IF you're trying to get pregnant, you're probably monitoring ovulation.

You may be doing this through period or ovulation tracking apps; but your body also gives key clues about your fertility - some of them not so glamorous.

If you're struck by a bout of diarrhoea midway through your cycle, this could be a sign that you're ovulating.

“Because the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the reproductive system share the pelvis, often something that affects one may affect the other,” Allison Rodgers, a board-certified OB/GYN, reproductive endocrinologist, and director of education at the Fertility Centers of Illinois, told Well+Good .

As a result, you may notice your poop is more watery than normal - even verging on diarrhoea - during ovulation.

What is ovulation?

Ovulation occurs whe

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