Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Life's Greatest Miracle Reflection

     This film was about the difficult journey that humans must traverse to further their genetic future. It is a close up look inside the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, and uterus documenting the difficulties of conception. It details the entire journey of the birth of a child.


It begins with an egg being released, ovulation normally occurs 14 days prior to menstruation.



Sperm can live up to 7 days in the uterus. 






The journey continues with conception: The egg is released form the ovary and has just 24 hours to become fertilized. This happens in the Fallopian tube.


 Once the egg and sperm meet, they begin forming cells that will keep dividing.

They journey down the Fallopian tube and end up in the uterus, where they embed in the wall of the uterus to continue forming the new child.

Through the three stages of pregnancy both the mother and child go through many changes.

Most of the building steps take place in the first two trimesters leaving the third to let the baby grow.
    

 I find the whole process of cells splitting and forming a complex life form interesting.
     If you want to take an in depth look on the process of a baby forming within the mother, this is a great place to start --> Life's Greatest Miracle 

1 comment:

  1. Actually, this is all just a bunch of scientific propaganda the government wants you to believe! My mother always told me I was a star child that came down from the heavens after she had made a wish on a shooting star! (just like in Dumbo!) Please people, do not blindly follow something because its backed by "evidence", or "facts", we should have a little faith!

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