You are right, mostly. "Day 14" of a perfectly normal and perfectly regular 28-day cycle can be the time when many women ovulation. Ovulation can occur a few days before or after, and then knowing ovulation is a process that can take 12-24 hours, you would want to add a few more days before & after those days. That takes us to ovulation occurring between days 11-17, and again, that if women's bodies worked like clocks and did not react to their environment. Stress, new medication, intense exercise...you name it...can slightly change the cycle also.
This means, many women do not have "perfectly" consistent cycles each and every month. Many women also have cycles that are shorter or longer than "28-days".
As you said, ovulation occurs around the middle of the cycle, and a woman can be fertile anytime between days 8-19 of her cycle (with "day 1" being the first day of menstrual bleeding).
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You are right, mostly. "Day 14" of a perfectly normal and perfectly regular 28-day cycle can be the time when many women ovulation. Ovulation can occur a few days before or after, and then knowing ovulation is a process that can take 12-24 hours, you would want to add a few more days before & after those days. That takes us to ovulation occurring between days 11-17, and again, that if women's bodies worked like clocks and did not react to their environment. Stress, new medication, intense exercise...you name it...can slightly change the cycle also.
This means, many women do not have "perfectly" consistent cycles each and every month. Many women also have cycles that are shorter or longer than "28-days".
As you said, ovulation occurs around the middle of the cycle, and a woman can be fertile anytime between days 8-19 of her cycle (with "day 1" being the first day of menstrual bleeding).
July 23, 2009 - 12:16pmThis Comment
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