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Luteal phase — The luteal phase (or secretory phase) is the latter phase of the menstrual cycle (in humans and a few other animals) or the estrous cycle (in other placental mammals). It begins with the formation of the corpus luteum and ends in either pregnancy … Wikipedia
luteal phase deficiency — see under defect … Medical dictionary
defect — An imperfection, malformation, dysfunction, or absence; an attribute of quality, in contrast with deficiency, which is an attribute of quantity. [L. deficio, pp. fectus, to fail, to lack] aortic septal d., aorticopulmonary septal d. a small… … Medical dictionary
Beginning of pregnancy controversy — Controversy over the beginning of pregnancy usually occurs in the context of the abortion debate.[not verified in body] Depending on where pregnancy is considered to begin, some methods of birth control or infertility treatment might be… … Wikipedia
Habitual abortion — Habitual abortion, recurrent miscarriage or recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is the occurrence of repeated (three or more consecutive) pregnancies that end in miscarriage of the fetus, usually before 20 weeks of gestation. RPL affects about… … Wikipedia
deficiency — An insufficient quantity of some substance (as in dietary d. or hemoglobin d. in marrow aplasia); organization (as in mental d.); activity (as in enzyme d. or reduced oxygen carrying capacity of the blood), etc., of which the amount present is of … Medical dictionary
Fertility awareness — Background Birth control type Behavioral First use 1950s (mucus) mid 1930s (BBT) 1930 (Knaus Ogino) Ancient (ad hoc) Failure rates (first year) Perfect use Symptoms based: 1 3% Calendar based: 5 9% … Wikipedia
Miscarriage — Classification and external resources A complete spontaneous abortion at about six weeks from conception, i.e. eight weeks from the last menstrual period (LMP) … Wikipedia
Infertility in polycystic ovary syndrome — Polycystic ovary disease (PCOS) is thought to be one of the leading causes of female infertility.[1][2][3][4] Polycystic ovary syndrome is the cause of more than 75% of cases of anovulatory infertility.[5] … Wikipedia
Basal body temperature — Infobox Birth control name = Basal body temperature width = caption = bc type = Fertility awareness date first use = 1930s rate type = Failure perfect failure% = 0.3 typical failure% = 3.1 [cite journal |last=Döring |first=GK |title=The… … Wikipedia
