If you're trying to get pregnant (or trying not to), it's key to know when you're ovulating. That's because having sex just before and during ovulation—overlapping with your six-day "fertile ...

Sleep plays a vital role in maintaining overall health, but its impact on reproductive health is often overlooked. Medical studies indicate that sleeping habits influence hormonal balance and ...

Many people assume that once you start taking “the pill” or using other hormonal contraceptives, ovulation completely stops. While that’s true for most users, there are situations where ovulation can ...

Provera is a prescription drug containing medroxyprogesterone acetate, a type of synthetic progesterone. Progesterone is one of the hormones that controls the menstrual cycle and ovulation, the ...

Understanding how your menstrual cycle works will improve your chances of successfully getting pregnant — or avoiding pregnancy — depending on your goal. It’s important to know when ovulation occurs ...

Stress during the first week of your menstrual cycle can affect ovulation by raising cortisol, the body’s primary stress hormone. This article examines how early stress alters hormone balance, what ...

Modern technologies are developing in all areas of our lives, and reproductive technologies are no exception. Today, ovulation can be determined in various ways – by symptoms, based on ultrasound, and ...

A landmark randomized trial shows that preparing the uterus using natural ovulation delivers the same chance of a healthy baby as hormone therapy, while sharply lowering the risk of dangerous ...

Women may ovulate more than once a month, suggests a Canadian study that overturns conventional views on the human menstrual cycle. The findings may explain why the rhythm method of contraception is ...

Eggs pop out of ovaries. But what propels them has been unknown. Now, researchers from the University of Connecticut explain in an article published in the September 18 issue of the Proceedings of the ...

For women, is there any connection between hypothyroidism and infertility? Read on to know how such hormonal imbalances can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ovulation predictor kit accuracy was similar across five tests ranging from 91.75% to 96.9%. Fewer participants ...