All women are born with
millions of immature egg cells in their ovaries. Ovulation happens when an ovary
releases a mature egg through the fallopian tube. This process of getting an
egg to mature will take approximately a month. Normally, only one of the pairs
of ovaries will release a matured egg ready to be fertilized. Usually, it will
take 12-24 hours before the matured ovum dies when not fertilized. But when
they are fertilized, they cling to the walls of the uterus.
