Understanding My Body
The male reproductive system includes the following organs and glands: Scrotum Contains the testes, the sperm producing organs The location of the scrotum, outside the body, behind the penis, help to maintain the temperature, ensuring normal sperm production. Testes...
Understanding My Body
The female reproductive system includes the following organs and glands: Ovaries Produce female hormones: estrogen and progesterone Produce one ripened egg (called ovum) each menstrual cycle Each cycle one of the ovaries produces an egg, which develops in a small...
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The Egg When a girl is born, she typically has between 1 and 2 million eggs in her ovaries (primary oocytes.) She will begin to lose these eggs early in life leaving her only 300,000 to 500,000 by the age of puberty. As the eggs are formed, thin layers of cells...
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Understanding What Happens Not every woman experiences a standard 28-day cycle. Some women may have longer or shorter cycles and still be fertile. Day 1 The first day of your cycle is the first day of blood flow. Some women bleed for 3-6 days, others 2-3 days. It is...
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An Incredible Confluence of Events The Woman Must release a healthy, mature ovum, which must be picked up by a healthy, functional fallopian tube The Man Must produce healthy sperm and deposit it in the vagina, near the cervical opening. (once deposited, only about...
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Progesterone is a natural female hormone. Called “the pregnancy hormone,” it is essential before and during pregnancy. Progesterone supplementation is often necessary during Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) procedures, such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF)...
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