Fertilization: 10 Amusing Facts to Know About

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1. When does Fertilization happen?

While the oocyte stays alive in the Fallopian Tube 12–48 hours after its release, it can only be Fertilized in the 12 to 24 hours after it’s released, sperm cells can stay alive in the reproductive tract for up to 5 days. So, if you are trying to conceive — you should have sex in the days leading up to ovulation or on the day of ovulation.

The 6 days before ovulation and the day ovulation happens to make up what’s called the ‘fertile window’. During this period, having sexual intercourse may lead to potential conception and pregnancy.

The sperm may wait around for several days in the fallopian tubes after sex, ready to Fertilize the oocyte once it’s finally released. Once the oocyte is in the fallopian tubes, it stays alive for around 24 hours (sometimes the oocyte has a shorter life) before it can no longer be Fertilized, thus ending the fertile window.

2. Fertilization occurs in the fallopian tubes (in one of the Fallopian Tubes)

Fertilization occurs in the fallopian tubes. It doesn’t occur in the ovaries. It doesn’t occur in the uterus. It doesn’t occur in the cervix. Fallopian tubes have a special Fertilization space inside each tube designed specifically for Fertilization sessions.  

Fallopian tubes are two muscular multitask brilliant connectors between the ovaries and the uterus. They are active, flexible, and mobile — if one tube is ‘broken’ (cannot function), the other healthy tube can migrate to pick up the released oocyte from the opposite ovary. Smooth operating system. Screaming–fast performance Pro. An advanced oocyte pick–up algorithm. 

Fallopian Tubes produce tubal fluid secretions containing nutrients including amino acids for oocytes, spermatozoa, and zygotes (Fertilized oocytes). Two–thirds of the total daily fluid secretion are produced in the ampulla — an expanded area of the fallopian tube.

Each tube measures about 100–120 mm in length and 50–12 mm in diameter. Your Fallopian Tubes can be a little bit shorter or longer, and their diameter can be smaller or larger. Your right and left tube may feature different lengths and diameters too. 

Fallopian Tubes are extremely narrow, being less than 1 mm at their openings into the uterine cavity. And each fallopian tube has a funnel–shaped end, opening into the peritoneal cavity next to the ovary, and a fringe of active fingerlike projections (Fimbriae). 

During each menstrual cycle, the ovary releases the mature oocyte that is caught by the Fimbriae (mobile fingerlike projections at the end of the fallopian tubes which capture the released oocyte from the surface of the ovary and guide it to the site of Fertilization).  

Fertilization happens when sperm cells successfully meet an oocyte in the fallopian tube, and a single sperm cell (spermatozoon) managed to drill inside the oocyte. This event takes place in the longest and expanded area of the fallopian tube (the round circular vessel that curves over the ovary) called the ampulla. 

3. Even if your ovulation session is successful, that doesn’t mean that your oocyte will be Fertilized...

The released oocyte may or may not be Fertilized by sperm. Fertilization doesn’t always occur as sometimes the sperm cells cannot penetrate the oocyte’s top layer and drill through the inner envelope to complete the Fertilization session successfully. 

The sperm cells may feature low motility potency and low drilling potency or the oocyte’s outer layer can be too thick to penetrate it, even if many sperm cells fused to the oocyte. 

4. Fertilized oocyte implants in the uterus

If the Fertilization session was successful, a Fertilized oocyte called a zygote may travel through Fallopian Tube to the uterus. During all this time the embryo grows inside its envelope. When there is no space for the new embryonic cells inside the envelope, the embryo hatches out of its zona pellucida. 

By Day 5, the embryo called a blastocyst (blastocyst is an embryo that contains 70 to 100 cells) reaches the uterus. If the embryo reaches the uterus by Day 6, it is called Expanded Blastocyst (it contains 100 to 125 cells).

Once in the uterus, the blastocyst tries to attach itself to the thickened uterine lining. If attaching was successful, the blastocyst drills itself deeper into the lining. Implantation continues until the expanded blastocyst has drilled deep enough to continue gestation. 

By the time an embryo implantation session is completed, the embryo transforms into a trophoblast. Trophoblast is a powerful embryo featuring multiple cells divided into two cell layers. The Trophoblast completes implantation called a trophoblast invasion.

5. What happens to trophoblast configuration? 

A healthy blastocyst embryo will continue to expand and when there is no space for the newly generated embryonic cells inside the envelope, the trophectoderm begins to hatch out. Hatching usually occurs on Day 6 embryo. 

Trophoblast features the inner cell layer and outer cell layer. The outer cell layer is called the trophectoderm — it will give rise to the placenta. The inner cell mass will become... your Fetus. 

6. What is an ‘Implantation Window’?

Embryo implantation occurs about 9 days after ovulation, ranging between 6 to 12 days. But how long does it take to complete a trophoblast invasion? Is it possible for an embryo to implant any time or not?

There is a specific period during which implantation is possible, and it is called an ‘implantation window’. During an implantation window, the endometrium of the uterus starts to prep. for trophoblast invasion both structurally and in the composition of its secretions.

It is believed that an implantation window timeframe is days 17–24 of the menstrual cycle. During this period embryonic development and endometrial preparation for implantation occur in brilliant tandem. 

7. Is it easy for an embryo to implant? 

Nope, it is not that easy. The embryo uses a variety of sophisticated tactics to drill into the endometrium. Embryo implantation involves several essential stages: 

• identification of a receptive endometrium, 
• attachment/fusion to the receptive endometrium, 
• penetration/trophoblast invasion, and 
• placentation.

8. Around 50 percent of all Fertilized oocytes won’t become blastocysts... 

Around 50 percent of all Fertilized oocytes don’t grow to the blastocyst stage. They are lost before a woman’s missed menses. Embryo just stops its development. Usually, it happens during the cleavage or morula stage. 

Stopped embryonic development during these stages is called embryonic arrest. Arrested embryos tend to be aneuploid. The most common reason is severe abnormalities where multiple chromosomes were affected.  

Among the other common causes, there are sperm factors, cellular oxidative metabolism failure (reactive oxygen species), chromosomal mutations, embryonic DNA fragmentation, embryonic DNA damage, single–gene disorders, and abnormal preimplantation development. 

9. Fraternal Multiples are conceived at the same time

Fraternal twins occur when two oocytes are released during a single ovulation session, and both oocytes are Fertilized. Usually, only one oocyte is released during a single ovulation session. But sometimes you may release multiple oocytes during a single ovulation session.

Conceiving fraternal multiples is possible if two (or three or more) oocytes are released within 24 hours of each other. If both oocytes are Fertilized by different sperm cells, it may result in fraternal multiples, like twins or triplets (if three oocytes will be Fertilized by three different sperm cells). 

These twins (triplets) will be known as fraternal or nonidentical twins (triplets) because they come from two (three) separate oocytes and two (three) separate sperm cells. These two (three) embryos will implant independently and will have different placentas. Fraternal Multiples won’t have the same DNA profiling and may look different. 

10. An identical multiple pregnancy occurs when the Fertilized oocyte splits!

An identical twin pregnancy occurs when the Fertilized oocyte splits. Post–split blastocyst will implant into the endometrium, and two embryos will be sharing one placenta. Because both cells come from the same oocyte and spermatozoon, identical twins will have the same DNA profiling, the same sex, and a nearly identical appearance. 

Identical triplets or quadruplets result when the original Fertilized oocyte splits and then one of the resultant cells splits again (for triplets). More rarely, a further split occurs (for quadruplets). Identical triplets (quadruplets) will have the same DNA, the same sex, and a nearly identical appearance too. And yay, you can say: ‘Hello, Triplets... or Hello Quadruplets!’  

But sometimes... Your reproductive system may generate four, five, six, seven, and even more mature oocytes and release all of them during a single ovulation session... And all of them or most of them may be Fertilized by sperm cells. Some of them may split... And Hello Quintuplets, Sextuplets, Septuplets, and more... 

Conclusion

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