Fertility
- A woman ovulates at only one time during her cycle, and an ovum can survive for only 12–24 hours.
- Cervical mucus enabling healthy sperm cells to navigate the genital tract is necessary for fertility
- Most commonly, spermatozoa live only one to three days in the presence of fertile mucus, with survival up to five days being rare. The possibility of pregnancy from sperm survival longer than five days has been compared to "the chances of winning a huge lottery."
- Menstruation will occur about 2 weeks after ovulation.
- A ten-year study of 45,280 subfertile couples in China found that 32.1% of women were able to achieve pregnancy and live birth through the use of Billings.
Read more about this topic: Billings Ovulation Method
Famous quotes containing the word fertility:
“I will go root away
The noisome weeds which without profit suck
The soil’s fertility from wholesome flowers.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“Dancing with abandon, turning a tango into a fertility rite.”
—Marshall Pugh (b. 1925)
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