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  1. Ovulation signs: When is conception most likely? - Mayo Clinic

    Jul 9, 2024 · Having sex regularly from 3 to 4 days before ovulation until one day after ovulation improves the odds of getting pregnant. Pregnancy is most likely to happen in the days surrounding …

  2. Menstrual cycle: What's normal, what's not - Mayo Clinic

    Apr 22, 2023 · The menstrual cycle is the monthly series of changes the body goes through to prepare for pregnancy. Each month, one of the ovaries releases an egg. This is called ovulation. Hormonal …

  3. Mittelschmerz - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Feb 13, 2024 · Mittelschmerz is one-sided, lower abdominal pain associated with ovulation. German for "middle pain," mittelschmerz occurs midway through a menstrual cycle — about 14 days before your …

  4. Rhythm method for natural family planning - Mayo Clinic

    Mar 7, 2023 · Overview The rhythm method, also called the calendar method or the calendar rhythm method, is a form of natural family planning. To use the rhythm method, you track your menstrual …

  5. Basal body temperature for natural family planning - Mayo Clinic

    Feb 10, 2023 · Following ovulation, a rise in basal body temperature that lasts for 18 or more days may be an early indicator of pregnancy. The basal body temperature method is often combined with the …

  6. How to get pregnant - Mayo Clinic

    Oct 30, 2024 · How to predict ovulation Having sex before ovulation is important. Knowing when you ovulate and having sex regularly from 3 to 4 days before ovulation until one day after ovulation …

  7. Perimenopause - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Aug 14, 2025 · As ovulation becomes more unpredictable, the time between periods may be longer or shorter, your flow may be light to heavy, and you may skip some periods. If the length of your periods …

  8. Depo-Provera (birth control shot) - Mayo Clinic

    Feb 5, 2025 · Depo-Provera is a well-known brand name for medroxyprogesterone acetate. It's a birth control shot that has the hormone progestin. A birth control shot is also called a contraceptive …

  9. Female fertility: Why lifestyle choices count - Mayo Clinic

    Jan 9, 2024 · Female fertility is being able to get pregnant. Have you and your partner been trying to get pregnant by having sex without birth control for at least one year with no success? Not getting …

  10. Female infertility - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Aug 27, 2021 · An at-home, over-the-counter ovulation prediction kit detects the surge in luteinizing hormone (LH) that occurs before ovulation. A blood test for progesterone — a hormone produced …