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Infertility Myths and
the Truth
that can help you conceive
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The Truth about Menstrual Cycles, Menstruation
and the 12 hour
Fertility Window
Myth:
The average menstrual cycle is
28 days.
Fact:
The normal menstrual cycle can vary from about 24-36
days. And not only do cycles vary substantially
among women, they often vary within each individual
woman. One of the most unfortunate results of this
myth is the needless anxiety that it causes women
desiring to avoid pregnancy, who are led to believe
over and over again that they may be pregnant
because their periods are "late.
Myth:
Ovulation occurs on Day 14 of
the cycle.
Fact:
Probably the most widely held fertility myth
is the notion that women always ovulate on Day 14 of
their cycle. If this were indeed true, there would
be virtually no need for birth control, since
couples could simply avoid that one day. And scores
of couples desiring a child would simply have
intercourse on Day 14, and Bingo, get pregnant.
There are several serious consequences to the Day
14 fallacy:
- Many unplanned pregnancies occur because
couples think they are safe for unprotected
intercourse on any day but Day 14.
- Many couples who desire to get
pregnant actually impede pregnancy by timing
intercourse on Day 14, when, in reality, the
woman may ovulate either much earlier or later
than that one particular day.
- Many diagnostic tests and therapies are
performed at an inappropriate time in the
woman’s cycle. These include infertility
procedures such as post-coital tests and
endometrial biopsies, as well as general health
procedures such as mammograms and diaphragm
fittings.
- If a woman does get pregnant, the
doctor’s office will usually utilize a
"pregnancy wheel" to determine her due date. But
this device assumes that women ovulate on Day
14, and therefore could be off by several weeks,
leading physicians to perform diagnostic tests
at inappropriate times (e.g. amniocentesis) or
even induce labor before the baby is fully
developed.
Myth:
A woman
can get pregnant only one day per cycle.
Fact:
While it is true that a human egg is only
viable for 12 to 24 hours, a woman can actually get
pregnant from an act of intercourse occurring
anytime from about five days prior to ovulation to
even occasionally two days after, for a total
of about seven days
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