What is Ovulation?
Women under the age of 40 have an 80% chance of getting pregnant. A healthy baby girl fetus has 1 to 2 million eggs in their ovaries, which immediately start dying off. Ovulation is when your ovaries release an egg or more into your Fallopian tubes. The egg can only survive for 24 hours after you have ovulated. The egg or eggs can only become fertile after your partner’s sperm and egg meet in the Fallopian tube.
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Ovulation begins on average 10 to 16 days before your period
starts, though this does not apply with women who have irregular cycles, and will
vary from cycle to cycle. Common cycles are between 23 to 35 days where as a
regular cycle is 28 days. The first day of your period is day 1 of your cycle
and a period could last for 3 to 7 days on average. Ovulation with women with irregular cycles may
occur a week before or after in every given month. There are body signs you
could look for when you ovulate, this includes;
