ovulation - have I got this roughly right?

[LaTrucha]

I'm TTC DC2, still bf DD1 at 13 months. I came off the pill 4 months ago and AF returned that month. I have had egg white thingy. I wold prefer not to get ovulation kits etc because I'm not living in my own house at the moment and there's not much privacy.

I seem to have a 31 day cycle

So, am I right to think that

a) although AF has returned and have CM I might not be ovulating?

b) to have the best chance of conceiving I should make sure to have sex 12-14 days after the start of my period?

c) Cm can be a sign of ovulation and should I definitely have sex on that day?

d) If CM is a sign of ovulation, is having sex after that much less likely to result in conception?

DH has to go away on a lot of business trips and I need to make sure I'm thinking along the right lines.

Thanks!

oops

Good advice JKS - I do tend to get a bit worked up about it. IT's only now I find it strange that I don't actually know more about it.

Hi Mixedmama!

A friend of mine has had 3 DC and got pg each time by accident
she's thinking about trying for no 4 and doesn't know the first thing about ttc!!

(i meant stressed about PIL not that you are stressed about ttc)

Oh, well, both really!

justkeepswimming - yes i did mean that have brain of mush

What I would say is ovulation is not an exact science and a person can ovulate earlier, later or not at all in ANY given cycle.

If your cycles are regular you are more likely to be ovulating regularly than a person with an irregular cycle. You must remember though that even normally fertile women have the occasional anovulatory cycle.

Ovulation does not therefore always occur two weeks before the start of the next period!.

I would suggest make love two or three times a week throughout your cycle and not go into all this, "oh its ovulation day" and concentrating your efforts on specific days. Such timing of intercourse is more often than not a bad idea. Conception does not work like that, you can analyse far too much about the whole thing and tie yourself up in knots. It is all too easy to get the date wrong.

Absolutely right Attila - i was ov'ing on day 22 for several months before getting pg with ds2 - caught out by ov'ing on day 15!

Scorpio

Well, DH has rearranged the trips for this and next month to try and cover all the bases. Those eggs had better get a shift on now!