On what days can you get pregnant? How to calculate them

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Not every woman knows that pregnancy may not always occur when sexual intercourse occurs, but only at a certain period. Unfortunately, doctors practically do not talk about the so-called fertile days. If a couple fails to conceive for one year or more, they are diagnosed with infertility. But it often happens that both the husband and wife are absolutely he althy, but pregnancy does not occur! What's the matter? It turns out that they simply can “not fall” on favorable days for conception. In addition, there are other factors that influence this process. Let's see what days you can get pregnant, how to determine that the body is ready for conception. But remember that women's bodies are different for everyone, and everything also depends on age, he alth and lifestyle, including the psycho-emotional state.

About cycles and egg maturation

Before we start various calculations of favorable days for conception, let's study how a woman's body functions, or rather, how the reproductive system works.

Even in the womb of each girl, during the formation of organs, a huge number of eggs are laid in the ovaries. At birth and before puberty, the reproductive organs "rest". When the first menstruation comes, the girl becomes a girl, her body is now ready to bear and give birth to children. From then until menopause (comes at the age of about 45-60 years), the ovaries work cyclically, hence the phrase “menstrual cycle” appeared. It can last both the same for many years, and change under the influence of hormones, depending on the sufficiency of vitamins and minerals in the body, stress.

Below are examples on which day of the cycle you can get pregnant. The fact is that for every woman, menstruation can be irregular, for example, the last time the cycle was 29 days, at the moment it is 31, and the next one can be short - only 24 days.

The first day of the cycle is always considered the day when bleeding from the vagina appears. They can last from 3 to 7 days. During this period, the follicles located in the ovaries begin to mature. It is the follicle that contains the egg, which, upon meeting with the sperm, is fertilized. 14-16 days before the next menstruation, the follicle should mature and burst. Only then will the egg leave the ovary and travel through the tubes to the uterus, where it will meet with the sperm.

If fertilization has occurred, then pregnancy will occur. At the same time, the ovaries stop producing follicles every cycle, and menstruation also stops. BUTif pregnancy does not occur, then with the next menstruation, the unfertilized egg will leave the body.

Mysterious Ovulation

Sometimes women ask the question: “On what day after menstruation can you get pregnant?”. It is worth immediately answering that one should not calculate the period of conception by menstruation alone. After all, they can last from 3 to 7, or even more days or less. And spotting has no effect on when you can start trying to get pregnant.

In the previous chapter we talked about the maturation of the follicles and the release of the egg - this process is called ovulation. It lasts from the moment of rupture of the follicle until the death of the egg (if fertilization did not occur) and until conception (if everything worked out).

The egg itself can live from 1-2 hours to 1 day. Such a difference in the duration of her life depends on the age of the woman, physiology and genetics. It is impossible to guess how long the egg cell will live in this or that period - this is the sacrament of the female body.

Cycle phases

To make it easier to understand on which day you can get pregnant, it is advisable to study the basics of monthly cycles:

1. From the first day of menstruation to the day of ovulation - this is the first phase, which is called the follicular. During this period, the follicles mature to release the eggs. Follicles can be either one or many. The quality of maturation depends on the level of luteinizing hormone.
2. Then comes ovulation itself. This ends the first phase. This moment is considered the most favorable forconception.
3. Immediately the next day after ovulation, the second phase begins, in which the corpus luteum forms. This phase will proceed normally with sufficient levels of the hormone progesterone, regardless of whether pregnancy has occurred or not.
4. If pregnancy has not occurred, 14-16 days after ovulation menstruation comes. It is worth noting that the second phase of a woman can be shorter or longer.

It happens that a woman's menstrual cycle is very short - only 21-23 days, and the second phase is a little longer than usual. Therefore, sometimes the question arises of which day of menstruation you can get pregnant and is it possible.

How to understand that ovulation has come

Some girls and women in the middle of the cycle have pain in the left or right ovary, the stomach hurts as if menstruation begins. There may be a feeling of moisture in the genitals. But ovulation can occur without symptoms, or everything will happen so quickly that you don’t notice.

As a rule, a few days before ovulation, vaginal discharge appears - at first it is creamy white, then becomes more transparent and liquid. On the eve and on the day of ovulation, these secretions should acquire the consistency of egg white. This means that the body is ready to safely accept sperm, in addition, thanks to this mucus (cervical fluid), the egg moves through the fallopian tubes to the uterus.

You can watch your condition for several cycles to understand which days of the cycle you canget pregnant.

When to try to conceive

Unlike the egg, which leaves the follicle once a cycle, spermatozoa are produced in the male body constantly, from puberty to old age. In addition, spermatozoa in the body of the uterus can live up to 7 days, if the internal environment in the woman's body allows.

Thus, there is a chance of conception if sexual intercourse took place only 1 week before ovulation. Of course, if all favorable factors are observed, both from the male and female sides.

So what days can you get pregnant? It is assumed that only shortly before ovulation and on the day of ovulation. Therefore, you need to try to calculate fertile days so as not to miss the chance. Let's look at some examples:

1. The duration of the cycle is 28 days. Presumably, ovulation can occur from the 13th to the 17th day, but ideally on the 14th.
2. The duration of the cycle is 35 days. Ovulation can be expected from day 18 to day 22.
3. Irregular cycle 28-35 days. In this case, it will take much longer to track, that is, from the 13th to the 22nd day.

Often, a woman cannot determine when she is exactly ovulating, not only by the calendar method, but also by her own feelings. In addition, there may be very little cervical fluid discharge.

Auxiliary methods for calculating ovulation days

You can get a special notebook, or you can use the lady's application on your smartphone, where you should mark basal every daytemperature (measured rectally or orally) immediately after waking up.

In the first phase, the temperature will be lower than in the second. Between the two phases on the day of ovulation, the temperature becomes minimal, and on the first day after it rises sharply and lasts the entire progesterone phase.

For a few cycles, you can figure out which days you can get pregnant. It will be possible to calculate only based on the previous charts.

Determining favorable days with tests

You can use an expensive, but more convenient method - an ovulation test. This test has a special tool that is applied to a paper strip that responds to an increase in luteinizing hormone (LH). When the test strip becomes as bright as the control, you can try to conceive. That is, the period of ovulation begins.

Often, women cannot deal with paper tests, so, if possible, a digital test with a smiley face is purchased. When there is every chance to conceive, the emoticon shows a smile.

Thanks to the tests, you can find out which days you can get pregnant. But it makes sense to carry out the procedure earlier than the expected day of ovulation.

Can I get pregnant before my period

But if ovulation has already passed a few days ago, is there a chance? Theoretically, no. After all, the egg has already ceased its life. Therefore, attempts can only be started at the end of the next menstruation. That is, the period after ovulation and before critical days is safe for those who are not going to get pregnant.

There are in practice early and late ovulation, which is almost impossible to calculate. They can only be "caught" by tests or with the help of folliculometry in the ultrasound room. Only after such a study can a competent doctor tell you which days you can get pregnant.

If conception does not occur

Every couple who wants to have children will think that after reading the article, they have already figured out why they can not conceive for a long time. And now everything will definitely work out. Of course, if everything is in order with the he alth in the reproductive sphere for both, then everything should work out. But it happens that it doesn't. Why? There can be many factors. Women:

• inflammatory processes in the pelvis;
• psycho-emotional stress, fears;
• lack of hormones, minerals and vitamins;
• unhe althy lifestyle.

In men, factors also relate to inflammation in the urogenital area, as well as poor spermogram and psychological reasons. If the causes are eliminated, then conception will definitely come.

You have learned which day after your period you can get pregnant, and how to correctly determine fertile days in general. We wish you good luck and the birth of a he althy baby.