ovulation

If I understand it correctly, a prolactinoma can make it harder to have children mainly because high prolactin can disrupt ovulation, but it does not automatically mean having a child is impossible.

E.g., maybe men with beautiful wives don't wait for ovulation, rather they're at it all the time?

> The Billings Ovulation Method uses cervical mucus observations to determine when a woman is fertile and when she is infertile.

Meiosis also occurs in women (technically in the female fetus), but women generally produce only a single egg each ovulation.

It still happens today, CNN pulled a sexist story that attempted to link women's ovulation with the way they would vote.

With the right sensors, it might even be possible to detect the ovulation event and activate only during that time period?

They will go and buy a basal thermometer or an ovulation test kit instead.

The first split happens at ovulation, and the second at fertilization (which is much later than I'd expect).

In many countries, it is now common to stimulate ovulation so as to obtain a large number of oocytes which are then fertilized.

Many of them will be with women who have timed their ovulation and will collect the used prophylactics on their way to the bathroom.

Having sex during your period is the worst and after it ends there's only a couple of days before you hit 5 days before ovulation.

Rather than releasing hormones into the entire bloodstream, isn't it possible to implant this closer to the reproductive system so that it can affect ovulation more directly?

I interpret this as: hCG looks like "stop ovulation" for humans(mammals?) and "star ovulation" for frogs.

"around the time of ovulation, a healthy female body produces a particular cervical mucous that creates a protective, hospitable environment for sperm"

But I'm long-term celibate for personal reasons, so unexpected pregnancy is not a concern.) It is a bone of contention with my gynecologist that I am not willing to suppress my (screened and confirmed to be) perfectly healthy "ovulation axis" on the off chance it might decrease my headaches.