atheism and children

[Exian]

That's a good question, Vic. Another instance of both partners (or more commonly, one partner) reaching orgasm and ending up with a fertilized egg, but not having the egg be in the uterus, is an ectopic pregnancy. If caught soon enough the mother's life can be saved, but there are currently no methods for removing the embryo from the fallopian tube and placing it in the uterus. The fertilized egg is terminated. But there are cases where, instead of ending up in the fallopian tube, the fertilized egg ends up somewhere with good blood supply, say, the liver, in what's called an abdominal pregnancy. It's very rare (1 in a million)and very dangerous for the mother, but there are cases where both have survived. Usually with a lot of medical intervention. I wonder if this would be considered sacred? Its a pregnancy that doesn't take place inside the uterus, but it's still inside the mother.

I've mentioned this before, but the uterus has very little to do with supporting the baby's life. It's the embryo that carries all the instructions for implanting into the mother. In other words, the uterus doesnt attach to the embryo via some welcomig grasp or inviting arteries. The uterus is there to protect the mothers life; otherwise, the baby will keep taking and taking, leaving very little energy for the mother. This is why an embryo is able to implant almost anywhere and survive, although the mother probably won't unless it is treated.

Just a fun fact, even though we have a placenta sack, we still have a vestigial yolk!

Even more fun fact, the first thing that forms after we attach to the uterus and go through cell division is what eventually becomes our digestive tract. We literally start out as buttholes.