Prolonged menstrual cycles are menstrual cycles that are longer than usual for you. The reason for prolonged menstrual cycles is that ovulation has occurred later in the cycle than usual. Nothing happens to ovulation per say, it's just later.
Between each ovulation, the lining the uterus is shed in the menstrual cycle. If the egg is fertilized, no further ovulation occurs and no menstrual shedding happens.
There usually occurs an ovulation on day 14 of the menstrual cycle. Usually one, occasionally more than one ovum is released from the ovary. It is trapped by the fimbriated end of the fallopian tube. Usually fertilization occurs in the fallopian tube.
Ovulation generally happens approximately two weeks into the http://www.answers.com/topic/menstrual-cycle.
Ovulation occurs on the 14th day out of the 28 day cycle.
While on the pill you don't have an ovulation cycle - the pill prevents ovulation. Once off the pill you can start tracking ovulation by cervical mucus changes and charting your menstrual cycle. Ovulation happens about 14 days prior to menstruation.
No, if a woman has no menstrual cycle then she cannot get pregnant. The menstrual cycle includes ovulation, no ovulation means no pregnancy. This is how hormonal Birth Control such as the combination pill works, it suppresses the menstrual cycles in order to stop ovulation to prevent unintended pregnancy.
The menstrual cycle is the reproductive cycle in human beings, and ovulation is one phase of the menstrual cycle. Each cycle a woman will ovulate and the uterine lining plups-up ready for possible pregnancy, but if she doesn't get pregnant then the uterine lining sheds (menstruation).
One of the methods to predict ovulation is calendar method. You just check you menstrual cycle and calculate ovulation. e.g. If you have a 28-day cycle, ovulation starts around the 14th day of the menstrual cycle. I use this calendar http://www.ladys-calendar.com. and it helps me to know days of ovulation.
Typically on day 14 of the menstrual cycle is when ovulation occurs - when an egg is released from the ovary. However everyone's menstrual cycles are different, if the cycle is longer it's likely ovulation occurs far later in the cycle than this.
Ovulation
During ovulation
Ovulation is when your ovaries release an egg. Menstruation occurs when that egg is not fertilised and your menstrual cycle starts a new. Discharge is something you get throughout your entire menstrual cycle.