1. Home
  2. Health
  3. Women's Health
Tracee Cornforth
Women's Health Blog

By Tracee Cornforth, About.com Guide to Women's Health

Your Ovaries and Reproductive Health

Thursday August 28, 2003
Ovary 101 - What You Need to Know About Your Ovaries - Ovulation - Ovarian Disease
Your ovaries are about the size of almonds, but did you know that when a baby girl is born she already has about 1 million ovarian follicles? By the time a girl reaches puberty, she has only about 400,000 ovarian follicles left with the potential to mature into eggs. Find out how your ovaries work, how hormones interact with your ovaries, and what disesases and conditions can affect your ovaries. Full Story

Comments

March 5, 2009 at 6:28 pm
(1) christy says:

I had an ultrasound and the doctor could not find my uterus. Would something be wrong with the uterus, like cancer or tumors?

Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>

Explore Women's Health
About.com Special Features

Learn how you can reduce your your numbers with these nutrition and exercise tips. More >

Keep yourself, and your family, happy and healthy this fall with these tips. More >

  1. Home
  2. Health
  3. Women's Health

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.