How is Ovulation detected?
The initial infertility evaluation should always try to document ovulation. This can not always be done with absolute certainty. The human egg is microscopic. This means that the human egg is invisible to the naked eye and cannot be seen without the aid of a microscope. Therefore, when you think about it the only real way to absolutely confirm the egg’s release from the ovary is to achieve a pregnancy or to identify the egg under the microscope after flushing the microscopic egg out from the pelvis, fallopian tube or uterus (which is possibly immoral and certainly both impractical and difficult). Useful methods of documenting ovulation include: (1) Obtaining the history of regular menstrual cycle intervals off all medication This is the oldest technique of documenting ovulation and it is both simple and fairly reliable. Additional support occurs if each menstrual flow is consistent in amount, there are premenstrual symptoms reflecting that hormonal shifts are occurring, and the menstru
