00:00:01 Hello and welcome to another video in this mini-series of busting myths on sex and fertility. And in this video, we are going to be busting the myth that ovulation occurs only on day 14. This is a common misconception that has been perpetuated based off this simplified understanding of the average female cycle length being 28 days. while this is true for some women there is actually so much variety where many women have while this is true for some women there is actually so much variety where many women have a longer cycle than 28 days and many women have a shorter cycle than 28 days and so this is going to increase the length of time for some women that might ovulate much later than day 14 and for some
00:00:52 women that might ovulate days earlier than day 14 and so the best way to get to know and understand your own cycle is to track when it is that you bleed your day one when it is that you ovulate your own cycle is to track when it is that you bleed your day one when it is that you ovulate and the full cycle length and the average of those cycles based off of four to six months of tracking there's so many apps available you can also do this with a pen and paper if you're more old school like me and this is really the best way to get to know your body's intimate rhythms and there are also bodily cues that you can learn and ovulation testing kits that can help and there are also bodily cues that you can learn and ovulation testing kits that can help
00:01:33 you to get clearer on when it is that you ovulate bearing in mind that even within different cycles throughout the year there can also be some variability on when ovulation actually occurs so it might be day 13 in one month and then it might be day 15 or 14 the month after so different environmental impacts can also influence the day that we actually ovulate and there can be some environmental impacts can also influence the day that we actually ovulate and there can be some variety in that. So getting to know your body, understanding its cues and tracking your cycle are all going to increase your chances of conception. I hope that this has been informative. I wish you a wonderful day and I'll see you in the next video.