Summary of this article
If you have never studied closely about human reproduction, I strongly encourage you to do it. The process is miracle, upon miracle, upon miracle. Everyone of us started out the same, smaller than the period at the end of this sentence.
Dr. Ed Wheat, a devout Christian and medical doctor, wrote a book for counseling young couples about the heavenly design and truth about sex. Below are some of the mind-blowing facts I excerpted from his book. Hopefully, you will look with a new awe today at your loved ones.
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The Sperm And The Egg
Excerpts from Dr. Ed Wheat, Intended For Pleasure The round egg of the female is the largest single human cell, yet it is smaller than a dot like the period at the end of this sentence. The male sperm is similar in shape to a comma. It is much smaller than the egg, so much smaller that 2,500 would be needed to cover this comma (,) - and all the sperm needed to repopulate the world could fit into an aspirin tablet! The egg is so much larger because it is laden with food to sustain a growing embryo in it first few days. ... the sperm is agile. With the lashing of its hair-fine tail, a sperm cell can propel itself ahead about an inch in eight minutes, which, for its size, is a much better speed than a top athlete could match. At that speed, a sperm may reach the egg in an hour to an hour and a half. By way of comparison, an athlete would have to run 70 miles per hour for a distance of 250 miles to approximate the speed and distance traveled by a sperm. ...the egg must be fertilized within twenty-four hours or it will disintegrate... Sperm cells have a longer life span than the egg. They stay alive and vigorous for two to three days and, according to some evidence, may survive even much longer. ...Millions of sperm begin the journey, but a comparative few reach the membrane covering the tiny egg in the oviduct. Some sperm attach to the membrane and activate it, so that finally one sperm may enter and fertilize. The one sperm that enters loses its tail, which is absorbed, and its head proceeds on through the food-rich substance of the egg. This one tiny sperm carries the father's threads of inheritance to the egg's center, where the mother's threads of inheritance lie. In a few hours they are knitted together. ...Quietly, a tremendous change is taking place. The whole embryo is being formed in this time from head to toe. Every feature and every vital organ is started in the first two months. The heart begins to beat on about the twenty-second day. By the end of the second month the fetus can move its arms and legs, turn the head, open and close the mouth, and swallow. The uterus overall increases in capacity about 500 times. _____________________________________________________
God bless your marriage and family.
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"Today we understand that each egg SELECTS the sperm it mates with, making the first irrevocable decision in one's life. Indeed, rather than passively participating in this drama, the egg opens its shell and literally embraces the sperm it feels attracted to."
Pre-Parenting: Nurturing Your Child from Conception by Thomas R, M.D. Verny, Pamela Weintraub
Scientists theorize that the egg selects the sperm with the MOST DIFFERENT immune system.
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