Category: Menstrual Cycle

Fertility and conception rely on timing. For those females with regular or “normal” menstrual cycles, ovulation typically occurs mid-cycle. For example, if there are 30 days between periods,  you may estimate ovulation at 16 days after the start of your period. A 28 day cycle may indicate ovulation occurs at 14 days, and so on. […]

Some people have a menstrual cycle you could set your clock by. Every 28 days they know, without a doubt, it’s period time. Others have a vaguer notion of when to buy tampons. It might be four weeks or it might be five weeks. Both of those people experience a “normal” menstrual cycle. But what […]