What I can Do reaches maturity Directions: Complete the paragraph to all out the missing word in the Menstrual Cyele. Once a month, an egg which has been growing in the and makes its way down the It is here that the egg may be fertilised if the woman has had unprotected sexual intercourse. Fertilized or not the egg continues its journey into the or womb. During this time the lining of the womb builds up. It is full of nutrients and blood in case the egg is fertilized and grows into a baby. If there is to be a pregnancy the fertilized egg attaches to the wall of the uterus and it is here in the uterus, that the egg develops into a fetus and eventually a baby. If there is no pregnancy the thick lining of the uterus and the egs are shed out of the body as menstrual blood. The cycle then begins again as another egg starts to mature in the ovary and the uterus grows its thick again​