Detecting Ovulation: Signs & Symptoms

Detecting ovulation with ovulation test kits

There are a number of methods one can use to detect ovulation. The noted rise in temperature of a basal body temperature chart, the noticeable ovulation pain, which is commonly called Mittelschmerz, and cervical mucus changes before ovulation are the most common ways that women use to detect ovulation.

In order to detect ovulation, many women keep a menstrual cycle calendar. This allows a woman to see a trend of her cycle. However, all of these methods of detecting ovulation fall short because they rely on historical data to predict the future. The key to getting pregnant is not about detecting ovulation, it is about knowing your most fertile days ahead of time.

Ovulation test kits only reveal ovulation

When these ovulation kits detect the surge in LH or leutenizing hormone, a woman assumes that ovulation will happen in 12-24 hours. That's a very small window in which to perform and hope that you become pregnant. The fertile window actually opens five days prior to ovulation, and studies have shown that women have a better chance of getting pregnant if they have intercourse on each day of their fertile window and the day of ovulation, as the chart below illustrates.

The Best Device to detect signs of ovulation, but more importantly, your most fertile days: OV-Watch®

The best way to detect not only ovulation, but when you are most fertile, is to use the OV-Watch®. Using advanced biosensors, the OV-Watch® detects the 4 days before ovulation and ovulation days before other test kits can.

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