Are we women born with all the eggs we have as adults, or do we produce them monthly?

Question

Can someone explain this whole "egg production thing" to me?

Answer 1

You know, interestingly enough, the time when a woman has the most ova is actually a few months prior to her own birth. They start developing after only one month of pregnancy, and a typical gal fetus has about a million at some point, 400,000 of which will die before her birth. Another 200,000 will die prior to her first period, and the rest of em will keep dying until she undergoes menopause and they are gone. This process of cell death is normal, and called apoptosis.

Only 0.1-0.2% of our ova will ever actually be involved in the whole ovulation process.

Answer 2

No, we are born with all our eggs at birth..actually before we are born the eggs have already been formed while we are fetuses late in pregnancy...a human infant girl is born with about a million eggs, and when she begins to menstruate, that is when she begins to lose eggs, because each time a girl/woman menstruates she loses an egg...that is why a woman's fertility decreases as she gets older, because she has already lost a lot of eggs and is still losing eggs each time she has her period, also the eggs are not as "fresh" when she is over 30.

Answer 3

You are born with all the eggs you will ever have. You can not produce more.

Answer 4

we're born with eggs

Answer 5

when we are born, we are born with our egg supply and it diminshes as we age and ovulate. i saw that on a medical show yesterday.

Answer 6

I usually get my eggs from the market!?!

Answer 7

we are born with them, but they're not "matured" until our puberty. at which time our bodies release them one at a time once a month (thus monthly period cycle).