This article is about the fertility facts of woman.
Fertility awareness is a form of family planning.
To be effective as a form of birth control, it requires women to abstain from intercourse or to use a barrier method such as male condom or female condom, cervical cap, or diaphragm during the fertile time for approximately one-third of the month.
For a woman to increase her fertility awareness, she has to, most importantly, understand her body and her menstrual cycle Here is some facts about the Menstrual Cycle.
In the first half of the menstrual cycle, levels of estrogen rise and make the lining of the uterus grow and thicken.
An egg (ovum) in one of the ovaries starts to mature.
At about day 14 of a typical 28-day cycle, the egg leaves the ovary.
This is known as ovulation.
The egg begins to travel through the fallopian tube to the uterus.
Progesterone levels rise and help prepare the uterine lining for pregnancy.
If a couple has intercourse before or after ovulation occurs, they can get pregnant.
(Sperms can stay alive inside a woman's body for 3-4 days, but possibly as long as 6-7 days.
) If the egg becomes fertilized by a sperm cell and attaches itself to the uterine wall, the woman becomes pregnant.
If pregnancy does not occur, estrogen and progesterone levels drop, the egg is either dissolves or is absorbed into the body.
The thickened lining of the uterus and extra blood are then shed through the vagina, this is known as the menstrual period.