Andrew Huberman· PhD
the Corpus ludum can only live 12 to 14 days it has a very distinct lifespan and then it dies your estrogen and progesterone both drop you bleed starting over the next cycle
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the Corpus ludum can only live 12 to 14 days it has a very distinct lifespan and then it dies your estrogen and progesterone both drop you bleed starting over the next cycle
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Can only live for about two weeks unless a pregnancy occurs. When you have an embryo come in and implant, it makes hcg the pregnancy hormone we check in a pregnancy test. Fun nerdy fact, hCG and LH share a receptor. So HCG comes into the corpus ludium and now stimulates a constant production of progesterone. But if that doesn't happen, corpus ludium will die, progesterone will drop, and you'll get a period.