Ovulation Cycle Stages
The egg can survive for about 24 hours before it needs to be fertilized.
Ovulation cycle stages. Throughout a woman s menstrual cycle the thickness and amount of cervical mucus changes. It lasts about 24 hours. The key stages of an ovulation cycle are as follows. Cervical mucus is fluid or gel like discharge from the cervix.
The picture on the left illustrates an ovulation cycle. Ovulation happens at around day 14 if you have a 28 day cycle right in the middle of your menstrual cycle. The release of an egg by the ovary triggered by hormones changes in each menstrual cycle is termed as ovulation. Follicular phase the follicular phase is shown in blue.
Luteal phase the luteal phase is shown in purple. After a day the egg will die or dissolve if it isn t. This is known as the ovulation period in the cycle. This process normally occurs around 12 16 days before your next cycle starts.
The first day of period when the bleeding starts is considered as first day of the cycle. Ovulation typically occurs in the middle of the menstrual cycle. If it does not become fertilized during that time the egg. During the first part of the menstrual cycle a woman goes through the follicular phase in which the egg or ovum matures.