human reproduction:

The stork and the airplane

 
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Where do ALL babies come from? And what makes family?

Suggested time: 2 hours

Target Audience: Kids and families

A fun, new approach to understanding human reproduction - that is inclusive of every human being and every family structure. Equally. 

  • Male and Female Reproductive Systems: Egg and Sperm Delivery Systems

  • Baby-Making Ingredients and Where They Come From: Egg and Sperm Cells: parents (birth, intended), donors, genetic surrogates

  • Fertilization: How do eggs and sperm unite - inside and outside the body, on their own and with help - to make a baby?

    • Sexual intercourse, Insemination, IVF

  • Gestation: parents, surrogates and gestational carriers

  • Birth (vaginal and C-section)

  • All Kinds of Families: adoption, foster, single-parent, same-sex, blended, extended, etc.