Most people think of ovulation as a singular event that happens one day a month. But ovulation affects a woman’s entire cycle, and it changes as she goes through different seasons of life.

Knowing when ovulation happens is critical when you want to get pregnant because the window of opportunity to conceive is fairly small every month. As shown in the graph, conception is only …

The Science Behind Ovulation — the process of an egg leaving the ovary and traveling into the fallopian tube — occurs at about day 14 of an average 28-day cycle.

Ovulation is the major event of the men-strual cycle. It requires a series of coor-dinated hormonal events to occur and it shows an adequate activity of the hypo-thalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPG).

Women who are not ovulating and have a BMI over 30 should be advised that weight loss can improve their chance of ovulation, conception, and pregnancy outcomes

How does ovulation work? The process is summarized in Figure s in the brain: the hypothalamus (1) and the pituitary gland (2). The hypothalamus sends hormonal messages to the pituitary gland that, in …

omen have problems with ovulation. These women may ovulate less often or not at all (anovulation). Ovulation inducation medications can help a woman to ovulate more regularly, increas ng her …