Stages of female fertility

A woman's fertility can be divided into three stages:

Puberty

is the beginning of a woman's menstrual cycles and fertile life.

Fertile period

the menstrual cycles develop. Each month a follicle develops and a mature egg is ovulated.

Menopause

menstrual cycles become increasingly irregular, until they disappear.

With the onset of the menopause, a woman's reproductive period comes to an end. However, female fertility has been compromised much earlier.