I am curious...does ovulation alternate sides every month or is the side random? My dr. said the sides are random,,I find that strange..what do you think?
2007-03-23 02:44:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The only text I've read said they alternate, but that it is not set in stone. It can be random.
2007-03-23 02:49:10 · answer #1 · answered by King 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg that ovulates is the egg-follicle that produced the most estrogen. It is completely random since FSH and LH are hormones and cannot be directed to a particular side. It just so happens that in the majority of cases, it seems to alternate sides. But the eggs can just as easily mature on one side predominantly.
2007-03-23 09:55:26 · answer #2 · answered by misoma5 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you should listen to your doctor.
Why would it alternate? So that it makes a nice mental image of a pretty pattern for you? Nature isn't like that - nature is chaotic.
Does it rain every other day? Are there exactly as many women in the world as there are men? Do you ovulate every other day? Do trees have the same number of roots as they do branches? Do birds always fly in a perfectly straight line? No - patterns of that kind don't happen very often anywhere in nature.
2007-03-23 10:00:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋