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Last week we reported that Gynecologist Dr Jacques Donnez from Belgium posted the first ever human ovulation pictures, which used gas to distend the organs for photography.

Now also from Belgium, Stephan Gordts and Ivo Brosens of the Leuven Institute for Fertility & Embryology have filmed the whole process by using a technique called transvaginal laparoscopy, which involves making a small cut in the vaginal wall and observing the ovary with an endoscope.

A small amount of saline was used to float the opening of the fallopian tube, its fimbriae (the “fingers” that sweep the egg into the tube) and the ovary itself. This gives a more natural appearance than gas, says Gordts.

In the video, the fimbriae can be seen sweeping in time with the patient’s heartbeat. A mucus plug can be seen protruding from the ovary – this contains the egg.

“The ovum is not captured ‘naked’,” says Gordts. “There is no eruption like a volcano.”

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