Dr. Jillian Roberts - Where Do Babies Come From?: Our First Talk About Birth

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Natur e has giv en e v er y living thing a way to mak e a baby .

But where do all those b a b i es come from?

Babies come fr om their mothers bodies. When a w oman has a baby gr o wing inside of her , she is said to be pregnant or expecting a baby.

What part of the mothers b o d y does the b a b y come from?

A baby comes fr om the mothers womb , which is just belo w the stomach. It pr o vides a safe place for the baby to gr o w .

How does the b a b y st art growi ng i n the f i rst place?

T w o ingr edients ar e ne eded to mak e a baby . A sperm and an egg . When the sp erm and the egg come tog ether , a baby might begin to gr o w .

Where do the b a b y i ngred i ents come from?

e sp erm comes fr om the fathers body and the egg comes fr om the mothers body . When its time to mak e a baby , these tw o bodies t tog ether . e sp erm nds the egg, and a se ed may be planted in the mothers w omb .

at se ed starts v e r y lile and gr o w s into a big baby .