cycle. In female humans ovulation typically occurs near the midpoint in the menstrual cycle and after the follicular phase. Ovulation is stimulated by an...

to have concealed ovulation because there is no outward physiological sign, either to a woman herself or to others, that ovulation, or biological fertility...

the dominant follicle releases an oocyte, in an event called ovulation. After ovulation, the oocyte lives for 24 hours or less without fertilization,...

Induced ovulation occurs in some animal species that do not ovulate cyclically or spontaneously. Ovulation can be induced by externally-derived stimuli...

Billings ovulation method is a method in which women use their vaginal mucus to determine their fertility. It does not rely on the presence of ovulation, but...

ovulation. LH can be detected by urinary ovulation predictor kits (OPK, also LH-kit) that are performed, typically daily, around the time ovulation may...

fertilized. Ovulation occurs ~35 hours after the beginning of the LH surge or ~10 hours following the LH surge. Several days after ovulation, the increasing...

Ovulation induction is the stimulation of ovulation by medication. It is usually used in the sense of stimulation of the development of ovarian follicles...

characterized as an induced ovulator, since coitus induces ovulation. However, various incidents of spontaneous ovulation have been documented in the...

include breast tenderness and mittelschmerz (ovulation pains), urine analysis strips known as ovulation predictor kits (OPKs), and microscopic examination...

anovulatory cycles. It is in fact possible to restore ovulation using appropriate medication, and ovulation is successfully restored in approximately 90% of...

females to prevent ovulation, and hence achieve contraception. In a 28-day menstrual cycle, there are the proliferative phase, ovulation, and then the secretory...

mittelschmerz, during or near ovulation. The most common sign is the appearance of fertile cervical mucus in the days leading up to ovulation. Cervical mucus is...

in an attempt to attract high quality mates the closer the woman is to ovulation. Human sexuality has many aspects. In biology, sexuality describes the...

from primary follicle to a fully mature Graafian follicle. It ends with ovulation. The main hormones controlling this stage are secretion of gonadotropin-releasing...

anovulatory cycle is a menstrual cycle characterised by the absence of ovulation and a luteal phase. It may also vary in duration from a regular menstrual...

vitro fertilisation (IVF), or be given time to ovulate, resulting in superovulation which is the ovulation of a larger-than-normal number of eggs, generally...

women, ovulation causes a sustained increase of at least 0.2 °C (0.4 °F) in BBT. Monitoring BBTs is one way of estimating the day of ovulation. The tendency...

involved: "One, produced prior to ovulation, shortens the ovarian cycle; and the second, produced just at ovulation, lengthens the cycle". However, recent...

attractive to males around the time of ovulation by having larger swellings. However, more obvious ovulation leads to more male coercion, which may have...

cycle time from some five days before until approximately one day after ovulation (this is sometimes called the fertile window). For optimal pregnancy chance...

microsporangia (pollen sacs). The female cone (megastrobilus, seed cone, or ovulate cone) contains ovules which when fertilized by pollen become seeds. The...

involved: "One, produced prior to ovulation, shortens the ovarian cycle; and the second, produced just at ovulation, lengthens the cycle". However, recent...

also may provide indirect evidence of ovulation and fertility, although it does not predict the time of ovulation. Ferning was first described in the field...

egg cell (ovum) at ovulation for fertilization. These eggs are developed once every menstrual cycle with around 300-400 being ovulated during a woman's...

skin to help to identify time of ovulation. Some devices also come with on-line help and support. A commonly used ovulation predictor is the luteinizing hormone...

preventing or delaying ovulation so an egg cannot be released. The dosage used for emergency contraception is ineffective when ovulation has already occurred...

predicting the timing of ovulation exist, some of which may be performed at home or in a clinical setting. Knowing the timing of ovulation can help a woman to...

The company created the first digital ovulation test in 2004. In 2013, the company also began offering an ovulation test with a dual hormone read, detecting...

methods work by suppressing ovulation and thickening cervical mucus; while progestogen-only methods reduce the frequency of ovulation, most of them rely more...