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Ovulation lasts 12 to 24 hours, during which an egg can be fertilized. The fertile window is six days long, including the day of ovulation and the five days before it. Understanding your cycle can ...

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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 ...

If you’re trying to have a baby, an ovulation test can help predict when you’re most likely to be fertile. You should take an ovulation test a few days prior to when you anticipate ovulation.

Ovulation cramps may include pain on one or both sides of the abdomen and can be sharp. Ovulation occurs when one of the ovaries releases an egg, which typically happens halfway through a person’s ...

Trying to conceive can be a complicated process for some families. And, if you're not able to get pregnant as quickly as you'd like, it makes sense to want to do what you can to increase your odds of ...

Your body may start showing symptoms of ovulation after an hCG injection, indicating that ovulation is near or has already occurred. You might notice small changes, like a slight rise in your basal ...

You might gain a small amount of weight during ovulation because of bloating and water retention caused by hormonal changes. Avoiding certain foods and walking after eating may help. When you’re ...

For a long time, scientists thought that human women had concealed ovulation and menstrual cycles — in other words, that nobody (aside from ourselves and the people we buy our tampons from) could tell ...

Ovulation bleeding is vaginal bleeding during or immediately before or after ovulation, which occurs roughly in the middle of a menstrual cycle. A person may also experience light spotting around this ...