Hi everyone,
I am desperately trying to research this topic and find out more about it but I’m finding it challenging.
I have read about this theory that if you have a long follicular phase due to lower oestrogen (for example this can be caused when breastfeeding) it takes longer for your eggs to mature and be released. It theorises that it is possible that when the egg is released, it may be slightly less mature or “sub mature” and this would usually mean it wouldn’t fertilize and implant because you wouldn’t have enough progesterone. But progesterone prescribed may help to maintain the pregnancy.
However, I have a question that I can’t seem to find the answer on. if hypothetically a sub mature egg was released and managed to fertilize and implant and then because you took progesterone pessaries the pregnancy stuck…. Is there a chance there would be adverse effects on the baby in the long run because the egg was originally slightly less mature (sub mature) at conception…. I am wondering if this could mean that maybe the baby could have developmental disabilities etc?
or is it a case that this is BS and actually if an egg manages to fertilize implant and go on to become an embryo foetus and then baby etc that the egg had to have been fully mature in the first place ?!