State law differs regarding DBA publication. Generally speaking, when publication is required, the DBA statement must be published once a week, in a specific newspaper that posts legal notices, for four consecutive weeks. Publication is included in the LegalZoom filing process.
If you are not having a period or you are having an irregular cycle, you can still get pregnant because ovulation occurs before your period, and ovulation can restart at any time. Young women can even become pregnant before their first period. There are no concrete physical signs of ovulation, so you could be ovulating and not know it.
If a woman is hoping to get pregnant, it's commonly assumed that her best chance falls sometime around 14 days after her last period [source: Mayo Clinic ]. But that rule of thumb only applies for those with a textbook 28-day menstrual cycle.