At the end of pregnancy week 2, it would be day 14 of your menstrual cycle and your body will release the egg which makes everything possible. If you do not have a regular 28 day cycle, this event may occur at a slightly different time.
At pregnancy week 2, you would have shed the old uterine lining and monthly repairs to those blood vessels would have taken place. This sets the scene for the new layers of lining to form and thicken. This will be the nurturing home for your child (as a ball of cells) over the next 9 months.
Pregnancy Week 2: Your hormones are telling you to get busy!
Ovulation is a complex interplay between many hormones such as
- oestrogen,
- progesterone,
- follicular stimulating hormone (FSH), and
- luteinising hormone (LH).
Simply put, your egg is released from your ovary, and you would have ovulated, 36 hours after a surge in luteinising hormone (LH).
The surge in luteinising hormone (LH) causes androgen levels to rise. This has an important stimulatory effect in the stimulation of your libido, ensuring that sexual intercourse is likely to occur at the time of ovulation when the woman is at her most fertile. This would be the ideal time to schedule many romantic moments with your partner if you're hoping to get pregnant!
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