This type of cramping has to do more with the pain that arises from a follicle rupturing or «popping» in an attempt to release an egg (which may happen or may not, such as with PCOS where follicles are faulty and don't always produce a healthy egg or in peri-menopause when
ovarian egg reserve is dwindling).
Not exact matches
Your
ovarian reserve tells us about the quantity (but not quality) of your remaining
eggs, as well as where your ovaries are in the aging process.
Ovarian reserve refers to the quantity of
eggs remaining in a woman's ovaries.
Age and infertility are directly related to a woman's diminishing
ovarian reserve, or
egg supply.
The most important measure of fertility as women age is
ovarian reserve, or the
egg supply in the ovaries.
Ovarian reserve refers to the number of
eggs in a woman's ovaries.
Combining an
egg's genetic leftovers with donor cells may be a way to double the number of
eggs available for IVF in women whose
ovarian reserve is running low
Women of reproductive age who have thyroid cancer should be cautious about receiving radioactive iodine treatment, which affects their remaining
egg supply — their
ovarian reserve — and may affect their fertility, new research from Israel finds.
As women age their store of viable
eggs reduces such that their «
ovarian reserve» (and likelihood of pregnancy) declines.
Doctors commonly try to measure
ovarian reserve, the amount of viable
eggs still in the ovary, when trying to determine fertility.
For a woman who isn't undergoing fertility treatment, it can give an indication of her
ovarian reserve, or how many
eggs she has left.
These reasons include breastfeeding; perimenopausal changes; adrenal dysfunction; anorexia;
ovarian issues, including low
egg reserve, or autoimmune attacks on the ovaries; and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), among others.
As
ovarian reserve diminishes and
egg health declines, FSH levels may rise.