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If you want to know when you\u00a0ovulate,<\/strong>\u00a0understanding your ovulation discharge and period\u00a0<\/strong>is the first step.<\/p>\n Every woman will not ovulate at the same time during their menstrual cycle. I have already written about fertile mucus in my previous post<\/a>. If you’re trying to get pregnant then intercourse during your fertile mucus will likely get you pregnant.<\/p>\n Getting pregnant is not the only reason you should learn about your ovulation discharge. Do you practice unprotected intercourse and want to prevent pregnancy?<\/strong> Then understanding your ovulation mucus and avoiding intercourse during this time will prevent unwanted pregnancy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Every woman will notice cyclical bleeding from the vagina. This is your period. The first time a woman will notice her period is menarche<\/strong>. Between each period is the menstrual cycle or ovulation cycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n Normal menstrual cycle in women usually lasts for 21 to 35 days. Within each menstrual cycle, it is expected that your ovaries release an egg into the fallopian tube. This is ovulation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Every woman already has a fixed number of follicles (which contains the ovum or egg). Your body will not produce any new follicles in your lifetime. Each month or each cycle, your ovary releases one or more of these eggs.<\/p>\n At birth, about 2 million follicles are present in your ovaries. However, most of them will degenerate. At puberty, just 300000 follicles are present in both your ovaries. In addition, throughout your lifetime, about 500 follicles will mature and release an egg for fertilization. The other follicles will regress.<\/p>\n Ovulation is the process where one of the follicles grows bigger than the others and releases the ovum for fertilization to take place.<\/p>\n During the first day of your period, which is the first day of your menstrual cycle, the level of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) is high. This FSH hormone will stimulate the pituitary gland (which is found in the brain) to increase secretion of estrogen hormone.<\/p>\n Estrogen hormone will continue to rise and stimulate the maturation of the follicles. High estrogen hormone will cause proliferation of the lining covering the uterus (the endometrium) and development of one follicle (the dominant follicle). At this point you will notice your discharge is now creamy white<\/a> and increasingly gets watery and egg white<\/a> as you get closer to ovulation.<\/p>\n This high level of estrogen will cause a surge of Luteinizing hormone (LH). Ovulation occurs after 24 to 36 hours after this surge or 12 hours after the peak of LH surge.<\/p>\n The dominant follicle will then release the egg into fallopian tubes where the sperm will fertilize the ovum. This release of egg or ovum is called ovulation.<\/p>\n During ovulation, there is rupture of the dominant follicle with the release of the egg. This rupture can cause bleeding<\/strong> which can give rise to either a brown ovulation discharge<\/a> or a pinkish ovulation discharge<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ruptured follicle forms the corpus luteum, which will increase production of progesterone and estrogen. Before ovulation, there is high levels of estrogen. After ovulation the level of progesterone is dominant.<\/p>\n However, both hormones increase blood supply to the endometrium making it ready for implantation.<\/p>\n Your ovulation discharge<\/strong>, therefore, occurs before and during ovulation. It is stretchy, slippery watery egg white discharge<\/strong> that you will notice in the middle of your menstrual cycle. It does not smell and becomes creamy white after ovulation.<\/p>\n Here are some vaginal discharge\u00a0women describe as ovulation discharge<\/p>\n Also, some women will experience slight pain or cramps that occur during ovulation. However, this goes away in few hours or days.<\/p>\n If there is no sperm to fertilize the egg released through ovulation, the corpus luteum will breakdown. This will lead to reduced progesterone and estrogen leading to the shredding of your endometrium and then your period.<\/p>\n If there is a sperm waiting or sperm released on the day of ovulation, then fertilization will occur. After the sperm fertilizes the ovum, the zygote (baby) is implanted into the endometrium of the uterus. Slight bleeding, implantation bleeding, can occur with mild pain which may come out as brown mucus discharge<\/a>.<\/p>\n If after your ovulation discharge, you notice a brown discharge, then it’s likely because of pregnancy. It usually occurs about one week prior to your next period.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Understanding fertile mucus and fertile window\u00a0will let you know when ovulation occurs. There are many symptoms and signs of ovulation that will give you a clue.<\/p>\n Below are 5 ways to know when you ovulate<\/strong><\/p>\n Just after your period, your vaginal discharge is dry or thick white discharge. Towards ovulation and due to increase in estrogen level, your discharge becomes creamy white discharge. Around ovulation, your discharge is watery and clear discharge (Sometimes described by women as Egg-white)<\/p>\n After ovulation, due to the effect of dominant progesterone, your discharge becomes thick white mucus.<\/p>\n Ovulation discharge occurs around or just before ovulation. If you notice a stretchy egg white discharge coming out, then you are likely to ovulate in few days.<\/p>\n Before ovulation, estrogen which is the dominant hormone will not cause raise in body temperature. However, progesterone will increase your body temperature due to its thermogenic effects.<\/p>\n Basal body temperature<\/strong> (BBT) is the temperature at rest. It\u00a0is recorded in the morning after you’ve had sleep for atleast 6 hours. You should record it while you’re still inactive and on your bed.<\/p>\n Normal body temperature is between 97.7 to 99.5\u00baF (or 36.5 to 37.5\u00a0\u00baC). Just before ovulation occurs, there is a slight dip in your BBT. After ovulation, your basal body temperature will increase by an average of 0.8\u00baF. This can be detected if you regularly check your basal temperature every morning.<\/p>\n<\/span>What is ovulation meaning?<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>When does ovulation occur in women?<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>How does ovulation work?<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>What happens immediately after I ovulate?<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/span>What happens if the egg is not fertilized?<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>What happens if the egg is fertilized?<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>How do you know when you’re ovulating?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>How does your vaginal discharge tell when you’re ovulating?<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>How your Basal body temperature tells when you are ovulating<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>How some tests can confirm when you’ve ovulated<\/span><\/h3>\n