First video footage of human ovulation
If you are into photography, then this is something for you. As a human egg emerges from a woman’s ovary, it was captured on camera, thus making its debut on film.
The ovulation video was captured by surgeons at the catholic University of Louvain in Belgium during a hysterectomy operation on a 45-year old woman.
Ovulation took about 15 minutes, much slower than previously thought. Previous theories favored the explosive exit of an egg from the ovary. After release, the egg will travel down the fallopian tube to the uterus.
Perfect timing is of utmost importance in this endeavour since ovulation normally only occurs once a month. The doctors planned the filming to coincide on the day of the peak of the patient’s luteal hormone cycle. They were lucky to be successful in their first attempt.
The video can be seen in the New Scientist magazine while photos were published online in the journal Fertility and Sterility.
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