Miraculous You – The Chance for You to Exist

CONSULTANTS Stelian Anghel, Ovidiu Tudor, Daniel Mihai, Alin Holban, Florin Ghetu, Bianca Catargiu, Razvan Mihalcea, Bogdan Popa
EDITING Attila Peli
MUSIC Marcozannone
SPECIAL THANKS Andreea Paun, Irina Anghel, Florin Ghetu, Aritina Barbulescu, Cristian Magura, Cristina Cuncea, Mihai Bolonyi, Costin Banica, Petrica Cristescu, AnaMaria Lupu, Dorin Aiteanu

The first half of what you are now, the feminine, begins when your mother was an embryo, when about 7 million primordial follicles are formed at the level of the future ovarian structure. Until puberty, most of the follicles enter a process of self-destruction, with about 400,000 ovarian cells remaining. Of these, during a woman’s fertile life, only about 400 eggs will mature and be released into the Fallopian tube, hoping to meet “Mister Handsome”.

Your second half, the masculine, is part of a batch of about 200 million unique genetic combinations produced every day: the sperm. In this state they survive only 3 days, then they are reabsorbed. Which means that your existence depended on a window of opportunity of only three days, during which he and only he must meet his exact feminine half.

In order to meet her, he begins an extraordinary adventure passing through a labyrinth consisting of the vaginal cavity, the cervix, the uterine cavity and the Fallopian tube. A total of about 20 cm.

In parallel, the egg is carried, like a princess on arms, by the fallopian tube thrusters that move rhythmically, impressing a unidirectional movement to the egg. This rhythmic movement is a blessing for the egg and a curse to the sperm, as he will have to climb against the current. In 99.8% of cases, this idyllic journey ends nowhere, as she will meet no one during her 12 to 24 hours life-span, and will die anonymously on the way. However, against all odds, exactly these two halves met and together they became you.