Ovulation Quesion

[megmil]

I don't understand something. I have read a lot of posts about ovulation. Posts saying you can't get pregnant unless you are ovulating. Everyone goes by when the date of the last period was ad go 2 weeks from there. My doctor does it that way too but I'm wondering if you can't get pregnant unless ovulating, then does that mean you can ovulate while having a period? I really don't understand about ovulation because I just never pay attention to my cycles. When it comes it comes. I actually got pregnant a week and 2 or 3 days after my period started. About 9 days into my cycle I guess. I know people who have gotten pregnant during their period and people who got pregnant right before or right after. I'm just confused. I actually always thought that it was impossible to get pregnant while on your period because I thought the egg had to get fertilized while in the falopian tube and that when a woman is on her cycle the egg is passing through the uterus and out of the body. I'm so lost with all the talk about ovulation. I just don't really understand any of it. Anyone want to clue me in here?

[nickieb85]

ttc trying to conceive
af aunt flow (period)
d&c Dilation and Curettage it is a surgery that removes any remaining tissue after a miscarriage.

Before I started on this site I didn't really know any of the lingo and had to do a ton of research on the internet before learning what to do about my infertility. I am 23 and have 2 children so don't be so hard on yourself!

[megmil]

So even when an egg is released if it's not "mature" you don't ovulate that month?But you still have a period? or will you not have a period? That's strange that You can have one egg pass as another is being released. i suppose it's not impossible though. I have always been told nothing is impossible. I've heard of crazy things happening that no one would believe. I learned about how women get pregnant and all that in school but not so much about "ovulation". I never heard of a lot of the stuff I read in the forum. I never cared much about my periods or anything. Unless I know I haven't had one in a long time. I used to go months without one sometimes. Just the way I was. I never thought anything of it. I feel so stupid. I'm 24 and pregnant with my 3rd baby and know nothing about this stuff. I don't know what TTC means or AF or D&C or any of that.

[JoyRenee]

Actually, you ovulate about 2 weeks BEFORE your next period. And no, you cannot become pregnant if you do not ovulate. Ovulation is the release of a mature egg (aka follicle) from the ovary. If an egg is not released there is nothing for the sperm to fertilize.

As for women who get pregnant during their period- they typically have very, very short cycles. As she menstruates the old egg from her previous cycle, a new egg is released from the ovary. The egg doesn't just skip down to the uterus in a matter of minutes or hours, it can take days. Therefore, some women can become pregnant during their period, or right after it ends, but this is a rare occurrence.