36 day cycle, predicting ovulation

Sorry for starting a new thread!

I'm confused about my cycle and would appreciate some help from others with a longer cycle.

I have only just started taking notice of my cycle length, it used to be around 31ish days but now it's bang on 36.
I also don't know much about when ovulation occurs with a longer cycle. With a long cycle do you ovulate later in your cycle or is it possible to ovulate early? I got AF on the 7th, so it's been 14 days.. I used the maybe baby microscope and it looks like I'm going into my fertile phase, I'm also get niggly pains which is possibly ovulation pains. I looked up on a ovulation calculator and it said ovulation would be about the 27th.. very confusing.

I think what I'm trying to figure out is, does it sound right that I would ovulate at day 15, 16 , 17ish with a 36 day cycle?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you

Yep I'd say you'd ovulate about CD22. I had a 37 day cycle and ov'd on CD23 when I got pregnant with DD.

Just to be safe, in case you have a longer or shorter luteal phase, make sure you BD from CD17-18 up to CD26 or so (or more if you want )

All the best!

PS, just read that you're getting fertile signs already, maybe your cycle is changing to a shorter one now! In saying that, I always had EWCM for about 6 days before Ov... Maybe just BD every day for now to cover all your bases, lol!

For a 36 day cycle "normal" ovulation would be anywhere from CD19-CD26 so I would agree with rachelsea and BD Between CD17 and CD26, every other day and more if you are up for it

I think you would get a clearer picture from charting than using OPK's personally as you can get a +ive opk without ovulating and some women never get +ive's but do ovulate...

By temping everyday for a few cycles you will get a picture of when you "normally" ovulate which can help you get your timing right!


It may be possible to get ferning on a microscope but not ovuate also.... as some women gear up to ov but dont and then it happens later in their cycle for whatever reason.....

I used to have longer cycles too, and would ovulate anywhere from day 14-22, "they" say you have a period 14 days after you ovulate but I didn't find that to be true. I charted my temp, cm, and used opks in order to pinpoint ovulation. Oh and (when he's home) DH & I bd-ed everyday & his "stocks" were obviously still sufficient! I did have him on a men's multi with added zinc though so maybe that helped!