ovulation
- noun
- /ˌɑːvjʊˈleɪʃən/
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- I am hoping that the cramping signifies ovulation, and I will be seeing a period shortly.
- resumption of ovulation
- delayed ovulation
- day of ovulation
So oral contraceptives help with reducing ovulation and reducing risk.
- So oral contraceptives help with reducing ovulation and reducing risk.
- I have migraines, insane ovulation pain.
- So pituitary sends out this pulses of LH and FSH, which then lead to ovulation.
- It triggers the pituitary to release more FSH and LH and that helps trigger ovulation.
- Well, during ovulation, the cervical plug transformed to create these channels that work like ladders.
- So I think I've been getting the ovulation test thing completely wrong.
- You know, is, is the disturbance of ovulation the cause or the result, right?
- So you taught me about this Baumeister idea about why ovulation might be concealed in women.
- But I've just been like deep into Google and like ovulation and conception.
- What are we are meant to be more outgoing before ovulation.
- But that's that's one study that I know of about concealed ovulation.
- So things like cramps, ovulation, pain, and tender breasts, like all of those are dark blue.
- There are there are ways that women are taught in traditional Judaism to learn their ovulation cycle.
- So basically what happens is if that ovulation, the egg gets fertilized, the hormones stay high.
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Hormonal birth control is not completely effective at preventing ovulation and thus conception.
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You can roughly calculate when you ovulate by using an ovulation calendar, like the one on our site.
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Do you know what ovulation is?
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It's the day of my ovulation.
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When I went off BC, the first ovulation sent me to the hospital.
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My ovulation schedule is delayed because of the full moon anyway.
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So I think I've been getting the ovulation test thing completely wrong.
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The main goal is to release an egg during ovulation and also to prepare the womb's lining to support a pregnancy.
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The ripened egg bursts out of the ovary, an event called "ovulation."
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Ovulation occurs approximately halfway through the menstrual cycle, releasing an egg from the ovulation.
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A way to find a woman's fertile days by watching when her body makes clear, slippery mucus around ovulation
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A way to find a woman's fertile days by watching changes in cervical mucus
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ovulation comes from the Latin word ovum meaning 'egg' and the ending -ation meaning 'a process'. So, ovulation is the process when an ovary releases an egg, which is why we use the word for the mid-point of the menstrual cycle when an egg can be fertilized.