Using my superior Biology 30 knowledge of reproduction, I have come to the conclusion that Renesmee cannot exist, and also that Stephenie Meyer doesn't know much about embryonic development and should have done more research before writing a novel in which a great section is devoted to such matters. Here are the reasons I have derived, based on my knowledge, of why the information just doesn't add up:
1) **Keep in mind that it can take up to 1.5 weeks for the zygote to travel to the uterus, this would not change with accelerated growth** Bella could feel the baby "nudging" her hand at seventeen days (2.4 weeks) (This is assuming her egg was fertilized the night of their wedding). At this point in time, the embryo would have only been growing for one week, even accounting for accelerated growth, the baby would be no bigger that one centimeter in length and would not be able to make a noticeable movement, nor would it even have any limbs or developed nervous system.
2) Refer to page 124 of Breaking Dawn,
"I had absolutely no experience with pregnancy or babies or any part of that world, but I wasn't an idiot. I'd seen enough movies and TV shows to know that this wasn't how it worked. I was only five days late. If I was pregnant, my body wouldn't have even registered that fact."
False. In reality, a woman's body is preparing for pregnancy from the moment the last flow phase of the menstrual cycle ends. What do you think is keeping the baby alive? What do you think is stopping your next menstrual cycle? Your body, which definitely knows you are pregnant. Women will often not consciously know they are pregnant until they miss their next menstrual cycle, but the body has been working away, keeping your baby alive.
3)Although I can't say I'm positive on this one, I really don't think the baby would begin thrashing if the placenta detached, nor would it cause the woman to "vomit a fountain of blood". Women will often feel abdominal pain, or experience bleeding, but in no cases is there ever that much violence. I think Stepheine Meyer may have made that all up.
4)If Edward cannot urinate, produce tears or does not have any blood, he cannot produce sperm. Sperm are produced in response to hormonal signals (specifically FSH and GnRH) and produced in the seminiferous tubules. If no other organs in his body are functioning, these will not either. And if he has no blood, hormones have no way to travel (also, he wouldn't be producing hormones). Edward, my friends, is sterile.
Those are my reasons. Feel free to argue with me, if you don't agree, I would like to hear what you have to think. But like I said, Renesmee definitely should not exist.
Also, just for the sake of shooting down Stephenie Meyer's other scientific miscalculations, werewolves would have 23 chromosomes. Because they are the children of two humans, the werewolf gene would be one of the 23 passed on by one of the parents. They wouldn't all of a sudden inherit an extra chromosome the first time they make the change.
1) **Keep in mind that it can take up to 1.5 weeks for the zygote to travel to the uterus, this would not change with accelerated growth** Bella could feel the baby "nudging" her hand at seventeen days (2.4 weeks) (This is assuming her egg was fertilized the night of their wedding). At this point in time, the embryo would have only been growing for one week, even accounting for accelerated growth, the baby would be no bigger that one centimeter in length and would not be able to make a noticeable movement, nor would it even have any limbs or developed nervous system.
2) Refer to page 124 of Breaking Dawn,
"I had absolutely no experience with pregnancy or babies or any part of that world, but I wasn't an idiot. I'd seen enough movies and TV shows to know that this wasn't how it worked. I was only five days late. If I was pregnant, my body wouldn't have even registered that fact."
False. In reality, a woman's body is preparing for pregnancy from the moment the last flow phase of the menstrual cycle ends. What do you think is keeping the baby alive? What do you think is stopping your next menstrual cycle? Your body, which definitely knows you are pregnant. Women will often not consciously know they are pregnant until they miss their next menstrual cycle, but the body has been working away, keeping your baby alive.
3)Although I can't say I'm positive on this one, I really don't think the baby would begin thrashing if the placenta detached, nor would it cause the woman to "vomit a fountain of blood". Women will often feel abdominal pain, or experience bleeding, but in no cases is there ever that much violence. I think Stepheine Meyer may have made that all up.
4)If Edward cannot urinate, produce tears or does not have any blood, he cannot produce sperm. Sperm are produced in response to hormonal signals (specifically FSH and GnRH) and produced in the seminiferous tubules. If no other organs in his body are functioning, these will not either. And if he has no blood, hormones have no way to travel (also, he wouldn't be producing hormones). Edward, my friends, is sterile.
Those are my reasons. Feel free to argue with me, if you don't agree, I would like to hear what you have to think. But like I said, Renesmee definitely should not exist.
Also, just for the sake of shooting down Stephenie Meyer's other scientific miscalculations, werewolves would have 23 chromosomes. Because they are the children of two humans, the werewolf gene would be one of the 23 passed on by one of the parents. They wouldn't all of a sudden inherit an extra chromosome the first time they make the change.
