1. Infertility is the inability to conceive a child despite trying for one year.
True False
2. Infertility affects about 5.3 million Americans, or 9 percent of the reproductive age population.
3. According to some experts, 50 percent of women who want to conceive become pregnant in the first ovulation cycle they try.
4. To become pregnant, a couple must have intercourse during the woman's fertile time of the month, which is right before and during ovulation.
5. Having intercourse often during the approximate time of ovulation does not impact the chances of conception.
6. Ovulation disorders are a common cause of infertility in women.
7. Without ovulation, eggs are not available for fertilization.
8. Over-the-counter ovulation prediction kits are available to measure a hormonal change that occurs a day or two before ovulation.
9. Ovulation tests detect a spike in the level of progesterone, which occurs just before ovulation.
10. A hormone called luteinizing hormone occurs in the middle of the menstrual cycle.
11. A surge in luteinizing hormone lasts about 15 days.
12. A surge in luteinizing hormone stimulates the ovary to release a mature egg.
13. The surge in luteinizing hormone means that ovulation will occur in about 24 to 36 hours.
14. The amount of luteinizing hormone in the body is the same for everyone.
15. There are several different ovulation prediction kits on the market that vary in cost, difficulty of administering and accuracy.
16. Some home ovulation prediction kits are as simple as holding a stick tester in your urine stream for several seconds.
17. Ovulation prediction kits are available without a physician’s prescription.
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Source(s): U.S. Food & Drug Administration National Institute of Child Health & Human Development National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 02/00