Ovulation

Primary infertility occurs when a couple has yet to experience pregnancy. Secondary infertility occurs when a couple conceived a child, but were unable to conceive another child after one year of attempting to reproduce. Infertility has many causes: “ovulation problems, blocked Fallopian tubes, uterine problems, uterine fibroids, age, stress, poor diet, and athletic training (MedicineNet, 2016).” While the percentage of women facing infertile problems has remained stagnant in the prior fifty…

the test is done incorrectly, there will be no harm done. CLIA has tests available for patients to order online and do at home, but the procedure can be done in the medical office using 2 methods as well. These tests are of course used to detect ovulation making becoming pregnant or for some women, avoidance of pregnancy. Of course both procedures requires clean, washed hands, as well as the…

infertility issues, the emotional and financial commitments to treatment options can be significant. There are multiple treatments, however, in order to cope with the problem. Fertility drugs are one option to infertility treatment. These drugs stimulate ovulation in women who are not ovulating. Out of the women who utilize these drugs, 60-80% begin to ovulate, but about…

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders that is known to affect women during reproductive years. This disorder is characterized by hyperandrogenism, chronic anovulation, and typical morphologic changes of the ovaries (Pan, Chen, Tsao, & Chen, 2015). PCOS is estimated to have a prevalence of 5%-10% of reproductive aged women (Grossman & Porth). The symptoms that accompany this disorder include menstrual irregularity, obesity, infertility, and androgen…

As with the male counterpart, the ovaries are derived from the genital ridge later descending to their final position in the pelvis. In adults, the ovaries have an ovoid shape and are usually 3-5cm long. They are a layered structure with an outer layer germinal epithelium, tunica albuginea, cortex and medulla that is innermost (fig. 1). Although now challenged by recent discoveries (1), the germinal epithelium; a continuation of the peritoneum, is inaptly named due the mistaken belief that germ…

York Times “First described in 1935, PCOS was initially called Stein-Leventhal syndrome, for the two American gynecologists who identified it, Dr. Irving F. Stein Sr. and Dr. Michael L. Leventhal. They recognized that ovarian cysts can interrupt ovulation and cause infertility in significant numbers of women.” What is PCOS? Well…

Should a woman get to give birth when she wants or should nature decide? Nations across the world struggle with this topic. In the early twentieth, birth control was a very sensitive issue all around the world. Couples were not allowed to have sex before marriage and married couples were only allowed to have sex if they wanted to have children. Although birth control pills are believed to be the best way to prevent pregnancy; they have been found to have many side effects than the medical…

some information about it with her. The combination birth control pill is a pill that you take by mouth for 21 days and then a placebo pill for 7 days and the cycle repeats every month. The pill contains estrogen and progestin that prevents ovulation. Ovulation is when a woman’s body produces an egg that is able to be fertilized by a male’s sperm to become pregnant. With the high levels of estrogen from the birth control pill it prevents the woman to ovulate and drop an egg. The progestin in the…

maternal or paternal side. Many women with PCOS have an imbalance in some hormones, such as: • high levels of testosterone – a male hormone, although every woman produce small amounts of it • high levels of luteinising hormone (LH) – It triggers ovulation, but if the levels are too high, then it may have an abnormal effect on the ovaries • low levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) • High levels of…

production of the androgens. The ovaries of women with PCOS produce higher concentrations of androgens then in women that do not have PCOS. An androgen is a male hormone. When there are high levels of male hormones in a woman’s system, this can affect ovulation, acne, and hair growth. ("Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) fact…