Getting Started with the Your Days ovulation calendar

Step 1. Register an account and Login into your calendar

Your Days is a web based free ovulation calendar. To get access to your personal calendar you need to register an account for free, which is fast and easy. 

See Registering and Logging In for more details.

Step 2. Enter your menstrual cycle data.

Your Days ovulation calendar calculates your fertility based on your menstrual cycle information. To generate the calendar, you must enter the first day of your last menstrual period, the length of your menstrual cycle, and the length of your luteal phase if you know it. To enter this data, click the link update days in the Options area:

See Editing Menstrual Cycle Data for more details.

Step 3. Choose your goal and calendar method.

The Your Days ovulation calendar is designed to help you get pregnant or avoid an unwanted pregnancy. There are two calendar methods avaliable: the Precise or the Fixed Days calendar method. The Precise calendar takes into account more parameters and offers you more detailed information. The Fixed Days calendar can be used if you don't know the length of your luteal phase. 

Read Choosing a calendar method for more information.

Step 4. Use the calendar to determine your fertile and non-fertile days.

After you enter the menstrual cycle data and choose your goal and calendar method, the Your Days ovulation calendar calculates your fertile periods and shows the results as a color-coded calendar:

The fertile days are shown in green, the non-fertile days are shown in white, and the days of menstruation flow are shown in red. The most fertile day is the day of ovulation; it is colored light green with an italic text number. The heart symbols indicate the favorable days for conceiving a baby of the desired gender, and the stop sign shows that you should abstain from intercourse on these days to avoid unwanted pregnancy. The days marked with a star have Diary notes entries that you have entered in. The actual present day is marked with a bold number in the calendar area, and the day you have selected is marked with a blue square around the day number.

Read also Getting pregnant and Avoiding Unwanted Pregnancy for more information.

Step 5. How to read the comments & get more detailed information.

When you click on a day in the calendar area, you select this day and the Your Days ovulation calendar will provide medical comments and recommendations for that day:

If you click the link Go today, you will be taken to the present day.

Step 6. Enter and read your Diary notes.

You can enter Diary notes for every day. You can update and easily delete your daily notes with the Save and Delete buttons:

The days with Diary notes are marked with a star near the day number in the calendar area. Read Adding Diary notes to days for more information.

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