can you know when your ovulating witout using a kit?

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Especially since you are irregular, the only thing I would suggest is charting. Ovulation Web sites will be totally useless for you, as will the "If you have 28 day cycles..." nonsense (it's not even true for the *vast* majority of women who have regular cycles!!). Both of these are fine if you are writing a research paper and need *averages*. Predictor kits will be great--for the company that keeps taking your money...not so good for you, though.

Please read _Taking Charge of Your Fertility_ by Toni Weschler. It will explain in a *lot* of detail how to determine when you are ovulating. It does cover the subject of women who seldom ovulate.

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ask doctor or nurse about taking your temperature...to determine. i heard that once... not sure how it goes,.

ovulation usually occurs 14 days after you start your cycle...

Yes.

If you track it for a few months without a kit, you could probably figure it out...10-15 days after t FIRST day of your LAST period, pay attention to your body...you may experience light cramps or pinches, slight backpain, and increased vaginal (clearish discharge)...write it down when you notice these symptoms at around the time stated above and I bet the next month and the next month you'll notice the symptoms are the same 2-3 days after the first day of your last period each month...

Supposedly you keep track of your temp for a couple months.The 2-3 days that are different,are days you are ovulating.

My Aunt used this and it worked twice.

have sex every other day one month and if you dont get preg do the opposing days the next. even days then odd days, believe me it works thats how i got preg for my 2nd kid

Count the days after you begin your period. Ovulation occurs midcycle, which would be 14 days after your period starts. I believe the egg lives for 24 hours and sperm can live for 72 hours, so do the math if you are trying/not trying to conceive.
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Previous experience

Yes. Try ...
www.fertilityfriend.com
www.mymonthlycycles.com
www.femta.com
www.cyclendar.com/
www.mycycle.com

Yes you can. You can try using the charting method. It requires a lot of dedication and consistancy..but it will help you decipher when you are approaching your most fertile times of the month.

Here is a good site for that:
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/73/87987

mark on your calender 2 weeks after your period. That day and the day before and after is when you should conceive. Good luck!

If your monthly period is normal, meaning every 28 days, you are ovulating 2 weeks after the first day of your monthly period. If you want to be pregnant, have sex after 2 weeks of menstruation, for one week.

Many women who have an irregular period aren't ovulating. There are a number of ways that you can determine if you are ovulating or not.

The first and easiest way is to get a blood test from your doctor.

You can also chart your body basal temperature. On the day of ovulation, and every day after that until the beginning of your next cycle, your temperature is one degree higher than normal. It is recommended that you take your temperature before you get out of bed in the morning, and at the same time as movement affects the reading.

You can also examine the position of your cervix. When you are ovulating, your cervix is low and soft like the inside of your cheek. At all other times, your cervix is high and hard like the tip of your nose.

When you are ovulating, you may feel slight twinges around your ovaries

When you are ovulating, you may notice a difference in your cervical mucus. It should be clear and sticky, and you may be able to spread as much as 5cm string between your thumb and your forefinger. Gross, I know! It needs to be sticky to draw the sperm.
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A trying to conceive forum: http://www.babywishes2.com/

you can take your temp with the basal body thermom. when it goes up those are the three likely days you are ovulating. and if you watch your discharge..it gets a little like egg whites when you're ovulating...(i just talked to my doctor b/c my husband and i are trying for our second baby.)

I JUST HAVE TO SAY IN MY CASE...THE DAY YOU START YOUR PERIOD THAT IS DAY 1....THE 14-15 AND 16 DAY IS YOUR OPEN WINDOW. AT LEAST FOR ME IT WAS RIGHT ON. I COUNTED THE DAYS AND THREE TIMES I PLANNED IT AND ALL THREE TIMES I GOT PREGNANT. MY GYN DOC HAD TOLD ME THAT AND IT WORED LIKE A CHARM.

The best book in the world is called Taking Charge of Your Fertility...
It explains everything you need to know - how to chart , how to decipher your cycles....it really is amazing and simple to understand....even with irregular periods.

http://www.womenshealth.org/a/ovulation_fertility.htm
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go to http://www.mymonthlycycles.com and put in your period info and it will calculate when you will be fertile and ovulating.

You usually ovulate half way through your cycle for ex if you have a regular 28 day cycle count forward 14 dys from when your period starts and you should be ovulating inbetween the 12 and 17 day so good luck
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http://www.indiaparenting.com

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