HEALTH WISE FOR LADIES:Understanding ovulation and menstral cycle better

Ovulation is the process in a female's menstrual cycle by which a
mature ovarian follicle ruptures and discharges an ovum (also known as
an oocyte, female gamete, or casually, an egg).Ovulation is when one
or more eggs are released from one of your ovaries. This happens
toward the end of the time you're fertile between .
Each month, between 15 and 20 eggs mature inside your ovaries. The
ripest egg is released and swept into one of your fallopian tubes.
Your fallopian tubes connect your ovaries to your uterus (womb). Your
ovaries do not necessarily take it in turns to release an egg. It
happens quite randomly. Ovulation also occurs in the estrous cycle of
other female mammals, which differs in many fundamental ways from the
menstrual cycle. The time immediately surrounding ovulation is
referred to as the ovulatory phase or the periovulatory period.
Ovulation occurs when a mature egg is released from the ovary into the
abdominal cavity. Afterwards, it will eventually become available to
be fertilized. Concomitantly, the lining of the uterus is thickened to
be able to receive a fertilized egg. If no conception occurs, the
uterine lining as well as blood will be shed in menstruation.
In humans, the few days near ovulation constitute the fertile phase.
The time from the beginning of the last menstrual period (LMP) until
ovulation is, on average, days, but with substantial variation both
between women and between cycles in any single woman, with an overall
95% prediction interval of 8.2
to 20.5 days.
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To become pregnant naturally, one of your eggs and your partner's
sperm have to meet in your fallopian tube. Your egg survives no more
than 24 hours after you've ovulated. So the meeting of egg and sperm
has to occur within this time. However, sperm can survive for up to
seven days. They'll happily live in your vagina, uterus or fallopian
tubes for this length of time.
This means that you don't have to time sex to the exact moment you
ovulate to get pregnant. You actually have a fertile window of about
six days. This window includes the five days before and the day of
ovulation itself. So, if you have sex at some time during your fertile
window, your freshly ovulated egg could meet live, healthy sperm and
be
fertilised.
.The start of ovulation can be detected by various
signs. Because the signs are not readily discernible by
people other than the woman herself, humans are
said to have a concealed ovulation,The simplest way to work out your
most fertile time is to note down the length of your period .
Then look out for signs of hormonal and physical changes in your body.
You'll start to notice signs that you're fertile about five days
before you ovulate. Ovulation usually occurs between 12 and 14 days
before your period starts. This is an average, so it could be a couple
of days earlier or later.
For example,say you have a regular 28-day menstrual cycle. Count the
first day of your period as day one. Your fertile window is likely to
be around days 12 to 17. However, a lot of women have an irregular
cycle. If your cycle is irregular, ovulation may occur a week earlier
or later from one month to the next.
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