Impact of the stress of AID on the menstrual cycle

Reports by others that stress surrounding AID alters the menstrual cycle has prompted some physicians to provide pharmacologic control to predict the day of ovulation. We studied the BBT charts of 47 women who had predictable menstrual cycles in the 2 months preceding AID in order to compare them with day of ovulation and length of luteal phase of the 1st month of AID. Although there was a significant difference in the day of ovulation between AID and non-AID months, the difference was less than 1 day. We did not find the large shift in ovulation day during the 1st month of AID reported by others.