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If you have 2 mature follicles. are both follicles released during ovulation or do you ovulate 2 times?

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Its not synchronized: The process of ovulation is not perfectly synchronous but generally occurs within a small window of time.

Answered 7/30/2013

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It varies: Sometimes only 1 will ovulate, sometimes both, sometimes neither.

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