A young adult female client is concerned that she does not have enough "eggs" since she has not yet become pregnant. The nurse should assure her that the number of ova available to produce a pregnancy would be around:
1. 500.
2. 10,000.
3. 300,000.
4. 2,000,000.
3
At birth the ovaries contain between 2 and 4 million ova. Most of the ova degenerate across time until there are only 300,000 to 400,000 ova present at puberty. A woman may release fewer that 500 mature ova during monthly ovulation.
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