If you are having a problem getting pregnant, then having the full picture of what it takes to attain fertilisation is really important.
During ovulation, when the egg comes out of the ovarian wall it will normally be taken into the fallopian tube. The end of the fallopian tube, called the fimbria will grab the egg within seconds of its release and pull it properly inside the fallopian tube. If an egg remains unfertilised it can live for up to twenty four hours, and after dying it will be absorbed by the body or it will disintegrate and come out with the menses. To put it in perspective, the size of the egg is about as big as a full stop – like this one.
If there is success and fertilisation occurs this will actually take place in the fallopian tube. This is against the popular misconception that fertilisation takes place inside the uterus. It can take even a couple of hours for the sperm to reach the egg in the fallopian tubes. The egg gets to the uterus after fertilisation by the help of little vibrating cilia, kind of like tiny hairs which line the inside of the fallopian tubes. The fertilised ovum will reach its final destination and begin to burrow into the nutritious lining of the uterus after about one week of \’travelling\’ to reach there.
If you are experiencing a problem getting pregnant then you need to remember that there are three things that make a pregnancy happen, not just the sperm and egg – the third ingredient is a safe medium for them both to travel is, as without this conduit the vagina is a very hostile environment for the little sperms to tackle.
The aforementioned medium is the cervical mucus that resembles eggwhites, which is a special fertile-fluid. It is this cervical fluid which will allows the sperm to travel to the cervix in safety and unite with the waiting egg. This amazing fertile mucus is produced with rising levels of oestrogen in the first part of the cycle, and is at its best at the time of ovulation. In this type of cervical fluid, sperm can survive inside for up to five days – so it is entirely possible to have intercourse at the beginning of the week, and not become pregnant till the end of the week!
The normal turn of events for a menstrual cycle is that the lining of the uterus disintegrates and is passed in the menstrual flow, which would be a total disaster for a pregnant body, so the amazing and ingenious body starts to work immediately to stop this from happening. When an egg that has been fertilised digs into the uterus the body immediately starts to produce a pregnancy hormone (called Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) ) which will stop the process of disintegration and save the nutritious lining. It does this by sending a message to the \’corpus luteum\’ or the nourishing lining, and tells it to remain alive. After a couple of months the corpus luteum is relieved of its job by the placenta, which will maintain the uterus lining and continue nourishing and providing oxygen to the foetus.
False -negative pregnancy tests occur when the test is done too soon, because it can take so long for an egg to burrow into the lining and start producing HCG, which is what is measured in a pregnancy test. When women chart their cycles, they are more likely to know when a pregnancy has occurred from the first point of implantation because of the notable changes in the cycle.
When couples are having a problem getting pregnant it really is vital that they fully understand the process involved in getting pregnant, because unlike what our mums tell us as youths, for some getting pregnant is not that easy.
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