Dear Friend,
So I hear your trying to conceive a child; well I will pray for you that the blessing of a child will fill your life soon, but here are few things you should know on how it all happens.
First, the woman's ovum (egg) and the males sperm unite to create a zygote, smaller than a grain of sand. This cell contains 46 chromosomes which pair up, copy themselves, and break apart and share segments. This event is what creates such unique children even with in the same family because the genes mix up change which is important for evolutionary changes of environment. For example, the small pox disease affected many people but as children were offspring from survivors of this disease they received a gene with an anti-body for the small pox so they could survive and possibly not get the disease.
So now you probably want to know if you'll have a boy or girl, well its all up to the male sperm because it has a 50% chance of donating a x or y to the egg as the woman only has x (female) chromosomes. You cant do much to determine the sex yourself except wait for an ultra sound about the fourth or fifth month.
Well good luck with the process and now that you have the main science behind it you'll feel more informed of what, when, and how it all begins.
Your Friend,
Ashlee
It is amazing how are our environment impacts evolutionary changes in future generations.
ReplyDeleteI like how you a wrote your blog as a letter-makes it easy to read! Also nice using the example of small pox-good post!
ReplyDeleteMichelle, Your letter is very friendly and encouraging - something I think anyone trying to get pregnant would appreciate. You did give a nice example with smallpox. With genetics, it always seems to vague until you apply it to something in "real life."
ReplyDeleteI like how your post was not just dry boring facts, but sounded sincere in a way you would really talk to a friend. I did not really add that touch. Good job!
ReplyDeleteWow this is really good. I found it difficult to describe the way chromosomes work together.
ReplyDeleteI, too, really like that you worked in the small pox example. It was interesting as well as helpful in understanding how the evolution of genetics works.
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