Fun Facts About Gerald Ford. 1  His middle name is Rudolph. 2  He nearly died in World War II when a typhoon hit his aircraft carrier and it caught fire. 3  Around 400 Eagle Scouts attended Ford's funeral and took part in the procession. 4  His number 48 football jersey was retired at the University of Michigan.
Then, the process of becoming pregnant takes several days â the fertilized egg (now called a blastocyst) has only just begun its long journey. Once the egg is fertilized, it now has to travel all the way up into the uterus for implantation to take place.
As soon as the one lucky sperm cell succeeds in penetrating the egg, the egg immediately undergoes a chemical reaction that prevents other sperm cells from penetrating as well (to the victor belongs the spoils). Then the chromosomes carried by the sperm and egg come together, and the egg is officially fertilized. Within a matter of hours, the microscopic zygote divides, then divides again and again. About a week later, a ball of around 100 cells (called a blastocyst) reaches your uterus and settles down into the uterine lining.