What happens to one of the ova as soon as a young mother becomes pregnant?
As soon as a young mother becomes pregnant, one ovum has come off and is impregnated, so she becomes a mother. That cell then divides and multiplies rapidly, becoming two, four, eight, and so on, until reaching about 16 to 32 cells before body-cell development begins.
Les explains that when the female begins preparing for reproduction, her body builds many potential ovum, or seeds, but they remain nothing more until impregnated from an outside source, normally the father. As soon as the young mother becomes pregnant, one of these ovum has come off and is impregnated, and she becomes a mother. The first thing that happens is that these cells begin to divide and multiply rapidly, becoming two, four, eight, and so on, until there are about 16 to 32 cells. Then at about 32, and sometimes 64, that process of cell division and multiplication stops, and the body cells begin to develop—the extremities, fingers, feet, legs, and all that—to form the little human body.