Mechanics Question

[Anonymous]

Okay - so hopefully someone will know this... So I have been reading that fertilization occurs in the Fallopean tube(sp?)... does that mean that the sperm travels through the uterus and then to the fallopean tube to be transfered back to the uterus?

[Anonymous]

Well, I thought it occurs just outside the tubes and not in them, but I may be wrong. But yes, the sperm does need to travel all the way up to that area, which is why having sex when you ovulate is too late - you need to have it earlier so the sperm is waiting for the egg to be released.

[Anonymous]

This might be helpful

http://www.babycenter.com/0_getting-pregnant-how-babies-are-made_7056.bc

[Anonymous]

That site was very helpful. Thanks. I am using a OPK and I just got the sign that now is the time We did it last night, so I am hoping that if we do it again tonight and tomorrow that it will give us a good shot this month. Thanks! Sorry if that was too much info.

[Anonymous]

Yes, the sperm travels through the cervix, into the uterus and up the fallopian tubes - meeting up with the egg in only one of them because you only ovulate from one ovary at a time (in a non-medicated scenario). Sometimes the fertilized egg does not make it out of the fallopian tubes and into the uterus and instead unfortunately settles in the tube. That's an ectopic pregnancy.