Knowing when you are ovulating is important when trying to conceive. It allows you to make sure that you are focusing your attention and your, ahem, energy on the right days. The fertile window for women each month is actually quite narrow, and knowing when you ovulate is the best way to make sure that you optimize your chances to conceive each month.
Most women have a fertile window of approximately six days each cycle, since sperm can often survive up to five days in a woman's cervical fluid. But since your egg can only survive up to 24 hours, it's important to know what these five days are before you ovulate. Therefore, a woman's most fertile days are the three days before and including ovulation day.
Ovulation signals the moment that your ovary releases your egg. So, what are the symptoms that can clue you in on the day that you ovulate?
Cramping
The process of an ovary releasing an egg is not quite as gentle as those words may lead one to believe. The egg follicle ruptures, which can create a feeling of cramping, sometimes on one side from the ovary that released the egg. This pain is often known as mittelschmerz, which is German meaning “middle pain.”
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