The job of the millions is to protect and usher “the one.”

Several studies suggest that the sperm destined to impregnate is predetermined and ushered to the egg by the other sperm. It’s not, as was once supposed, a race to the egg and the first one there gets the prize. Not at all. It is a race – a race against time – the sperm die in a short period of time (like hours) – so they have to race – no time to waste – because if the “chosen one” dies or is seriously injured in transit, the whole thing can fall apart – no conception.

The one sperm destined to impregnate is most likely not the first to arrive. Rather, in one video I saw of the event, on Discovery Channel, the impregnating sperm was “ushered” to the egg by other sperm – then “introduced” and invited into the egg using special chemical “markers” – rather than attacking the egg (like rape). Even if the “special” sperm is injured or defective in some way it is still “the one.”

The job of the millions of other sperm is to run with “the one” and help him to his destination – against near-insurmountable obstacles presented by the woman’s body defenses. These defenses are not intended to protect against the sperm – rather to protect against all invading bodies. The sperm are invading bodies and are attacked by the woman’s body defenses – as they are intended to do. The job of the millions is to protect and usher “the one.”

The egg, too, has substantial defenses against all but “the one.” For that one, the egg changes its chemical makeup an instant before contact with the one sperm destined to make the union. Other sperm may be in contact at the same time, but only “the one” will be allowed in – chemical defenses keep the others at bay. My guess is that the others who are in contact at the same time as “the one” are intended to be like “best men” who do the introductions and “convince” the egg (identity validation) that “the one” is “the one.”

In the case of fraternal multiple births, the same process occurs but for multiple sperms. The process is not monogamous. It just is. Sometimes, chemical changes in the egg allow multiple impregnations to occur (as when the woman is taking fertility drugs, etc.). Even when that happens, the sperm responsible for impregnation are invited in – chemically.

The old notion that the sperm determines sex, and many other things about us is falling apart – the egg has a genetic marker that is special only to one sperm cell – the union seems to be predetermined in the egg (and sperm) – passed down through millions of generations – and altered by such things as microwave energy and solar activity (radiation) – making small changes possible (evolution).

Some people have no children because their genetic makeup is such that egg and sperm do not match closely enough to make a union – they are “chemically” incompatible (egg does not recognize the sperm’s id and rejects it). With literally billions of sperm to choose from, you’d think that at least one might match closely enough to make a viable conception – yet, for some, even that does not occur. There are a myriad of conditions that can preclude conception and only one that favors it. It amazes me that we humans can reproduce at all.

It might make an interesting story someday – the impossible journey – the story of ME.

We are, perhaps, much more special than we give ourselves credit.