Since ovulation involves the synchronous functioning of several organs ( brain, pituitary, and ovaries), it is not surprising that the ovulatory process can be altered temporarily by the use of drugs or by illness itself. Psychological disturbances and dramatic changes in
lifestyle may also disrupt the synchrony of events that lead to ovulation. Often when there has been a lot of stress, fertility will be delayed, or sometimes it may have started and it is temporarily disrupted. Women find that fertility returns later and it is often confused for a 'double peak'. What usually happens is that the signs of fertility returns and continues where it left off.
Stress and constant anxiety sometimes is responsible for women experiencing a continuous discharge. Under these circumstances it is important to chart accurately and observe the Early Day Rules: Sexual relations are open to the couple only in the evenings of every other day. However, when there is a change in her basic infertile pattern, the couple must AVOID SEXUAL RELATIONS DURING THE DAYS OF CHANGE PLUS THREE FULL DAYS. Such a change can be: A change in sensation; the appearance of mucus; a wet or slippery feeling; a change in the amount of discharge or in its color, consistency or feeling; bleeding or spotting. SEXUAL RELATIONS MAY BE RESUMED IN THE EVENING OF THE FOURTH DAY AFTER HER BASIC INFERTILE PATTERN HAS RETURNED. THE COUPLE CAN THEN CONTINUE APPLYING THE EARLY DAY RULES.
