sexual intercourse

[precismaname]

what are the stages by which an egg(ovum) may be fertilised through sexual intercourse? thanx x

[wildwood]

I don't understand the stage's' part.
The stage at which the sperm enters (fertilises) the egg is conception.

[Avatar]

Well, a man and a woman, who love each other very much, do a special hug and a stork comes along and leaves a baby under a gooseberry bush.

[sarah_louise]

I think this stage is after he has dumped you ?

[Peter Pedant]

I think you need to read the chapter in your course text book. If you had a lecture on s*x nd fallen asleep during it, I dont think I can help

Either the answer is anatomical, with the sperm travelling through the cx, uterus, fallopian tube

or else it is histological

When the sperm fertilises the egg, there is a charge density change which prevents other sprem fertilising the egg. The ovum completes meiosis and the second pro-nucleus is extruded. The sperm head joins the ovum nucleus and this makes up the complement of chromosomes. A little later in mammals, the nucleus and cytoplasm undergo unequal division into two
etc etc

I mean honestly this is in a million text books and hasnt changed for 150 years.

[sted57]

i know what you mean! but im unsure of the answer. i do know that the whole ovulation period is four days (egg being released to egg passing through) and that sperm can stay alive for 72 hours. i believe that day two and three are the most fertile days but day one and four are still possibles.