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What Is Conception and When Does It Occur?

David Miller • • 8 min read
What Is Conception and When Does It Occur?

Conception occurs when a sperm cell from a fertile man swims up through the vagina and into the uterus of a woman and joins with the woman's egg cell

egg cell
The egg cell, or ovum (plural ova), is the female reproductive cell, or gamete, in most anisogamous organisms (organisms that reproduce sexually with a larger, female gamete and a smaller, male one). The term is used when the female gamete is not capable of movement (non-motile).
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as it travels down one of the fallopian tubes from the ovary to the uterus.

How long does it take for conception to happen?

Pregnancy doesn't start the day you have sex — it can take up to six days after sex for the sperm and egg to join and form a fertilized egg. Then, it can take three to four days for the fertilized egg to completely implant itself in the lining of the uterus.

At what point does conception occur?

Conception occurs during the part of a woman's menstrual cycle called ovulation. Doctors consider day 1 of a menstrual cycle the first day of a woman's period. Ovulation usually occurs around the midpoint of a woman's menstrual cycle.

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