Need help understanding ovulation

[hercurvestofear.livejournal.com]

I'm attempting to understand ovulation but my brain isn't cooperating. A couple sites have different info and omg just help. lol. I want to understand and be able to track my cycle. Does my cycle start the first day or last day of my period? When am I most likely to get pregnant? I am on birth control and use condoms with my boyfriend, I just want to know really. Asked mother dearest but her answer was "I had three kids from 17 to 22 you think I know?" silly lady. So yes, wonderful women of this community...educate a girl!!


Thanks and love!

Comments

[chelejean.livejournal.com]

A great resource for me has been the cycles page: www.cyclespage.com.

If you put a couple month's worth of data in there, you start getting good data back.

[hercurvestofear.livejournal.com]

I'll try that out, thank you!

[quiltingdragon.livejournal.com]

I use a different site, which will track/predict periods, ovulation and fertility days (with cute little bunnies)

www.mymonthlycycles.com

You can even set it to send you an email to remind you your period is due, so you remember to put an extra pad/tampon in. I put in my info/symptoms each month, and now I know when the period is due (you can predict a few months ahead), when I ovulate, and if/when I need it, I will know when my fertile days are. This is a good place to start, and I've heard a lot of good things about the book mentioned above.

[jennifer0246.livejournal.com]

Keep in mind though, that on bc you don't have a cycle -- your hormones are overridden by the birth control to mimic a natural cycle but its not your body doing it, it's the pills you're taking.

[hercurvestofear.livejournal.com]

I do know that now, but I thought it might be a good idea to get myself used to tracking this...never know what can happen. Could lose my insurance, or want to get off birth control. But I see your point, there really is no point in me doing it since I know what day it will happen cause of my Nuvaring.

[christirose.livejournal.com]

Well, ideally, you’d track your cycles before and after starting birth control to keep an eye on how it’s changed your cycles. That said, many women track their cycles after coming off HBC because cycles are very very irregular and tracking gives an insight to what’s going on. Also, this community gets a lot of posts about pregnancy scares while on HBC — maybe cycle tracking would’ve put their minds at ease.