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Sperm Can't Really Swim And Other Surprising Pregnancy Facts

Aug 14, 202314 minEp 938Transcript available on Metacast
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There's the birds and the bees. And then there's what happens after. The process that leads to the beginning of pregnancy has a lot more twists and turns than a happenstance meeting. Today on Short Wave, NPR health reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin talks about the science of the very first week of pregnancy.

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