THE HUMAN TALE... NATURE AND NURTURE

Fertilization happens when a sperm meets and penetrates an egg. This usually, but not always happens through sexual intercourse. Everytime a man ejaculates about 55million sperms are released. Of course not all of these sperms will go on to become babies. Only about 15 sperms are able to make it through female reproductive tract simply because for sperm, the journey is always extraneous.

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The sperm passes through the opening of the cervix, travelling into the fallopian tubes, there in the tube, the sperm will penetrate and fertilize an egg... this is called conception. Within about 3-5days of conception, the embryo travels down the fallopian tube towards the womb, or uterus where it will implant in the uterine, at this point, it is called pregnancy.

Medically, pregnancy is measured from the "first day of the last period", even if fertilization happens several days after the period has ended (for example, a woman whose most recent period began on August 1 and fertilization occured on August 14, the next day the woman will be two weeks pregnant even though fertilization just happened.

WITHIN 1 to 4 WEEKS "CONCEPTION"
The genetic makeup is complete and the placenta which will nourish the baby also start to form

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DEVELOPMENT AT WEEK 4
The baby begins to develop it's structures like the neck, face, lungs, stomach, liver and many more

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DEVELOPMENT AT WEEK 8

At this point, the arms, legs, eyelids and ears forms. The finger, toes grow longer and more distinct and the baby is now a little over half an inch in size

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DEVELOPMENT AT WEEK 12

The baby starts to make its own movements, and the doctor may hear the heartbeat of the baby with special instruments

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DEVELOPMENT AT WEEK 16

At this point the baby's eyes can blink and the heart and blood vessels are fully pumped with fingerprints in the baby's fingers and toes

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DEVELOPMENT AT WEEK 20

The baby can suck a thumb, stretch, yawn, make faces at this point they mother can feel the baby move which is called quickening

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Pregnant women at 20weeks are made to undergo ultrasound, the doctor will make sure that the baby grows properly, that the placenta is healthy and attached properly

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DEVELOPMENT AT WEEK 24

At this point the baby responds to sounds by moving or increasing the pulse and baby weighs measures about 1.4 pounds.

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DEVELOPMENT AT WEEK 28

If you had to deliver prematurely, at this point, there is a good chance the baby will survive, the baby weighs 2 pounds 6 ounces and changes position oftenly

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DEVELOPMENT AT WEEK 32

Layers of fat start to form under the skin and the baby has fewer wrinkles. At this point the baby weigh upto 4 pounds

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DEVELOPMENT AT WEEK 36

The lungs are nearly fully developed, the brains and the head are position down into the pelvis by now on average a baby at this stage is about 18.5 inches and weighs close to six pounds.

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Then birth

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NATURE
cells are the building blocks of tissues, all cells experience changes with aging, Because of cell and tissue changes, organs also change as one age.. One symptom very commonly associated with aging is wrinkling. After the age of 20, we produce 1% less collagen in the skin each year which results in the skin becoming more brittle over time hence vital organs begins to lose functions as we age to adulthood because they become larger and are less able to divide and multiply

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HOW TO KNOW YOU SAVE PERIOD!!

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🩸=period
😽= Save days
🔒= Ovulation