How do they make babies?

A man's sperm would combine with a woman's egg, inside of her body. Together they would form a zygote, which would become an embryo, and then a fetus. With any luck, the woman would carry the fetus to term, and a baby would be born.
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How do people make babies?

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  1. Natural sex.
  2. Artificial insemination—of mother with father's sperm.
  3. Artificial insemination—of mother with donor sperm.
  4. Artificial insemination—with egg and sperm donors, using surrogate mother.
  5. In vitro fertilization (IVF)—using egg and sperm of parents.
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How do you talk to a 9 year old where babies come from?

How to begin talking to your grade-schooler about how babies are made
  1. Follow your child's lead.
  2. Ask, then tell.
  3. Use the correct language.
  4. Tell a story.
  5. Be matter-of-fact.
  6. "How does a baby get in there?" A sweet and simple explanation will satisfy many children.
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Has a man ever had a baby?

Beatie had gender reassignment surgery in March 2002 and became known as "the pregnant man" after he became pregnant through artificial insemination in 2007. Beatie chose to be pregnant because his wife Nancy was infertile, doing so with donated sperm. The couple filed for divorce in 2012.
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How can a girl get pregnant at first try?

"In general, every other night around the time of ovulation helps increase your chance of getting pregnant," Goldfarb says. Sperm can live up to 5 days inside your body. The best suggestion is to have sex regularly -- when you're ovulating, and when you're not.
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How Babies Are Really Made



How can I make a baby with my wife?

Your 'fertile window' includes five days prior to ovulation and the day of ovulation. The two days before you ovulate and the day of ovulation have the highest probability of conception . Having sex on those days will give you the greatest odds of conceiving. During ovulation, your ovary releases a mature egg.
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How are kids made?

Babies are made when special cells called sperm (produced by men) combine with cells called ova (produced by women) in a process called conception. Each of these cells is produced by a process called meiosis which makes cells containing half the information of the parent.
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How are twins made?

To form identical or monozygotic twins, one fertilised egg (ovum) splits and develops into two babies with exactly the same genetic information. To form fraternal or dizygotic twins, two eggs (ova) are fertilised by two sperm and produce two genetically unique children.
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Can men get pregnant?

People who are born male and living as men cannot get pregnant. A transgender man or nonbinary person may be able to, however. It is only possible for a person to be pregnant if they have a uterus. The uterus is the womb, which is where the fetus develops.
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Which age is best to get pregnant?

Experts say the best time to get pregnant is between your late 20s and early 30s. This age range is associated with the best outcomes for both you and your baby. One study pinpointed the ideal age to give birth to a first child as 30.5. Your age is just one factor that should go into your decision to get pregnant.
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Can a girl get pregnant by another girl?

The short answer to this question is no, not through sexual intercourse. Two cisgender women (meaning assigned female at birth) in a relationship cannot become pregnant without some form of assisted reproductive technology (ART). The reasoning goes back to basic biology and how an embryo is formed.
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Can a woman get pregnant without a man?

Pregnancy without sperm — is it possible? Although you can get pregnant without having sexual intercourse, pregnancy without sperm is impossible. Without intercourse, you can get pregnant with the help of different fertility treatments and procedures such as IVF, IUI, and at-home insemination.
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At what age can a boy get a girl pregnant?

Boys are able to get a girl pregnant when they begin to produce sperm in their semen. This generally begins when they start puberty, which can be from ages 11 to 14. Until puberty begins, males are unable to get a female pregnant.
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Can a girl get pregnant by kissing and hugging?

There's absolutely no way to get pregnant from kissing, no matter how much tongue is involved.
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Can a 7 year old get pregnant?

A woman becomes able to get pregnant when she ovulates for the first time — about 14 days before her first menstrual period. This happens to some women as early as when they are eight years old, or even earlier.
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Can a 12 year old get pregnant without a period?

Yes, a girl can get pregnant before she gets her first period. Getting pregnant is related to ovulation. Because a girl can ovulate before having her first period, it is possible to become pregnant if she has sex.
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Can I get pregnant on my period?

If you have sex without using contraception, you can conceive (get pregnant) at any time during your menstrual cycle, even during or just after your period.
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Who has the most kids in the world?

The first wife of peasant Yakov Kirillov from the village of Vvedensky, Russia, gave birth to 57 children in a total of 21 births. She had four sets of quadruplets, seven sets of triplets and ten sets of twins.
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What is the oldest mother to give birth?

Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara is the oldest verified mother; she was aged 66 years 358 days when she gave birth to twins; she was 130 days older than Adriana Iliescu, who gave birth in 2005 to a baby girl. In both cases the children were conceived through IVF with donor eggs.
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Who is the youngest person to get pregnant?

1939: Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in recorded medical history, delivering a son at the age of 5.
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Is a 12 year old a teenager?

A teenager, or teen, is someone who is between 13 and 19 years old. They are called teenagers because their age number ends with "teen". The word "teenager" is often associated with adolescence. Most neurologists consider the brain still developing into the persons early, or mid-20s.
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How old is the youngest mother?

Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlina meˈðina]; born 23 September 1933) is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth aged five years, seven months, and 21 days.
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Who is the youngest father in the world?

World's youngest fathers on record
  • The youngest father in the world is reportedly a boy from China, who, at 9 fathered a child with an 8-year-old girl. This occurred in 1910.
  • There is also a 10-year-old father recorded in the USA, no details about the mother. ...
  • There are two recorded 11-year-old fathers.
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Can a 12 year old have a boyfriend?

"There is no law about when you are old enough to have a girlfriend or boyfriend, unlike the age of consent. You need to know your child well, because some children may be ready for a relationship at 12 but another not until they are 17."
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