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erik northman, lucifer, mary

The odds against any particular individual existing are astounding.

Roughly one hundred million sperm are in the typical volume of semen that one ejaculates during a sexual encounter. A woman can only become pregnant roughly a quarter of the time, and a conservative estimate for miscarriages is roughly twenty-five percent, most of which happen without the woman ever knowing she was pregnant. The ova is one of hundreds that will be viable within a woman's lifetime. The chances of any particular individual winning the conception lottery and being born are quadrillions to one against.

And yet, despite the odds, a nigh-microscopic not-yet individual is growing in the womb of one Mary Anne McGee.

	morningbringer 2010-02-21 08:20 am UTC (link)
	It's the only part of the process where I have an equal amount of influence. From here on out, you're providing all the nutrients and raw material for growing a person. I have no more room to be braggy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	virginal_ 2010-02-21 08:24 am UTC (link)
	But you'll feed me, and that helps. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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