Ovulation lasts 12 to 24 hours, during which an egg can be fertilized. The fertile window is six days long, including the day of ovulation and the five days before it. Understanding your cycle can ...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next alongside a Christmas tree during an event at the White House in Washington Dec. 5, 2025. Trump issued a Dec. 8 statement marking the feast of the Immaculate ...

The two-week wait is either a concept you're intimately familiar with or something you've never heard of in your whole life. The BabyCenter Community is full of people trying to conceive and stuck in ...

For the majority of women, the first of their period is the most painful. Many of them complain of excruciating pain on day one of their menstrual cycle. But have you ever wondered why? What is the ...

Very few babies are born on their exact due date, with only about 4% arriving "on time." Health care providers use methods like the last menstrual period, ovulation dates, and ultrasounds to estimate ...

Ovulation is an important process during the menstrual cycle, which can determine whether you are able to get pregnant, and when. Although many of us learned in health class that unprotected sex at ...