Right, it's a beginning state, the beginning of new human life on the contiuum from life to death.
I think a medical diploma and 27 years of practice of obstetrics and gynecology matches any education you may have received. Unless of course you are also a physician and ob-gyn.
Look Doc, bs is bs whether it comes from the hind of a bull or the keyboard of a Doctor. And no I'm not an Ob-Gyn, I'm a blue collar guy that knows bs when he sees it.