• Question: where do babies come from?

    Asked by samhill to Chris, Eva, Michael, Paddy, Philip on 14 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Chris Jordan

      Chris Jordan answered on 11 Jun 2011:


      I asked DH about this (just to make sure) and he said “by accident”

    • Photo: Philip Denniff

      Philip Denniff answered on 11 Jun 2011:


      I was told you find them under gooseberry bushes but I collected my two from a hospital

    • Photo: Paddy Brock

      Paddy Brock answered on 12 Jun 2011:


      The uterus, following an amazing period of embryonic development during which human relatedness to fish becomes apparent as body parts develop from groups of cells.

    • Photo: Eva Bachmair

      Eva Bachmair answered on 13 Jun 2011:


      They come from two single cells which don’t have a complete set of genes so they have to be combined otherwise no baby. Once the cells merge the time is ticking. Sounds so easy but for me this is the biggest miracle in life.

    • Photo: Michael Wharmby

      Michael Wharmby answered on 14 Jun 2011:


      They are hatched out of eggs – or jars if you read Brave New World…

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