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Ovulation Overview


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I have learned a couple of things from this, estimate due dates are just that for a reason. Going based on your period is not always correct, especially if you have irregular cycles from breastfeeding. Sometimes even fertility charts can be wrong.

 Pregnancy 1
 My last menstrual cycle suggests I ovulated around cycle day 15 (January 14). I didn't know about charting when trying for my first baby. I used my 6-week ultrasound to date back to when I most likely ovulated and that was most likely cycle day 22 (January 21). 

Pregnancy 2
I learned about charting when trying to conceive my second baby. According to my last menstrual period,  I would ovulate on cycle day 15 (December 18) with an estimated due date of Sept 10. According to my fertility friend chart on fertility awareness setting, I ovulated cycle day 16 (December 19) and my estimated due date would be Sept 11. My obstetrician kept my estimated due date based on my last menstrual period. But everything was close, with a 1-day difference in the menstrual period vs charting.

Pregnancy 3
My last menstrual cycle, suggests I ovulated cycle day 15 (June 7). The dating ultrasound suggests ovulating on cycle day 19 (June 11) instead of cycle day 17 (June 9) as my fertility friend chart on advance setting said. It said no ovulation in the Fertility Awareness setting. So I knew my chart was off this cycle.

Last Edited: July 15, 2017

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