Ovulation Calendar

If you are planning to get pregnant, a big factor in your conception lies in knowing your body. A fertility monitor and ovulation calender can be a safe and easy way to help you conceive in a natural way. Find out more about this process and what an ovulation calender could mean to you and your partner.

Go to a free ovulation calendar online like http://www.ovulation-calendar.net/ to see what your own personal cycle is. By monitoring and using this calendar, you can create your own personal ovulation calendar to predict your fertility cycle and see when the best time to conceive will be. Note that the calendar works best the more normal your cycle is. Regardless, you can find out the fertility for both genders and determine when you should try to conceive.

There are a number of reasons and causes for your ovulation to be different than it usually is. Some of the most common triggers for a changing ovulation cycle include:

* Over-exercising and over-dieting
* Breast-feeding
* New medications or medications that have been known to interfere with ovulation cycles
* Drug use
* Smoking
* Excessive caffeine
* Excessive alcohol
* Eating disorders
* Significant weight gain or loss
* Polycystic ovarian syndrome or increased estrogen
* Hormonal imbalance from perimenopause
* Uterine abnormalities
* Stress

If you have been monitoring your cycle with the use of an ovulation calender, you should not be concerned if you see a slight change or irregular menstrual cycle. More than half of women have an irregular cycle on occasion. You can have either short-term or long-term irregular cycles. Short-term irregularity can happen from any of the causes listed above. Long-term irregularity however, is something that lasts over the course of months and if you are trying to conceive, you will want to talk to a doctor.

What are some of the things that your ovulation calender will not show you, but are good indicators of your fertility? Look into basal body temperature, your cervical position and your cervical mucus.
Your basal body temperature will typically increase after ovulation which is a reliable indicator that you have indeed ovulated. Also, the cervical position changes throughout your monthly cycle and can also help you to determine when and if you have ovulated. Finally, cervical mucus changes in response to the estrogen hormone levels in your body which can also help to determine approaching ovulation.

Recognizing these changes can help you work with the ovulation calender to find the best time to conceive.

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