Vitality, Libido & Your Fertile Window: The Ovulation Guide

Your fertile window, libido, and why this phase is actually central to your cycle - and the protocol to follow to support a healthy ovulation 🤍

Hi love,

It hit me that there are only a handful of ovulation cycles left before I start trying to get pregnant, which feels so wild to write out (I’ve been a little more quiet on my preparing to conceive front, but sharing more soon!)

Because the truth is… there is something about ovulation that feels almost primal.
An energy of “I am a woman” that’s magnetic, sacred and expansive.

Yet so many of us think that if we’re not trying to get pregnant, ovulation is irrelevant. But the truth is, it’s probably the most important part of our cycle - obviously, for fertility… but also for what it tells us about our period, our vitality, and our health.

a healthy ovulation = higher libido

Ovulation is rooted in purpose - of our cycle and in many ways even our being - and yet so many of us are walking around totally unsure if we’re even ovulating.

At a biological level, this is the only time when pregnancy is possible. But energetically, ovulation also shifts things up -there’s more clarity, decisiveness, sensuality. Everything about it is rooted in attraction and expansion

So when ovulation doesn’t happen? If it’s delayed, inconsistent, painful, or absent, it is rarely random. It can reflect everything from stress overload all the way to hidden hormonal imbalances. In fact, the #1 cause of fertility challenges for women are rooted in ovulation dysfunction.

So I’m putting together a clear guide for how you can support healthy ovulation - yes, for fertility, but also for your confidence, your vitality, your sensuality/libido and the radiance you so deserve to bask in

What actually is the Ovulatory Phase?

First - tiny reframe here. Ovulation isn’t really a “phase” (though we call it that because of everything going on around it), it’s an event.

It’s the release of an egg from an ovaries, that marks your fertile window.

And to be very clear: this is the only time in your cycle you can get pregnant.

ovulation is like the pinnacle of this whollleee cycle (does anyone else feel like pinnacle now automatically = Bridgerton?

For some reason this ruffles feathers online, but it’s simply physiology: pregnancy can only happen if you ovulate. Yes, ovulation can shift - which is why people say you can get pregnant “at any time” - but it doesn’t change the fact that ovulation is what determines when you can get pregnant.

Now there is about a ~6 day fertile window: sperm can live inside the body for up to 5 days, and the egg survives for about 24 hours. Your highest chances of conception are in the days leading up to ovulation, and they drop significantly after (to 10% just one day later) so if you’re TTC, knowing when you ovulate really matters.

Hormonally, here’s what’s happening: Estrogen rises → LH surges → the egg is released → basal body temperature increases

This typically happens about 1/2 way through your cycle, but it depends on each person. But ovulation is what determines how the rest of your cycle goes…whether you have a period, if there’s a progesterone surge, even your luteal phase.

Because all of this reflects how your body is resourced.

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The Ovulatory Window Is Designed to Attract, Connect and Expand

If the luteal phase whispers, “Is this safe? Should we protect?”
ovulation says, “Let me be seen and let me connect.”

Because ovulation is the invitation and the culmination of our energy radiating outward. It is your body’s way of saying: you have enough. You are supported. You can create life.

Biologically, your body is always orienting toward creation. From the end of your period onward, it’s preparing - maturing an egg, rising estrogen, etc. But it’s also shifting you into a state that of empowered femininity, desire, and confidence to be able to find a partner to help you create life.

And that shift is noticeable.

Your sense of smell heightens, and you’re more attuned to pheromones. Your oil glands shrink and skin often looks clearer. Your appetite goes down. Libido increases. Your face literally becomes more symmetrical. All in an effort to make you feel more confident, more social, more magnetic and more decisive.

All of a sudden, eye contact can linger a little longer without making you blush...

And this happens whether or not you’re trying to conceive.

A body that ovulates regularly is a body with enough energy, nourishment, and support to move outward - to connect, to create, to be seen, etc.. And at its core, to sustain and grow new life.

And that’s relevant to every woman because it speaks to our vitality.

Why Am I Not Ovulating?

If you’re not ovulating consistently, or at all, it’s not random. It’s information from your body. And for those trying to get pregnant, supporting ovulation is really a top priority.

But see, ovulation is expensive. It requires energy, nutrient sufficiency, hormonal coordination, and nervous system safety. If your body perceives threat or depletion, reproduction gets deprioritized.

Here are the most common reasons I see in my practice:

• Undereating or Low Energy Availability: If you’re chronically under-eating, skipping meals, over-exercising, dieting or keeping carbs too low, your brain may downregulate reproductive signaling. Again, the body wants something safe before expanding that to pregnancy.

And btw this doesn’t only happen in extreme cases. It can happen in high-achieving, “healthy” women who simply aren’t eating enough for their output.

• Chronic Stress: Elevated cortisol competes with reproductive hormones. When your nervous system is in fight-or-flight, ovulation becomes non-essential. Your body will always prioritize survival over reproduction.

• Thyroid Issues: A big sneaky layer behind skipped ovulation and periods.

• PCOS: With PCOS, follicles may begin developing but not fully mature and release an egg. You may see multiple LH surges without true ovulation, or very long cycles.

• High Blood Sugar: similar to a mechanism in PCOS, high blood sugar = high insulin = more androgens = blunted ovulation

and then some other known ovulation blockers could be taking NSAIDs very frequently, or other medications. So if your period is late, you’re not getting that sticky egg white mucus, or you just know ovulation is absent, it’s time to look a little deeper at what your body is trying to tell you.

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What to eat and do to restore and support a healthy and strong ovulation + how to track to know if you are ovulating.