A healthy 24 yo women comes to GP because she has been unsuccessfully trying to become pregnant for past 2 years. She has regular menstrual cycles. 28 days. Daily blood samples taking over 4 weeks show that over last 3 days she has decreasing progesterone and estradiol levels. Serum LH and FSH are lwo and are beginning to increase. Basal body temperature begins falling. 1. What is likely to occur in the next 3 days?

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The development of the reproductive system begins with the formation of undifferentiated gonads and the paired mesonephric and paramesonephric ducts.


1. A healthy 24 yo women comes to GP because she has been unsuccessfully trying to become pregnant for past 2 years. She has regular menstrual cycles. 28 days. Daily blood samples taking over 4 weeks show that over last 3 days she has decreasing progesterone and estradiol levels. Serum LH and FSH are lwo and are beginning to increase. Basal body temperature begins falling. 1. What is likely to occur in the next 3 days?