Life's Greatest Miracle Reflection

When it comes to the development of children from embryo to infant I have a deeper understanding than most because I have firsthand experience with my two children Emery and Landon, However after watching the movie “Life’s Greatest Miracle” by Lennart Nilsson I have realized there is so much more to learn about the process of child birth. This movie provided not only facts but pictures so viewers can have a visual aspect on the topic.
I personally felt the video could have had a bit more excitement to it because of the fact that it was about an hour and I felt myself getting lost with all the information it had. Nevertheless it was perfect on an educational level I learned a lot of interesting facts about the growth of an embryo and even how and embryo comes to be for instance At the time of ejaculation men project about three million sperm and about sixty percent of them come out nonfunctioning or deformed. I also learned that the sperms journey mainly depends on the women’s body For example it would take a sperm two days to travel through the cervix however the cervix has …show more content…
Yet I have become more fascinated in learning more about the facts the video grazed over like when the group of cells lands on the lining of the uterus how long does it stay there? And can it survive without the chemicals it gives off to tell the white blood cells that it is not there to cause any harm it its mother? Another question I would like to gain the knowledge to is, when they said the father was getting morning sickness was that all in his head? Or do the fathers really connect on that level with their baby before it is even born? Furthermore I would like to know if the DNA the baby acquires before birth grows as they are born or is that the same DNA they will have their entire