Ovulation

Re: Ovulation

• kalanieileen member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  kmendoza006 said:

  This is just a random question lol. Is it possible to ovulate a week before your period and still get a period? How does ovulation really work?

  Well ovulation is when a ripe egg is released to travel down the Fallopian tube to become fertilized. A period happens when you shed the lining of your endometrium because no egg has been fertilized and implanted.
  
  Your cycle could technically be different every month. It doesn't have to follow the 14 day rule. You could ovulate early or late each cycle. A way you can tell when you're ovulating is charting and temping and using OPKs
  
  
  ETA: I'm honestly kind of confused as to what you're asking. Is the bolded assuming you had a positive pregnancy test and you're wondering if you could still have a period? Or are you just asking general?

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• Missingchampagne member

  January 2016

  Yes you can have an irregular cycle, and ovulate late in the cycle. I believe it's harder to get pregnant in that case, though.

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• spicedice member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  It would be pretty much impossible to stay pregnant if you ovulated the week before your period. You need a luteal phase of AT LEAST 10 days, or the baby will not stick, since your body is already in the process of shedding the endometrial lining by the time it tries to implant.

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

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• sarahufl member

  January 2016

  fbanke42 said:

  It would be pretty much impossible to stay pregnant if you ovulated the week before your period. You need a luteal phase of AT LEAST 10 days, or the baby will not stick, since your body is already in the process of shedding the endometrial lining by the time it tries to implant.

  Mine was only 9 with this pregnancy. So it isn't impossible, just harder. I ALWAYS have a 28 day cycle, but I ovulate anywhere between day 14 and day 21. I have been pregnant twice, both times on the first shot.
  
  I don't understand your post, OP, but most especially why it is on the April board.....

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• Goldsgirl9 member

  January 2016

  fbanke42 said:

  It would be pretty much impossible to stay pregnant if you ovulated the week before your period. You need a luteal phase of AT LEAST 10 days, or the baby will not stick, since your body is already in the process of shedding the endometrial lining by the time it tries to implant.

  This exactly! Yes, speaking from experience you can ovulate and begin your period as early as 7 days after. That's an extremely short luteal phase. 

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• spicedice member

  January 2016

  sarahufl said:

  
  

  fbanke42 said:

  
  

  It would be pretty much impossible to stay pregnant if you ovulated the week before your period. You need a luteal phase of AT LEAST 10 days, or the baby will not stick, since your body is already in the process of shedding the endometrial lining by the time it tries to implant.

  
  

  Mine was only 9 with this pregnancy. So it isn't impossible, just harder. I ALWAYS have a 28 day cycle, but I ovulate anywhere between day 14 and day 21. I have been pregnant twice, both times on the first shot.
  
  I don't understand your post, OP, but most especially why it is on the April board.....
  
  It happens, but it's very very rare. You may also have had a slightly longer cycle but did not realize it. I ovulated 8 days late with this pregnancy, had exactly a 10 day LP, and was terrified baby wouldn't stick.
  
  Also, the later in your cycle you ovulate, the more likely the egg you produce will be degraded by estrogen, making it more likely to miscarriage, since there's a major increase in chance for chromosomal defects. This was the big problem I had while TTC with my first.

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

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• spicedice member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  I feel dumb. Forgot the 8 day rule when I posted. If LP is between 8-10 you can't still get a baby to stick, but it comes with an increased risk of miscarriage. Below that and baby is likely not to stick... Or your cycle was lengthened due to ovulating later. You couldn't really know if it was lengthened since you never got s period because pregnant

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

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• spicedice member

  January 2016

  Why is this being asked here and not a TTC board?

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

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• kmendoza006 member

  January 2016 edited January 2016

  Just a question and i posted this on here because this is the board i usually post on

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• spicedice member

  January 2016

  kmendoza006 said:

  Just a question and i posted this on here because this is the board i usually post on

  I apologize then. I thought you might be a random person who was hoping they were pregnant
  
  You can ovulate any time during your cycle. Most women ovulate about two weeks before their period. An adjusted EDD reflects this concept of two weeks between ovulation and period. You may have had your period the week after you ovulated, so your doctor may adjust your EDD to make it look like you had your period a week before you actually did.
  
  Ovulation is when you release one or more eggs. You can conceive a baby about five days before an egg is released, depending on how long the sperm survive. Most women only release one mature egg from only one side each cycle. You can also ovulate twice in one cycle, but it's fairly close together and from each ovary.
  
  You may get a positive on an ovulation predictor kit when you actually are not ovulating, since gearing up to ovulate looks the same hormonally as actually going to ovulate.
  
  Hormones are stupid.
  
  Did that help a little?

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

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• SisterMaryNapalm member

  January 2016

  It's possible but can be indicative of a hormonal issue (7 day luteal phases are not great for TTC as PPs mention). It is, however, theoretically possible to turn a HPT ~7 days after ovulation although personally I've never heard anything before 8 dpo confirmed with temping. OPKs are not 100% reliable to pinpoint ovulation.
  
  If you're interested, there's a great documentary called The Great Sperm Race on YouTube. It's very interesting and focuses on conception.
  
  Also a good overview:
  https://yourfertility.org.au/for-women/timing-and-conception
  

  
  Expecting Double Trouble, April 2016
  
  
  

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• MamaRoni member

  January 2016

  And WHY is this board the one u usually post on? That's weird

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