Lows & highs: Blood sugar levels. Keeping blood glucose (sugar) levels in a healthy range can be challenging. Knowing and understanding the symptoms of high and low blood sugar is very important for people living with diabetes, as well as their friends and family members.
There is not a way to know for certain how long after your period you will ovulate, however. Ovulation does not occur in relation to the previous period, but rather to the next period. You will ovulate 14 days prior to the start of your next menstrual cycle. This means, then, that if you have a 28-day cycle, you will ovulate roughly 14 days after your period, and 14 days prior to the start of your next period. If you have a 31 day cycle, however, you will ovulate roughly 17 days after your period, and, again, 14 days prior to the start of your next period. If you are trying to conceive, you should begin to have intercourse roughly 4-5 days prior to ovulation, as the sperm can live in the body for about 5 days.
When does ovulation happen? Regardless of how long or short your cycle normally is, ovulation usually occurs about 14 days before your next period starts (FPA 2014, NHS Choices 2016a). For example, say you have a regular 28-day menstrual cycle. Count the first day of your last period as day one. Your fertile window is likely to be around days 10 to 15. However, a lot of women have an irregular cycle. If this applies to you, the time from the first day of your last period to ovulation can vary from one month to the next (FPA 2014). What are the signs of ovulation? You can start to notice signs that youâre fertile about five days before you ovulate.