We have discussed implantation bleedings quite a lot recently. Part of the reason for that is that implantation bleedings worry many women, and while they have heard about implantation bleeding, they have no idea what to expect from it. One of the most common questions when it comes to this subject is, “How on earth do I know whether I’m having an implantation bleeding, or my period?” (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘menstruation’
Differences between implantation bleeding and menstruation
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Implantation bleeding symptoms
Friday, June 25th, 2010For women who are trying to conceive a baby, even the most subtle changes in the body are important. Something as obvious as bleeding might have you worried, especially if you have irregular cycles. What are the symptoms of implantation bleeding? How can you tell implantation bleeding apart from a period, or a miscarriage? (more…)
Sex during Menstruation, Pregnancy, Uterus Infection and STD’s
Thursday, May 20th, 2010People are pretty confident that indulging in sex during the menstruation is the safest way to practice sex or at least to avoid pregnancy. And, many times they are disappointed and surprised when they end up with uterus infection…
The History of Menstruation
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Although it might seem absurd, like who would want to read about menstruation, it got me quite interested and the facts that I’ve found out are astonishing.
What did women use for menstruation in 18th century for example? Have you ever thought of that? (more…)
Luteal Phase Defect (LPD): Cause of Infertility
Friday, February 12th, 2010I have described in several other articles what luteal phase is, for this reason I am not going to repeat this again, you may read it on the link above.
In this short article I am going to describe luteal phase defect or LPD, which is also one of the considerable causes of infertility.
Luteal phase defect can impact your fertility by inability to conceive or by having problems to maintain pregnancy or causing an early miscarriage.
It is considered that woman suffers from luteal phase defect if her luteal phase is shorter than 10 days or if she is unable to produce enough progesterone during the luteal phase even though luteal phase itself is long enough. Luteal phase defect is also defined in cases when endometrium does not respond appropriately to the progesterone stimulation therefore causing endometrial lining not being ready for implantation, which is the main reason women have problems conceiving. (more…)
Luteal Phase of the Menstrual Cycle and its Role in Repoductive System
Friday, February 12th, 2010Luteal phase is also referred as secretory phase or days past ovulation (or DPO), and this is for a reason. Luteal phase is actually the phase in a menstrual cycle that starts after ovulation and ends with the first day of next menstrual bleeding or hopefully with pregnancy. The length of the luteal phase actually determines the time of ovulation within your menstrual cycle.
Luteal phase is that time of the month when woman’s egg develops and is released with the next menstrual cycle.
The luteal phase is named after the corpus luteum, which in Latin means yellow body. It symbolizes a structure that grows on the surface of the ovary where a mature egg was released at ovulation. This yellow body produces progesterone, and is preparing the body for pregnancy. (more…)
Trying to Conceive: Ovulation Calendar Explanation
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Ovulation calendar is a calendar that predicts when approximately woman will ovulate.
Ovulation is a period in a month, when woman is most fertile. This is the period when woman’s egg matures and is ready for conception of a child, which also means this is also a period of a month when the chances of getting pregnant are the highest.
There are 2 basic information needed, if woman wants to calculate when approximately her ovulation will occur, and when comes that period when she is most fertile. (more…)
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