Journey Of An Egg From Ovulation Through Fertilization And Implantation
Once released it is picked up by the fallopian tube and carried towards the uterus.
Journey of an egg from ovulation through fertilization and implantation. The fertilized egg leaves the fallopian tube and enters the uterus 3 to 4 days after fertilization. For successful conception sperm need to make the most remarkable journey through the bodies of men and women. The cells start to divide once the egg is fertilized a rapid process of division begins. Later after 3 4 days it travels to the uterus and now we call it as an embryo.
The embryo develops and undergoes various stages and gets attached to the endometrial layer of the uterus. If an egg is not fertilized then the uterine lining sheds. This detached multi celled structure is called zygote. It leaves the fallopian tube and enters the uterus 3 to 4 days after fertilization.
This is called ovulation. Once fertilization happens the cell starts to divide and multiply within 24 hours in the fallopian tube. Once the egg travels down the fallopian tubes and becomes a blastocyst it begins the process of implantation in the uterus. As the fertilized egg continues to move down the fallopian tube it begins to divide into two cells then four cells then more cells as the division continues.
In rare cases the fertilized egg attaches to. The fertilized egg starts growing fast dividing into many cells. But within 24 hours of being fertilized it starts dividing fast into many cells. Implanting gives the blastocyst a blood supply so that it can start.
Before ovulation occurs your uterine lining is thickening to prepare for a fertilized egg to implant in the uterus. Moving to the uterus the fertilized egg stays in the fallopian tube for about 3 to 4 days. The egg is only viable for 12 24 hours after release if it meets healthy sperm during its journey in the fallopian tube fertilization can occur. A tubal or ectopic pregnancy results in the rare cases in which the fertilized egg does not properly enter the uterus.
The egg is released from the woman s ovary in a process called ovulation.