During this week, your body is working hard to prepare a suitable home for your baby. It is your ovulation time.

Ovulation is the most important concept that you need to understand when trying to conceive. Without ovulation, pregnancy will not occur. So one of your ovaries will release a mature egg, which goes through the fallopian tube where it awaits fertilization with the lucky sperm. The egg cell waits for the sperm in the fallopian tube for only around 24 - 48 hours. So there is only a very short fertile window.

After ovulation, you cannot tell if the egg has successfully fertilized with the sperm, but a positive pregnancy test done around the time of your missed period will confirm this.