Try to cut the squash into evenly sized pieces. We know cutting up winter squash, especially butternut squash, can be tricky. (Donât worry; in our recipe below, we share how we do it). We find that separating the thinner end from the round, wider end makes things much easier.
A ripe egg can live in the outer edge of a fallopian tube for 12-24 hours. If there are sperm in the womans cervix or if the couple has intercourse while an egg is alive in a fallopian tube, the sperm can travel up through the uterus and the fallopian tube and try to fertilize the egg.
Your egg survives no more than 24 hours after you've ovulated. So the meeting of egg and sperm has to occur within this time. However, sperm can survive for up to seven days. They'll happily live in your vagina, uterus or fallopian tubes for this length of time (NCCWCH 2013:68) .