You’ve likely heard that every baby girl is born with all the eggs that she will ever have in her lifetime. Right from birth up until puberty our eggs are arrested in a specific phase of their development. During this time the total count naturally falls from about 1-2 million to just 400,000. Under the direct control of hormones a small subset of follicles containing immature eggs are recruited at a time for growth and are given the chance to complete their development prior