Causes
Causes of Anovulation
Anovulation can occur for a variety of reasons. Traumatic events such as high or prolonged stress, grief and extreme physical exertion can be disruptive to the normal ovulatory cycle. More commonly anovulation is the result of exposure to estrogens either natural, supplemented or environmental.
Anovulatory cycles is one of the potential consequences of what is commonly termed estrogen dominance and is characterized by high surges of estrogen and low levels of progesterone. Full details about estrogen dominance can found by downloading the booklet Understanding Estrogen Dominance at www.understandingestrogendominance.com.
Taking an oral contraceptive is a chemically induced form of anovulation. Birth control pills suppress the release of an egg and thus prevents pregnancy. Many women do not realize that this suppression of ovulation is how the Pill actually works and in doing so results in little or no natural progesterone production.
Anovulation is a normal consequence of frequent breastfeeding. However, it is not always the case and you may still release an egg if you do not breastfeed every two hours, so use contraception if you do not want your children spaced closely together.
Anovulation can also be caused by the following:
- The onset of menopause (perimenopause)
- Depleted egg supply
- Eating disorders (obesity, anorexia, or malnutrition)
- Genetic disorders
- Heavy athletic training
- High and/or sustained stress
Failure to ovulate results in progesterone deficiency, which could be linked to other reproductive conditions, such as anemia, menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding), metrorrhagia (irregular uterine bleeding), menometrorrhagia (irregular uterine bleeding between expected menstrual periods) or endometrial hyperplasia.
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