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The one day a month your body gambles on making a human and tells no one the date.
means The release of a mature egg from the ovary, the fertile window in the menstrual cycle when pregnancy becomes possible.
from From Latin 'ovum,' meaning egg — the same root that gives us 'oval' and 'ovary.' The scientific term 'ovulation' was coined in the 1800s as biologists began mapping the reproductive cycle in precise, clinical language, turning an ancient biological event into a term fit for textbooks.
- timing
- usually happens about 14 days before your next period, not day 14
- lifespan
- egg survives only 12 to 24 hours once released
- signal
- cervical mucus turns clear and stretchy like egg white
- sperm advantage
- sperm can wait inside you up to 5 days for it