All women who are fertile and able to become pregnant have their menstrual cycle every month. You may already know what it is about and that is that every month the woman prepares to ovulate and is that The week after the period, the woman's body begins to prepare itself again to be able to house a possible baby inside.
In this second week of pregnancy in women, the woman enters the ovulation phase, a process that occurs once every menstrual cycle and thanks to the hormonal changes that occur, the ovaries release the ovum that will travel its journey through the fallopian tubes until it reaches the uterus where it will wait to be fertilized by sperm.
Week 2 of pregnancy: ovulation in women
As ovulation approaches, a woman's body produces more of a hormone called estrogen, which will cause the lining of the uterus to thicken and create a pleasant environment for sperm to safely reach the uterus and be fertilize it. These high levels of estrogen will cause another hormone called HL to increase. (luteinizing hormone) and this helps the release of the egg from the ovary at ovulation.
When the egg prepares for fertilization
Ovulation normally occurs between 24 and 36 hours after LH reaches its highest peak. The egg can only be fertilized in 24 hours, but sperm can remain active for longer, so if a couple has sexual intercourse a few days before ovulation, the egg can be fertilized. Ovum You can be fertilized up to 24 hours after ovulation, and if a sperm manages to reach it, then fertilization will occur and the next phase of pregnancy will begin.
And next week, we will learn a little more about that fascinating process that is fertilization.