This week you will excrete higher levels of pheromones at this time, making you even more sexually attractive than usual. Have fun! Also, ovulation occurs during the course of this week. One of your ovaries has ripened and released an egg (ovum). It is swept up by the bell shaped end of the fallopian tube and begins its journey toward the uterus.
During intercourse, your partner will ejaculate anywhere from 140 to 350 million sperm. If the conditions are just right with your cervical fluid, some of those sperm can live up to 5 days. However, only about 200 sperm will actually make it through the uterus and into the correct fallopian tube eventually encountering your ovum. And then, sometime between 12 and 24 hours after you ovulate, only one, or in some cases of twins, two of the sperm will have enough strength left after they reach the egg in order to break through the outer layers of the ovum and complete conception.
And… Voila! You are pregnant!
Your progesterone levels will increase this week causing the lining of the uterus to build up its supply of glycogen, arterial blood, secretory glands, amino acids and water. Those higher levels of progesterone also have a calming effect on the uterus, making it less contractible, thereby stopping your menstrual period and allowing the pregnancy to continue. This is why progesterone is often called the hormone of pregnancy.
The fertilized egg, will spend the next 3 to 7 days traveling down the fallopian tube to the uterus. When it arrives, it will float freely within the uterus for another few days before it implants in the wall of the uterus. You may experience a little bloody spotting at the time of this implantation.
During intercourse, your partner will ejaculate anywhere from 140 to 350 million sperm. If the conditions are just right with your cervical fluid, some of those sperm can live up to 5 days. However, only about 200 sperm will actually make it through the uterus and into the correct fallopian tube eventually encountering your ovum. And then, sometime between 12 and 24 hours after you ovulate, only one, or in some cases of twins, two of the sperm will have enough strength left after they reach the egg in order to break through the outer layers of the ovum and complete conception.
And… Voila! You are pregnant!
Your progesterone levels will increase this week causing the lining of the uterus to build up its supply of glycogen, arterial blood, secretory glands, amino acids and water. Those higher levels of progesterone also have a calming effect on the uterus, making it less contractible, thereby stopping your menstrual period and allowing the pregnancy to continue. This is why progesterone is often called the hormone of pregnancy.
The fertilized egg, will spend the next 3 to 7 days traveling down the fallopian tube to the uterus. When it arrives, it will float freely within the uterus for another few days before it implants in the wall of the uterus. You may experience a little bloody spotting at the time of this implantation.
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