If you get a period every month can you do that and not ovulate? Or does your period mean you have ovulated?
Confused
2007-01-19 13:23:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
For a mature, healthy woman who is not on birth control, the period usually signifies ovulation. However, the period doesn't always mean that an egg was released. Skipping one or two months of ovulation is common (usually more common in younger women). Infertile women may also have periods with no release of an egg. And pregnant women can still have a monthly period even though eggs are not released during pregnancy. For some women who are affected by certain medications, can have multiple periods in a month and not ovulate for every one of them.
2007-01-19 13:37:23 · answer #1 · answered by CAITLIN 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm not sure if I understand your question exactly, but here goes:
Ovulation (the releasing of the egg from the ovaries) occurs monthly once a girl enters puberty (starts having periods) until she reaches the end of her reproductive life (menopause), EXCEPT when she is pregnant. The ovaries release the egg and if it is not fertilized, there is no need for the uterine lining that has built up in preparation to receive the fertilized egg. The source of the hormones that build up the uterine lining is cut off and the lining separates from the uterus and is sloughed out of the body through the vaginal opening. Ovulation and menstruation are related in that they are both part of the reproductive process, but they don't occur at the same time (in an average 28 day cycle, ovulation occurs on about the 14th day after the period started). Getting your period generally means that the egg that was released was not fertilized. Some women who have certain reproductive/hormonal issues do have trouble with ovulation and, as a result, have a hard time conceiving.
2007-01-19 21:37:53 · answer #2 · answered by chrissy25 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having a period does not mean that you ovulate. Many conditions can cause women to have anovulatory cycles (= no ovulation). Checking a progesterone level in the second part of the cycle, or charting basal body temperatures can give suggestions about whether ovulation occured.
2007-01-19 21:34:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anna K 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is possible to get a period and not ovulate. This is more common as you get older.
2007-01-19 23:12:10 · answer #4 · answered by Stephanie B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means you ovulate. that's the whole point of menustration.
here is a 28 [give or take a few days]
day 14. you ovulate
day 28. you menustrate
2007-01-19 21:33:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋