Ovulating Before Immersion Archives - Nishmat Yoatzot Halacha

Ovulation test: how does it work?

I got married a few months ago and am not on birth control so my doctor told me to take an ovulation test this month to make sure I wasn’t ovulating before I went to the mikvah. The day before I went to the...

Missed day one bedikah after moch question

I am currently on my third month of Clomid, and because of some spotting I was having during my clean days, my Rabbi told me to just do a bedikah on the first and last days.
Although the hefsek I did on Saturday was fine, I had to ask a question abo...

Missing ovulation with 28-day cycle

I am nervous that I am suffering from halachic infertility.
I have been trying to get pregnant for almost a year. I got pregnant very easily with my first, and I know other factors come into play, but since giving birth, my cycles have evened out to...

Ovulating on Day 6 of cycle

I have been trying to get pregnant with my second child for almost a year. I started using ovulation tests, and it turns out I ovulate on or around Day 6 of Niddah – meaning, for example, if I get my period on a Friday, I ovulate on Tuesday or Wedne...

Personal call to avoid halachic infertility

Dear Yoetzet,
My letter is more of a cry from the heart than a question. I want to share my personal story and make a point to help others avoid what I went through.
For the past seven years my periods have been getting steadily shorter with ovu...

Cycles have gotten shorter, ovulation earlier

Hi,
I am married a year, and prior to my marriage had an average cycle of 28 days, sometimes going up to 32 days. Now, I fluctuate between 25-29 days, usually 26 days. I eat healthy, drink water, take vitamin C, and am not experiencing any stress. W...

IUI for ovulation before mikveh?

I am 30 years old and have a 3 year old. We began trying to conceive again with no success for a year, so we have started fertility treatment. The doctor suggested IUI because my period is long (7 days) so I am going late to the mikveh, and this could be ...

Ovulating before mikveh?

I wonder if you can offer some advice. I tend to have a cycle of 25 to 28 days. I also do not seem able to get a clean hefsek prior to seven days from becoming niddah – occasionally this goes to nine days. I am very frustrated that I will be unable ...

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