Determining your ovulation

Determining you fertile days (days in which you can conceive) by the length of a cycle can be achieved with the so called ovulation calendar. With this simple calendar you can easily find out your fertile days just by entering when was your last cycle and how long does the usual cycle last for you.
For majority of women, ovulation happens roughly 14 days before the next menstrual period.
Obviously this can be of use only to women with regular menstrual cycles.
If you have regular menstrual cycles it will be much easier to determine the exact day of ovulation and fertile days. Lets explain this with an example - if your menstrual cycle is 28 days long, you are most likely to ovulate between the twelve and eighteen day of your cycle.

Those are the days while you're most fertile, so to speak.
With this said, we can determine that you have the highest chances to conceive in the period between the tenth and eighteenth day of a cycle.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

If you wonder why the best period is 2 days before your ovulation days, it's for how long the sperm can survive – they say sperm life span is around 72 hours after ejaculation.
That's why we added 2 more days in front of the ovulation period so actually extend it and consequently improve your chances for conception.

But what if you don't have a regular menstrual cycle, or if you've been trying to conceive for some time now, without success? Luckily, with the advancement of technology, sophisticated devices can help women find out their ovulation. The least expensive are ovulation strips, but there are also ovulation predictor monitors with high success rates.
Find out more about ovulation and ovulation predictors in the ovulation predictor site.
Also, be sure to watch this short and informative video about ovulation: