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  2. Progestogen-only pill - Wikipedia

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    Perfect use" means that an individual uses their contraceptive pill at the same time every day without missing a scheduled dose. [ 21 ] Assuming "typical use," the theoretical efficacy of progestogen-only pills in avoiding undesired pregnancy falls to around 91-93%, meaning that approximately 7 to 9 out of every 100 patients will experience an ...

  3. Combined oral contraceptive pill - Wikipedia

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    In December 1954, Rock began the first studies of the ovulation-suppressing potential of 5–50 mg doses of the three oral progestins for three months (for 21 days per cycle—days 5–25 followed by pill-free days to produce withdrawal bleeding) in fifty of his patients with infertility in Brookline, Massachusetts. Norethisterone or ...

  4. Calendar-based contraceptive methods - Wikipedia

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    The standard days method is also considered a calendar-based method, because when using it, a woman tracks the days of her menstrual cycle without observing her physical fertility signs. The standard days method is based on a fixed formula taking into consideration the timing of ovulation, the functional life of the sperm and the ovum, and the ...

  5. Fertility awareness - Wikipedia

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    Calendar rules may set a standard number of days, specifying that (depending on a woman's past cycle lengths) the first three to six days of each menstrual cycle are considered infertile. [31] Or, a calendar rule may require calculation, for example holding that the length of the pre-ovulatory infertile phase is equal to the length of a woman's ...

  6. Combined hormonal contraception - Wikipedia

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    Prevention of ovulation occurs via inhibition of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis, through progesterone and estrogen providing negative feedback to the hypothalamus and inhibiting the production of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH). GnRH typically promotes the release of LH and FSH from the pituitary.

  7. Darks Spots May Be in Your Past With This All-Purpose ... - AOL

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    Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Generally, people put the term “dark spot” into one category. Think about it: When ...

  8. Folliculogenesis - Wikipedia

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    The growth of the dominant follicle during the follicular phase is about 1.5 mm per day (±0.1 mm), both in natural cycles and for any dominant follicle developing while taking combined oral contraceptive pill. [8] Performing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation leads to a greater recruitment of follicles, growing at about 1.6 mm per day. [8]

  9. Estrous cycle - Wikipedia

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    Ovulation occurs 24–48 hours after the luteinizing hormone peak, which occurs around the fourth day of estrus; therefore, this is the best time to begin breeding. Proestrus bleeding in dogs is common and is believed to be caused by diapedesis of red blood cells from the blood vessels due to the increase of the estradiol-17β hormone .