Sperm Can't Really Swim And Other Surprising Pregnancy Facts

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

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There's the birds and the bees. And then there's what happens after. The process that leads to the beginning of pregnancy has a lot more twists and turns than a happenstance meeting. Today on Short Wave, NPR health reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin talks about the science of the very first week of pregnancy.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:04.8	Hey, there's your waivers, Regina Barber here, and I'm here with NPR Health Policy
0:09.9	Correspondent, Selina Simmons-Duffin.
0:12.2	Hey, Selina.
0:13.2	Hi, Regina.
0:14.2	So Selina, it's good I have you on today because we're going to talk about something that's
0:17.6	like no big deal, right?
0:19.0	Yeah, it's a very low-key topic.
0:21.6	How life begins.
0:23.2	Okay, but no, really, we're going to dig into the science of the first week of pregnancy.
0:28.8	Wow.
0:29.8	It's a lot more detailed than anything you heard from your parents, probably, or what
0:33.6	you heard in sex ed.
0:34.6	Selina, I'm going to be honest here.
0:36.4	As a grown woman, I'm going into this conversation knowing almost nothing.
0:40.6	Really?
0:41.6	Were you pregnant, though?
0:42.6	I mean, I once, it all worked out.
0:44.6	I have a wonderful daughter, but I don't totally understand the biology of the whole
0:49.3	process.
0:50.3	Yeah.
0:51.3	Okay.
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