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Can you have menses and not ovulate?

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Dr. John Holden answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

Uterine bleeding: In regularly-cycling women, ovulation at midcycle is the norm but not a definitive indication. The only absolute indication is a pregnancy.

Answered 11/26/2013

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