Ovulation Cycle
treatments
Fertility charting
Ovulation Calculator
Ever wanted to use fertility charting to help you conceive or as a family planning method? Here's a guide to get you started on this sometimes confusing process.
Handling the down side
WebMD
While it's just a symptom of your ovulation cycle, the menstrual period is often no picnic. Here are some suggestions for dealing with the aches and pains.
symptoms
Ovulation animation
Mayo Clinic
Brief but helpful animation demonstrates the process by which an egg travels from the fallopian tube to the uterus during the ovulation cycle.
Free cycle tracking tool
My Monthly Cycles
You have to pay for premium services, but the basic ovulation cycle tracking tools here are free and pretty easy to use.
Tracking ovulation
American Pregnancy Association
This nifty tool can help you track your ovulation cycle and provide you with a calender showing you what to expect as far as menstruation and fertility. Quick and easy!
Am I ovulating?
Love to Know
Knowing the signs of ovulation is an important part of being in charge of your fertility. Here are the most common physical symptoms you might experience when ovulating.
self-help
Meet your cervix
Baby Center
Checking your cervix is one of the most reliable ways to determine where you are in the ovulation cycle. But how do you do that? This article explains the basics.
Why monitor?
American Baby
You only have a 24-hour window of fertility during each ovulation cycle, and those sperm can take 8 hours to get where they need to go. Monitoring your cycle can increase those pregnancy odds.
It's just a phase
My Dr.
Nice description of the different phases of the ovulation cycle, along with an illustration of a woman's reproductive anatomy and a chart for you visual learners.
Embrace that cycle
Feminist Women's Health Center
Learn the basics of the ovulation cycle, then move on to some interesting facts about your "moon time" and how different cultures have embraced it throughout the centuries.
alternatives
Increasing that accuracy rate
Baby Hopes
Ovulation predictor kits can be tricky. Find some hints for making sure you get the most accurate results possible right here.
Pluses and pitfalls of OPKs
Discovery Health
Some women like to use ovulation prediction kits, or OPKs, to help identify their most fertile times. But are these kits really accurate?


