What is ovulation? Ovulation is when an egg is released from your ovary during your menstrual cycle. If the egg is fertilized, it can lead to pregnancy; if not, the uterine lining is shed during your period. Understanding ovulation helps with family planning and can provide insights into your health. What are the signs? When […]
Ovulation is the process wherein the ovary releases a mature egg cell — this sets the stage for fertilization! The egg cell travels through the fallopian tube, where it can possibly meet a sperm cell. This is also why ovulation is also known as your fertile days because this is the time where pregnancy is […]
Oral contraceptive pills or “pills” contain the hormones estrogen and progestin that mimic the hormones women naturally produce. These hormones do a couple of things to ensure that pregnancy is not going to happen: they stop the ovaries from producing eggs for ovulation so that there’s no egg for the sperm to fertilize; they make […]
