since the article is aimed at women who do not have special knowledge in this field, the concept of ovulation will be revealed in a simple and accessible language.

The ovulation of in a woman is the time when the egg ready for fertilization leaves the ovary into the fallopian tube, i.e.moves towards the sperm.

Even more simple language ovulation - these are the hours in which spermatozoa can meet with a ripe egg, and as a result - can be conceived. For the onset of pregnancy, the presence of ovulation - is a prerequisite for .

Therefore, knowing the time of ovulation can allow a woman to influence the 3 situation :

• She can get pregnant faster if she wants. Read more about when pregnancy may occur, read below
• It may thus exclude pregnancy. That is, to exclude unprotected sexual intercourse during the period of ovulation. But this method is very doubtful, since all methods of determining ovulation do not allow to determine the exact time of onset and termination of ovulation. And besides, spermatozoa can enter the cavity before ovulation and live there a short time before ovulation. Consequence - pregnancy
• Plan the sex of the child. This is not a scientifically proven method for planning the sex of a child. But, nevertheless, many sources say that on the day of ovulation you can conceive a boy. And a day or two before the onset of ovulation you can conceive a girl

IMPORTANT: Understanding the process of ovulation can be very beneficial for a woman. How to determine the day of ovulation read in articles When a woman is ovulating? How to determine ovulation at basal temperature?and All about tests for ovulation. How to properly do an ovulation test?

How many days before ovulation can I get pregnant?

• This question can often be found on the forums. But I just want to say right away that either the question is incorrect or you can give it a definite answer no.
• You can not get pregnant before ovulation, as pregnancy without an egg is impossible
• It will be more correct to say that sexual intercourse can be done before ovulation and pregnancy can come
• The essence of is that spermatozoa remain viable for 2 to 7 days. This term is purely individual. So, if the sexual act is performed before ovulation for 3 days, then the spermatozoon continues to live, waiting for the egg. And three days later, when ovulation occurs and the ovule enters the fallopian tube, a viable sperm fertilizes the ovum

. To answer how many days a successful sexual intercourse can take, you need to know how much the sperm will live. And you probably can not know this for sure. But according to statistics, the life expectancy of a spermatozoon on average varies from 3 to 5 days.

IMPORTANT: Hence the conclusion - it is most realistic to conceive if the sexual act is performed 3-5 days before ovulation. The day before ovulation - the chance to become pregnant 31%, for two days - 27%.The earlier the ovulation is completed the sexual act - the less the chance of becoming pregnant

Since the activity of spermatozoa in men is different, then for the greatest probability you can attempt to conceive a child 3 days before ovulation, then on the day of ovulation. So, if spermatozoa that fall into the tube 3 days before ovulation die, then the spermatozoids trapped in the tube cavity on the day of ovulation will be fertilized. And if they do not die, then the chance of fertilization of the ovum increases twofold, since spermatozoa also differ in function.

Probability to become pregnant after ovulation

Doctors answer this question unequivocally: to become pregnant after ovulation can not be .There is a clear explanation:

• The egg lives 24-48 hours, after which it dies
• The dead egg can not be fertilized by itself.

IMPORTANT: But you can get pregnant after the egg is directly released into the tubular cavity during the life of the egg;the average first 24-48 hours

How many days after ovulation can I get pregnant?

The answer to the question is disclosed briefly and clearly in the previous section.

How many days does the egg live after ovulation?

Immediately after the release of the egg into the fallopian tube, it can continue its life 24-48 hours.

All numbers are exclusively individual. But she can not live more than 48 hours.

Ovulation is, and pregnancy does not occur: the causes of

The reasons for the absence of pregnancy can be divided into two groups:

• Health problems
• Psychological problems

Female health problems:

• Obstruction of the fallopian tubes. This is a situation where the fallopian tube in some place is mere language. A ripe oocyte comes out to meet the sperm. The sperm moves to the fallopian tube. But their meeting does not happen due to lack of passage. This situation is the reason not to become pregnant in 30% of women. You can find out this on an appropriate examination by a doctor. The situation is reparable, although it requires a small surgical intervention of
• Endometriosis. Another common cause is not the onset of pregnancy, which is also reparable. Its essence is that the endometrium( this is the wall to which a fertilized egg should attach) is too thin, unable to attach an egg to itself. This is often solved by taking hormonal medications that result in thickening of the endometrium and pregnancy occurs

Male health problems:

• Spermatozoa are not active enough. This is the most frequent situation. Confirm or refute suspicions can spermogram. The situation is corrected by taking medications
• Insufficient number of active spermatozoa. Spermogram will also help to identify violations. And the doctor will help to conduct the appropriate treatment
• Having serious sexual infections

IMPORTANT: If you have health problems it is obvious that you should find an experienced doctor who will prescribe an effective treatment for you

Psychological problems.

When a woman can not get pregnant for a long time, she starts looking for reasons in her health, doing a lot of tests, buying up tests for ovulation, measuring the basal temperature daily in anticipation of ovulation.

All this leads her to nervousness, which is often the reason for the long absence of pregnancy. Sexual intercourse is not a source of pleasure and close contact with a beloved husband, but an obligatory ritual surrounded on all sides by thermometers and tests.

On the forums, you can meet many stories about how a woman could get pregnant only when she dropped her arms and let things slide.

IMPORTANT: Relax. You are a woman who is all well with health. So you will become pregnant. Enjoy the contact with her husband. Cease to lead a sexual life on the schedule of ovulation. Stop taking the tests again and again. You'll see, letting go of the situation pregnancy will come faster than you thought

When to do a pregnancy test after ovulation?

• Pregnancy tests are based on determining the level of the hormone hCG in a woman's body. This hormone begins to be produced on the 6th to 8th day after conception. This means that before the 6 days after the conception of the meaning to do the test there is no
• On the 7-8th day it is already possible to make a blood test for the level of hCG in the blood
• Starting from 6-8 days after conception, the hCG hormone begins to grow exponentially every 24-48 hours
• Will the pregnancy test show these days depends on the test chosen. Tests differ in their sensitivity. For more expensive tests, enough concentration of the hormone in the blood 10 mIU / ml. And for others, a concentration of 25 mIU / ml

is needed. Thus, by mathematical calculations, it is possible to determine approximately on what day your test will show the result:

• On day 8 after conception, the hCG level reaches 2 mIU / ml
• On day 10, 4 mIU / ml
• Day 12 - 8 mIU / mL
• On day 14 - 16 mIU / mL
• On day 16, 32 mIU / mL

The most sensitive test will show the coveted though weak strip for 13 days already. Less sensitive - on day 15.

IMPORTANT: The body of each woman is individual. Therefore, the calculations above are rather arbitrary. In this regard, the most reliable thing to do is to make a sensitive test for the first day of delay. Why make yourself nervous, because you may be pregnant

What will show the test for ovulation during pregnancy?

In the presence of pregnancy, the test for ovulation can only be negative. This is due to the laws of nature. When pregnancy occurs, the egg no longer ripens, so the corresponding hormone is no longer produced, and therefore the test can not determine it.

Although in practice there are cases when the test showed a positive result. This can happen for several reasons:

• The woman has mixed up the test for ovulation and pregnancy
• The woman takes some drugs that can affect the test results
• The test turned out to be defective

IMPORTANT: In any case, a positive test for ovulation during pregnancy should not scare you

Basal temperature after ovulation, if fertilization occurred

• To understand the point, it should be noted that the basal temperature depends on the level of progesterone in the body
• Before ovulation, the temperaturewill be up to 37 ° C( the exact values ​​are individual).On the day of ovulation and after the level of progesterone rises, and hence the basal temperature rises by 0.4 - 0.6 C. This it lasts until the onset of menstruation
• The first 6-8 days after conception in the woman's body, the following process occurs: a fertilized egg moves to the uterus and is attachedto its walls already as an embryo. During this period, nothing special happens with the body, that is, the body does not yet know about the pregnancy.
• In this regard, the body produces less progesterone, which leads to a decrease in basal temperature. This is called in the science of "implantation Westernization."And after 6-8 days, when hCG begins to develop, the level of progesterone again increases. And the basal temperature again rises and almost the entire pregnancy remains

To make the right conclusions:

• Make your basal temperature chart: write down the values ​​before ovulation, during and after
• Compare the indicators with those obtained after the alleged conception of
• If you find an ovulation after the ovulationa few days, and then increase - most likely you are pregnant
• If the fever lasts longer than usual, then you are pregnant

IMPORTANT: To keep the basal temperatureled you astray, you need to measure it correctly. More information about basal temperature during pregnancy read in the article When a woman is ovulating? How to determine ovulation at basal temperature?

With information about ovulation, you can get pregnant faster.

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