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From the study of basal temperatures, correlated with endometrial biopsy control, the average time for the initial ovulation in 23 nonlactating puerpera was found to be 10.2 weeks postpartum. There is considerable variation in the appearance time of ovulation in the absence of lactation. This may be attributed to varying degrees of gonadotrophic stimulation, sufficient in some cases to culminate in ovulation as early as the sixth postpartum week.
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