Tuesday, May 25, 2010

How many eggs are produced in a woman every month?

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Answer:
All a females eggs are produced by the ovaries before birth. Typically only one per month is released. In rare cases either naturally or when egged on by fertility drugs more than one is releases leading to hte possiblity of fraternal twins.
None. The eggs are present from birth, and new ones aren't produced.

As far as how many are RELEASED each month, I think it's normally just one. Sometimes more than one slip by, creating the possibility of fraternal twins.
Women are born with a predetermined number of eggs. She never produces anymore. She releases usually one a month. If it is fertilized by sperm, this results in a pregnancy. If it isn't, she has her period.
That is why older women more frequently have babies with down syndrome or other genetic defects. As a woman gets older, her eggs age too. With age, comes all kinds of things that can go wrong with pregnancy. Not that they always will, but it is riskier to have children later in life, then when you are in your 20's or 30's.

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