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  2. Calendar-based contraceptive methods - Wikipedia

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    Days 8–19 are considered fertile; considered unsafe for unprotected intercourse; Day 20 through the end of the cycle are considered infertile. When used to avoid pregnancy, the standard days method has been estimated [22] to have perfect-use efficacy of 95% and typical-use efficacy of 88%.

  3. Timeline of human prenatal development - Wikipedia

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    The blastocyst is fully implanted day 7–12 of fertilization. [1] Formation of the yolk sac. The embryonic cells flatten into a disk, two cells thick. If separation into identical twins occurs, 2/3 of the time it will happen between days 5 and 9. If it happens after day 9, there is a significant risk of the twins being conjoined.

  4. Menstrual cycle - Wikipedia

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    Menstrual cycle The menstrual cycle is a series of natural changes in hormone production and the structures of the uterus and ovaries of the female reproductive system that makes pregnancy possible. The ovarian cycle controls the production and release of eggs and the cyclic release of estrogen and progesterone. The uterine cycle governs the preparation and maintenance of the lining of the ...

  5. Menstruation - Wikipedia

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    The first day of menstrual bleeding is the date used for the last menstrual period (LMP). The typical length of time between the first day of one period and the first day of the next is 21 to 45 days in young women, and 21 to 35 days in adults. [2] [3] The average length is 28 days; one study estimated it at 29.3 days. [10]

  6. Ovulation - Wikipedia

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    The days in which a woman is most fertile can be calculated based on the date of the last menstrual period and the length of a typical menstrual cycle. [4] The few days surrounding ovulation (from approximately days 10 to 18 of a 28-day cycle), constitute the most fertile phase.

  7. Gestational age - Wikipedia

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    The WHO defines the perinatal period as "The perinatal period commences at 22 completed weeks (154 days) of gestation and ends seven completed days after birth." [26] Perinatal mortality is the death of fetuses or neonates during the perinatal period. A 2013 study found that "While only a small proportion of births occur before 24 completed ...

  8. Menstrual synchrony - Wikipedia

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    For example, the expected difference by chance between two women with 28-day cycles—which is approximately the average length of menstrual cycles of women at the age [68] —is 7 days. Considering that the mean duration of menses is 5 days [ 12 ] and the range is 2 to 7 days, [ 67 ] the probability of menstruation overlap by chance should be ...

  9. Knuckle mnemonic - Wikipedia

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    Knuckles are counted as 31 days, depressions between knuckles as 30 (or 28/29) days. One starts with the little finger knuckle as January, and one finger or depression at a time is counted towards the index finger knuckle (July), saying the months while doing so. One then returns to the little finger knuckle (now August) and continues for the ...