Archives for January 2007
Childbirth
As mentioned before, it takes some 280 days, or about 9 months, from the time the fertilized egg buries itself in the wall of the uterus until the new child is born. Most unborn children float upside down in the mother’s uterus; a few, however, stay in the upright position. If they stay upside down, [...]
How the Unborn Child Develops
Once the embryo, with its fluid sac surrounding it, is buried in the wall of the uterus, it develops quickly. It grows from the size of a pinhead at one week of age to that of a pea at five weeks of age, to that of a limb bean at eight weeks of age, and [...]
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The Egg Develops
As soon as the sperm has entered the egg, the nucleus of the sperm and the nucleus of the egg unite to form one nucleus. The nucleus is the central, important part of the sperm and the egg. Under the microscope it looks like a large dark dot. Within the nucleus lie the chromosomes, the [...]
The Beginning of Life-Conception
The beginning of life is called conception. It takes place when the egg of the female is penetrated by the sperm of the male. This union between the sperm and the egg is known as fertilization. The entire process of conception in the human, as well as in other animals, is one of Nature’s great [...]