Pregnancy - JSS3 Home economics Lesson Note

Pregnancy is the result of the fertilization of the female ovum or egg by the male cell or sperm. A woman has two ovaries and each of the ovaries in a woman produces an ovum every month. The process of producing an ovum by the ovary is called ovulation. So, if there is a sexual relationship or intercourse between a man and a woman at the period when the ovum is produced, the sperm will fertilize the ovum (egg). The result is pregnancy.

If there is no sexual relationship, the released ovum will die off after a few days. Then, menstruation will occur. Menstruation is the flow of blood which each normal woman of child-baring age experiences every month, unless she is pregnant.