The menstrual cycle begins on the first day of your menstrual period (bleeding) and ends on the day before your next period. Your first cycle day (CD) is the first day you see bright red blood. The menstrual cycle is controlled by hormones and female fertility depends on this cycle.
Your Fertility and Fertile Window: When Is It?
You only have 5-6 fertile days in your cycle to get pregnant.
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Dysmenorrhea: Painful Menstrual Periods or Cramps
Dysmenorrhea is defined as a medical condition that involves pain or discomfort during menstruation.
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Cervical Changes During Menstrual Cycle (Photos)
Witness the cervical changes that take place during a full menstrual cycle. The pictures below are from a cervix of a 25-year-old woman who has never given birth before.
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Cervix Cycle Day 33
Lower backache on day 33.
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Cervix Cycle Day 31
Feeling pretty bloated on day 31.
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Cervix Cycle Day 17
Certain changes taking place in the cervix now.
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Cervix Cycle Day 6
How is cervical mucus on day 6?
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Cervix Cycle Day 32
The cervix is low and open.
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Cervix Cycle Day 30
Breasts are feeling heavy now.
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Cervix Cycle Day 29
The cervix feels dry on day 29.
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Cervix Cycle Day 28
See what's happening on day 28.
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Cervix Cycle Day 27
Cervical fluid is tacky on day 27.
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Cervix Cycle Day 26
Breasts are swelling today.
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Cervix Cycle Day 25
See what's happening on day 25.
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Cervix Cycle Day 24
Cervix is high again.
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Cervix Cycle Day 23
Breast are tender on day 23.
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Cervix Cycle Day 22
Basal body temperature is starting to rise.
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Cervix Cycle Day 21
The cervical fluid is dry.
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Cervix Cycle Day 20
Is mittelschmerz starting?
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Cervix Cycle Day 19
Egg-white fluid is now gone.
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Cervix Cycle Day 18
The cervical fluid looks egg-white.
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Cervix Cycle Day 16
There is egg-white consistency now.
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Cervix Cycle Day 15
The cervix is now open and high.
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Cervix Cycle Day 14
Cervical fluid is watery on day 14.
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Cervix Cycle Day 13
The cervix is starting to soften up.
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Cervix Cycle Day 11
See what's happening on Day 11.
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Cervix Cycle Day 12
Cervical fluid is white and milky.
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Cervix Cycle Day 10
Cervix is low today on Day 10.
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Cervix Cycle Day 9
There is a dry sensation on day 9.
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Cervix Cycle: Day 8
Cervical fluid is sticky on day 8.
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Cervix Cycle Day 7
Cervix is low and closed today.
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Cervix Cycle Day 5
There is very low flow today.
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Cervix Cycle Day 4
Here's what's happening on day 4.
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Cervix Cycle Day 3
See up close what the cervix looks like on day 3.
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Cervix Cycle Day 1
It's the first day of menstrual bleeding.
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Cervix Cycle Day 2
Today is the second day of menstrual bleeding.
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All About the Birth Control Pill
Birth control pills are now more than 99% effective at preventing pregnancy.
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Can Ovulation Occur At Any Time During the Cycle?
I've heard that you can pregnant at any time of the month, but I'm not sure that is true. Can ovulation occur at any time during the cycle? Can it happen more than once?
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Introduction to Breast Cancer: Causes and Risk Factors
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer related deaths, next to lung cancer.
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How Obesity Affects Infertility and Pregnancy
Obesity in men and women has a significant negative impact on fertility, it increases infertility, and it also increases pregnancy complications.
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What Is Cycle Syncing?
Learn about the four phases of the menstrual cycle and the best ways to eat and exercise during each phase!
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What is an LH Surge?
There are three phases of your menstrual cycle: follicular phase, ovulatory phase, and luteal phase. In terms of the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge, the ovulatory phase is most important.
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What Is Implantation?
"What is implantation?" Find out what it is, when it occurs, and what its symptoms are.
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Donʼt Let These 6 Pregnancy Symptoms Fake You Out
These six symptoms of pregnancy are classic but they don't always represent a pregnancy.
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Menstrual Cycle Calculator
Is your menstrual cycle regular? This menstrual cycle regularity tool will calculate whether you have regular cycles.
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Earliest Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy
You probably have a million questions: "How long does it take to get pregnant symptoms?" "How soon do you get pregnancy symptoms?" "How early can pregnancy symptoms start?" These are the most common.
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When To Take A Pregnancy Test To Get Best Results
Despite the claim that home pregnancy tests are effective as little as two to three days before the first day of your next menstrual cycle, the human body does not always live up to this expectation.
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Antral Follicle Count - Ovarian Reserve Testing
The antral follicle count is a method for ovarian reserve testing using transvaginal ultrasound.
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Menstrual Period Calculator and Calendar
Calculate your next menstrual period and see when you will have your period and ovulate for the next year.
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Clomid Clomiphene and Provera Bleeding
Provera is usually given prior to clomid to cleanse the uterus, empty the old uterine lining and get ready to implantation.
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