The uterus, Fallopian tubes and ovaries are the crucial organs for women’s fertility. While the ovaries release the eggs and sex hormones which control the function of the other organs, significant events happen in the uterus and Fallopian tubes. Eggs and sperm fertilise in the ends of Fallopian tubes, and embryos grow to 100 cells as th...
Egg numbers are a defining issue for female fertility, and most eggs in the ovaries are in an immature state as ‘primordial follicles’. All a woman’s eggs were made during her time as an embryo in the womb, and they develop more when follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) activates them. Once they’re activated, the eggs and tiny follic...
Eggs and follicles are core issues for a woman’s fertility, and the only time their numbers increase is during a few months when baby girls are in the womb. The eggs then remain dormant and immature in tiny ‘primordial follicles’ (which are a bit like a “flat-pack” that can safely store eggs for 50 years or more) until pubert...
