We owe our ability to procreation to the wisest and prudent mother nature. It is she who endowed us, the female, with a strong supply of eggs, in order to produce only one mature, ready to meet with the sperm - during fertilization.
Consider what happens in the body of a woman with ovulation. To begin with, ovulation is the peak of maturation, the formation of the egg itself and its exit into the abdominal cavity. In one part of the menstrual cycle - the ovulation cycle of several dozen ovarian follicles under the influence of estrogen hormones, stimulating the release of luteinizing hormone, begin the process leading to ovulation. Thus, only one of them, approaching the walls of the ovary that is thinning during this period, bursts and a mature egg leaves it.
How to understand that there was an ovulation?
Some sensitive women on the day of ovulation and the day after it can feel discomfort in the form of pain in the lower abdomen. This is due to the fact that at the time of rupture of the follicle on the wall of the ovary, the follicular fluid or blood formed at the moment it bursts irritates the ovary. Signs of ovulation occur also:
- increased mucosal vaginal discharge;
- increase in the level of hormone progesterone in the blood plasma;
- decrease in basal temperature on the day of ovulation and its increase the next day.
Ovulation can also be determined by ultrasound, with the help of test strips, devices for assessing the level of hormones in the urine, and analyzing the state of mucus under a microscope.
So, what happens after ovulation? The vitality of the egg released into the abdominal cavity is up to 24 hours. If during this period or several days before (due to the fact that spermatozoa do not die in the female body for up to 7 days) a full sexual intercourse with ejaculation took place, the egg will be fertilized by one of the spermatozoons with the highest probability of conception (27-31%) .
For sure, every woman planning a child, it is interesting that she will show a pregnancy test right after ovulation. In order not to worry in advance about the failed conception, it is better to postpone the test until a delay in menstruation occurs. First, the attachment of the fetal egg to the uterus can take one to two weeks after fertilization, and secondly, the tests are based on the diagnosis in the urine of a sufficient level of the hormone produced after the fertilization of the egg-hCG, and sufficient it can become after 5 or more days with the moment of ovulation. It will be optimal to diagnose pregnancy at least three weeks after ovulation.
But if fertilization does not occur, the level of progesterone in the blood decreases, the egg dies and goes along with menstruation.