<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">14 Facts About Your Fertility That You Should Know
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	<li><span style="color: #808080;">Hormones are the play-makers. They dictate when and what goes on with your reproductive cycle.
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	<li><span style="color: #808080;">The Hypothalamus, which is a walnut-sized organ in the middle of the brain, regulates BOTH <a href="http://www.circlebloom.com/stress-infertility">stress and your fertility</a>.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #808080;">Studies have confirmed that stress has a negative impact on our fertility. It is also widely known that infertility causes an exorbitant levels of stress, creating a negative loop that is difficult to remedy on ones own.
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	<li><span style="color: #808080;">The Hypothalamus sends one hormone to the Pituitary , which is a gland about the size of a pea right next to the Hypothalamus.  This hormone is GNRH and it essentially spurs the Pituitary to action.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #808080;">The Pituitary sends hormones down to the ovaries - LH  and FSH - in increasing amounts until ovulation.  The ovaries receive these hormones and send back estrogen in a feedback loop.
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	<li><span style="color: #808080;">After ovulation, the corpus luteum (where the egg was released) sends progesterone to the uterus to have it build up tissue to nourish the fertilized egg.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #808080;">Sperm can live inside the body for up to 5 days. That's a long time!</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #808080;">A "normal" cycle is not necessarily 28 days; it can range from 24 to 36 days.  It varies from woman to woman as well as month to month.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #808080;">Ovulation could occur anywhere from Day 8 to as late as Day 22.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #808080;">Cervical fluid, ovulation predictor kits, and tracking your basal body temperature are the best indicators to track your ovulation.
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	<li><span style="color: #808080;">The egg is fertilized in the fallopian tube.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #808080;">It takes between 6 - 8 days for the fertilized egg to make its way to the uterus where it will burrow into the walls of the uterus and begin to grow.</span></li>
	<li><span style="color: #808080;">When a woman reaches puberty, she will have between 300,00 - 500,000 eggs in her ovaries.
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	<li><span style="color: #808080;">The widely prescribed drug Chlomid works on your hypothalamus to have it produce GNRH to the Pituitary.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #888888;">This slideshow depicts in greater detail the movement of our hormones each month.  Our program tracks these changes and allows you to mentally focus your body on achieving just the right balance for optimum fertility each month:</span>

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