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Do women conceive or ovulate first?
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Female Fertility: Ovulation is the release of a readied egg by the ovary. The readied egg is ready for impregnation if sperm are there to meet it. Conception is the impregnation of the readied or ovulated egg.
Answered 2/3/2014
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Ovulate: Must have egg avalible, ovulate, before fertilization can occur.
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