Human reproduction is key to human’s survival rate. Reproduction keeps the species alive and allows genetics to be passed down through generations. Human production has many factors and aspects to a successful pregnancy and delivery. Conception is what most people think comes first.
However, conception can take place a very important step must occur within the female body. During puberty a girl receives a period once a month. A period begins when diminished levels of estrogen and progesterone in your blood prompt your uterus to shed the lining. If a woman does not conceive a fertilized, menstruation occurs. For a pregnancy to occur a mature egg and a male’s sperm must enter the halo like membrane that surrounds the egg. Once a sperm has entered the membrane thickens so no other sperm is allowed inside (Points, 2013).
The egg and sperm have met and know the rapid transformation begins. The egg, now fertilized, begins diving into two cells, then four, then eight, and the pattern continues. A week or so after conception takes place the little ball figure nestles into the uterine lining, called implantation. Another week will pass and the high amounts of progesterone from the implantation tell the body not to shed the uterus lining. A period is missed and the pregnancy begins.
Fetal development is closely watched throughout the pregnancy. This process will occur in states and can be monitored throughout each week of pregnancy. Through a process called differentiation, the embryo rapidly grows and takes on its main external features. Though some doctors and mothers count the pregnancy by weeks, for this paper it will be grouped into months. Pregnancy consists of a nine month incubation period inside the womb. Each month has their ...
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...ywhere from ten minutes to forty-eight hours. At Northeast Regional Medical Hospital a baby must be born either vaginally or through a cesarean section within twenty four hours of the rupture of the membrane. Through nine longs month, labor, and delivery a baby is brought into this world. As a species we have succeeded in passing on our genetics and providing offspring.
Through these four main stages: conception, fetal development, labor, and delivery human reproduction takes place. Many factors come into play for any kind of reproduction. Humans are able to keep the species alive by these steps of reproduction.
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