The best time to get pregnant after menstruation

Menstruation is the most important step in a woman's physical maturity and is also a necessary preparation for becoming a mother in the future. During menstruation, women usually suffer from physical and psychological burdens such as back pain, abdominal bloating and irritability. Menstruation stops after pregnancy, which is also the criterion used by most women to judge whether they are pregnant in daily life. The best time to get pregnant after menstruation is about 14 days after menstruation, and pregnancy is most likely to occur during the ovulation period.

Women are more likely to get pregnant when they have sex during their ovulation period. Women's menstrual cycles vary in length, but the interval between ovulation and the start of the next period is relatively fixed, usually around 14 days. Based on the relationship between ovulation period and menstrual cycle, the ovulation period can be calculated according to the menstrual cycle. The calculation method is to count from the next menstrual period, count down 14 days or subtract 14 days to get the ovulation day. The ovulation day and the 5 days before and 4 days after are called the ovulation period.

The normal menstrual cycle is 28 days. The specific length of the cycle varies from person to person. An occasional advance or delay of no more than 7 days can still be considered normal. That is, the cycle should not be less than 21 days and not more than 35 days. So how do you know when is the ovulation period? The following methods can be used as a reference:

(1) Calculate the ovulation period. If your menstrual cycle is regular, you can roughly calculate the day of ovulation and plan to have sex around the time of ovulation. Calculate when your next menstrual period might occur, and then work backwards 16 days to find your approximate ovulation date. Here we take the 30-day menstrual cycle as an example: Day 1 (menstruation), Day 15-19 (ovulation), Day 30 (the day before the next menstruation). This is the most commonly known method, but many people don't quite understand it.

(2) Basal body temperature measurement method: The basal body temperature of normal women changes periodically during the menstrual cycle. Generally, ovulation occurs before the basal body temperature rises or during the process of rising from low to high. The increase in basal temperature after ovulation indicates that ovulation has occurred. The first three days when the basal temperature is at an elevated level are the "fertile period". The temperature increase is generally 0.3℃-0.C℃. This method can indicate that ovulation has occurred, but it cannot predict when ovulation will occur.

(3) Cervical mucus observation method: Generally, women with normal menstrual cycles will feel a "dry period" in their genitals after the menstrual period ends, followed by a "wet period", which is then followed by another "dry period" and the next menstrual period. The "moisture" here refers to the moist feeling of the vulva produced by the cervical mucus originating from the vagina. Before and after menstruation, mucus is often thick and less in quantity, or even absent. In the middle of the menstrual cycle, the mucus will become thinner and more abundant. The closer to ovulation, the clearer and more transparent it becomes, resembling egg white, and is elastic, with the highest degree of silkiness and the smoothest feeling. The last day of this mucus is called the "peak day," and ovulation occurs 48 hours before and after it. Therefore, it is easy to get pregnant if you have sex during the "wet period" before ovulation until 3 days after the peak day.