To fully appreciate the dramatic effort it takes for one egg to get fertilized, you must recognize the miracle of the female body. In honour of Mother’s Day, let’s delve into the complicated journey of the almighty egg.
🐣 At birth, female ovaries contain 1 – 2 million eggs.
🐣 By the time we reach puberty, that number drops to 300,000 – 400,000 eggs.
🐣 The vast surplus of eggs are lost to ovulation and aging.
🐣 In a survival game of the fittest, only 300 – 400 mature eggs have the slightest chance of being fertilized.
🐣 By age 30, the over-easy egg supply drops to 120,000.
🐣 At age 40, that number decreases to 25,000, making it a scramble.
🐣 At age 50, those hard-boiled eggs nosedive to a low level of 1000!
🐣 Typically, only ONE egg each month rolls down the fallopian tube into the uterus to populate. That egg is lovingly carried on the shoulders of 10,000 worker eggs who sacrifice their existence for a chance to create life.
🐣 Once fertilized, the womb feeds, cares, and nurtures cells that multiply by the millions.
🐣 Our bellies and hips flesh out to provide free room and board, and three squares a day internally.
🐣 Your body manufactures a separate vascular system, organs, and bones. Let’s see a man grow a spinal cord and femur, for fucks sake!
🐣 It’s the oldest story in the book, one single egg must be in the right place at the right time. So much for free range.
In the grand scheme of life, we’re all miracles!! ❤️
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