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  2. Ovulatory shift hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The period of high fertility is also called the fertile window, and is the only time during the cycle when sex can result in conception. [9] [page needed] Females of most mammalian species display hormonally-induced physical and behavioral signals of their fertility during the fertile window, such as sexual swellings and increased motivation to ...

  3. Sheehan's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    In a study of 1,034 symptomatic adults, Sheehan's syndrome was found to be the sixth-most frequent etiology of growth hormone deficiency, being responsible for 3.1% of cases (versus 53.9% due to a pituitary tumor). [8] Additionally, it was found that the majority of women who experienced Sheehan syndrome gave birth at home rather than in a ...

  4. Maternal somatic support after brain death - Wikipedia

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    Of the twelve viable children known to be delivered from brain dead mothers on prolonged somatic support between 1982 and 2010, the mean gestational age at the time of brain death was 22 weeks and the mean gestational age at delivery was 29.5 weeks, leading to an average length of somatic support for the mothers in the ICU of 7.5 weeks (52.5 days).

  5. Human fertilization - Wikipedia

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    In a reference group representing all women, the 95% prediction interval of the LMP-to-ovulation is 8.2 to 20.5 days. [ 31 ] The average time to birth has been estimated to be 268 days (38 weeks and two days) from ovulation , with a standard deviation of 10 days or coefficient of variation of 3.7%.

  6. Ovulation - Wikipedia

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    Ovulation is an important part of the menstrual cycle in female vertebrates where the egg cells are released from the ovaries as part of the ovarian cycle. In female humans ovulation typically occurs near the midpoint in the menstrual cycle and after the follicular phase. Ovulation is stimulated by an increase in luteinizing hormone (LH).

  7. This Is What Happens to Your Brain When You Orgasm ... - AOL

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    The end result is that the brain’s pain inhibiting system is activated, thus reducing pain. But, more importantly, “the peptides themselves, when they’re released, give us a sense of well ...

  8. Follicular atresia - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 1% of mammalian follicles in ovaries undergo ovulation and the remaining 99% of follicles go through follicular atresia as they cycle through the growth phases. In summary, follicular atresia is a process that leads to the follicular loss and loss of oocytes, and any disturbance or loss of functionality of this process can lead to ...

  9. Ovarian apoplexy - Wikipedia

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    The ovary on the right's surface has been breached, and is bleeding. It has been cut off from the body's supply of nutrients and necrosis has set in. Apoplexy can also happen in the brain and the stomach. Pain, which occurs primarily mid-cycle or after a minor delay in menstruation (at the time of the rupture of a corpus luteum cyst, for