According to the use that is given to it, the word conception can refer various questions.
Act of conceiving
In a broad sense, conception refers to the action and result of conceiving, meanwhile, strictly In the field of Biology, conception is called the union of two sex cells that will have as a product a zygote cell, which contains the union of the chromosomes of the man and the woman, or failing that of the male and the female. In this use of the term, the word conception acts as a synonymous with the concept of fertilization.
Then, the union of these two cells, ovum and sperm, in the case of women and men, produces the zygote, as we said, then it will transform into an embryo until the day of its birth, which in the case of In human beings, the process of pregnancy, as it is called, will last nine months until the moment of delivery arrives in which the birth of the embryo will take effect.
Conception of a child
In order for a man and a woman to conceive a child, they must have sexual intercourse on the fertile days of the woman that regularly begin in the middle of the cycle, day 14, to be more precise, and extend about two or three days before and after the aforementioned day. Because it is precisely in these days that the woman will go through the ovulation process. The woman's ovum can be fertilized during these fertile days by a sperm and thus pregnancy can occur. The main symptom of pregnancy is the absence of the rule, or menstrual cycle, when it was expected, regularly on day 28 of the cycle.
In the cases in which it is planned to have a child, the couple should pay special attention to this calendar date, and in the case of not seeking conception, an effective contraceptive method should be sought to avoid it.
Idea that we form about someone or something
On the other hand the set of ideas that someone forms about a certain person, thing or situation, is also often referred to as a conception of this or that thing. For example, "Juan has a totally different conception of life than mine."
In addition, the formation of a thing or idea in the imagination of each one is called conception; "This work of art demonstrates the super modern conception that the artist has about art."
Immaculate Conception, Catholic dogma
Another use of the term, especially when the initial c appears with a capital letter, Concepción, is to refer to the Immaculate Conception or Immaculate Conception, one of the many Catholic dogmas that holds that the Virgin Mary, the mother of God, was born free of sin. As we know, from what the Catholic religion has been telling us for a long time, all human beings are born with original sin that we inherited from the first humans who populated the earth, Adam and Eve, after their rebellious act in the Garden of Eden. Meanwhile, according to this dogma, the Virgin Mary is the exception since from her conception she was freed from this sin, she was not born with it, but made it very pure. As a consequence of the relevance that the role of Mary would have, being nothing more and nothing less than the mother of Jesus or God, she was exempted from this original sin and preserved from it by case.
It should be noted that this situation is especially venerated by the Catholic Church and there is even a day dedicated to its worship, on December 8.
Name that designates territories, populations and women
But also, the word Concepción It is usually a term widely used by different nations of the world to name a territory, area, town, province or locality of its soil. For instance, in Argentina Not only are there two departments with that name in Misiones and Corrientes, but also one of the most important Argentine cities in the province of Entre Ríos has that name, Concepción. Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela, Paraguay and Peru, are some of the nations that also present a town, municipality or province with that name.
And also Concepción is a feminine proper name widely used in Spanish-speaking countries like Spain and its origin lies precisely in the aforementioned dogma of the Catholic faith that we mentioned above. We must say that normally in Spain women called Concepción are affectionately called Concha or Conchi.
