If, and I repeat if, a woman has a regular menstrual cycle, meaning that her period comes every 26 to 30 days or so, then she can be fairly sure when ovulation (the fertile time of the month when an egg is released from the ovary) occurs.Ovulation occurs in the middle of the menstrual cycle, so if a woman bleeds every thirty days, her ovulation would occur on the fifteenth day of the cycle. Day one of the cycle is the first day of a woman’s period.A woman can be fertile a few days before and after ovulation, which makes unprotected intercourse risky for a few days on either side of ovulation as well. A woman is least fertile just before and just after her period.
