What is ovum?

An ovum is like a tiny, special egg that lives inside a woman’s body and helps make babies.

Imagine you have a box full of jellybeans, each one is a little treat. Now, the ovum is kind of like one of those jellybeans, but instead of being sweet, it's super important because it can help grow a baby when it meets a sperm, which is like a tiny helper that comes from a man’s body.

Every month, a woman’s body sends out one ovum, it's like sending out a special jellybean for someone to find. This happens in a place called the ovary, which is like a little factory inside her body that makes these eggs.

When the sperm finds the ovum, they join together, and this is how a baby starts growing inside the woman’s body, it's like mixing two special ingredients to make something new and wonderful.