Fee-male O-vurr-reez And the male tess-teez Are two organs, distinct Yet, working interlinked Their DNA combines Person whole designs As with you and me Let’s talk Pregnancy! [Break] D-N-A packages That’s what Chromosomes are We are made of forty-six Each parent providing half [Break] A Zy-goat unites both Then makes an extra set To ensure, when it splits Forty-six each cell gets [Break] My-O-sis makes egg and sperm But for growth, when cells divide My-tow-sis is the term It happens all your life [Break] From sexual intercourse Or placed artificially Sperm will come to be In a woman’s body [Break] If egg one fertilizes Pregnancy will start Then Zy-goat, single cell Preps itself to split apart [Break] Four days on, a Morula Ball of cells is the norm Which moves to the Uterus There to Blasto-cyst transform [Break] Eppi-blast and embryo From inner cells will grow And as for the outer cells To Placenta they will go [Break] This embryonic stage Ends after month two Now we have a fetus All organs in view [Break] Which by close of month three Are positioned, rightly Now to grow in size And functions realise [Break] Fee-male O-vurr-reez And the male tess-teez Are two organs, distinct Yet, working interlinked Their DNA combines Person whole designs As with you and me Let’s talk Pregnancy! [Break] The amniotic sac Comes from Eppi-blast Its fluid cushions fetus From external impact; [Break] Controls temperature And its fluid pressure Ensures that baby Uh-cheevz symmetry; [Break] Is a strength enhancer Lungs from ‘breathing’ it Bones and muscles too Swimming makes us fit! [Break] Blasto-cyst outer cells Make the Kori-on Which then Placenta builds That many functions fills [Break] And acting as a bridge A cord umbilical Goes from the placenta Into the baby’s navel [Break] Hormones it produces To maintain pregnancy Prevent menstruation Alter physiology [Break] Estrogen, Progesterone And hormone H-C-G H-P-L, P-G-H These pry-merrily [Break] Then there is exchange of Nutrients, waste, and gas Never is blood mixing though Through placenta they all pass [Break] Into Inter-villuss Space Arteries from Uterus Cycle mom’s rich blood Where the numerous [Break] Root-like fetal structures Called Kori-onnic Vill-lye Sit a single cell apart Through diffusion take supply [Break] As for waste removal Of urea, C-O2 Direction just reverses But diffusion still stands true [Break] Fee-male O-vurr-reez And the male tess-teez Are two organs, distinct Yet, working interlinked Their DNA combines Person whole designs As with you and me Let’s talk Pregnancy! [Break] Since egg was fertilised Nine months have now passed If things are well, as we hope It’s time for birth at last [Break] Stress Hormone Cortisol From fetus, starts the show In placenta, Estrogen Production will it grow [Break] Prosta-glandins then Will Cervix prepare Soften, dilate-widen it For baby to pass through there [Break] Final labour trigger Is mom’s Oxytocin From so-called Love Hormone Contractions now begin [Break] Which are muscle tightenings Quite involuntary Of walls uterine, till Cervix opens fully [Break] Ten centimeters wide When mom actively With muscles abdominal Helps push baby out and free [Break] With placenta following Cord is cut, finally When First Breath baby takes Lungs work independently [Break] Pregnancy can bring joy But too strain body, mind Excess weight, pain, fatigue Plus nausea you may find [Break] And if feeling lonely, low During, or after birth It’s vital that you know Talking is of priceless worth [Break] Doctors, midwives, nurses May-truns, friends, family These are some who can help With fear, despair, anxiety [Break] Fee-male O-vurr-reez And the male tess-teez Are two organs, distinct Yet, working interlinked Their DNA combines Person whole designs As with you and me Now we know Pregnancy!
