There is a widespread myth that the use of birth control pills can put fertility at risk or affect it. Birth control pills work by providing the hormones that are normally produced by the ovary. This tricks the part of the brain that controls the functioning of the ovary (pituitary gland and hypothalamus) into believing…

The fallopian tubes are responsible for carrying eggs (oocytes) from the ovary to the uterus. To do this, the tubes use two mechanisms. One of them is to make muscle contractions that push the contents of the tubes in a very similar way to the contractions of the intestine that move food through the digestive…