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| Sexual intercourse can result in conception on only about 6 days of the menstrual cycle (from about ____ days before ___ to about ____ days afterwards). |
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| Fertilization usually occurs within a ___, and implantation normally occurs in the ___ of the uterus |
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fallopian tube
endometrium
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| Implantation of a fertilized egg at any other location is called an ___ pregnancy, and the most common cause is carring of the Fallopian tubes due to ____. |
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ectopic
chlamydia and/or gonorrhea |
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| Pregnancy tests are positive if a woman's urine or blood contains a hormone secreted by the developing placenta called ____ |
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| human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) |
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| pregnancy is divided into three 3-month intervals called ____ |
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| After implanation, the conceptus is called an ____ for the first ___ months and then a ___ for the last ____ months of pregnancy. |
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| An expectant mother can first feel her unborn baby moving, an experience called ___, during the ___ month of pregnancy. |
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quickening
4th or 5th month |
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| Substances that can cross the placental barrier and harm the unborn baby are called ____. (examples include viruses, smoking alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs) |
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| Fetal abnormalities can often be detected by ultrasound or by a variety of invasive techniques such as chorionic sampling, and ____. |
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| Prepared childbirth courses attempt to break the ____ cycle through education and preparation. |
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| Today there is a growing movement advocating going bakc to giving birth in the home, usually with the aid of a nurse-____ rather than a physician. |
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| True labor is distinguished from false labor by timing and length of ___ and by the ___ of the cervix |
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| Labor proceeds in three stages. The initial or ___ stage usually lasts from 6-13 hours, although each stage of labor varies a great deal from woman to woman and even from birth to birth in the same woman. |
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| The ___ breaks (or is broken by the physician) just prior to or during this stage. |
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| The last part of the first stage of labor is called the _____. It marks the beginning of the birth process. |
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| In the second stage of labor, the cervix is ___ and the fetus begins moving through the birth canal. The baby usually enters the world ___ first, and after deliver the ___ is cut. |
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fully dilated
head
umvilical cord |
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| In the third stage of labor the ___ detaches from the uterus and leaves the mother's body. |
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| If complications develop during childbirth, the baby can be delivered surgically through the mother's abdomen by a ____ |
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| Mother's milk contains many infection-fighting ___ and is easier to digest than cow's milk. |
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| After giving birth, many women experience negative emotions, called ____. Hormone changes, lack of sleep, and new demands can all contribute to this. Most physicians advise that women not resume sexual intercourse for ___ weeks after delivery. |
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postpartum blues or depression
4-6 |
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| Studies find that after the transition to parenthood, happiness within a relationship is related to ___ |
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| the sharing of child-care and housekeeping responsibilities |
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| Infertility or impaired fecundity affects about one in ___ couples in the US. about ___ percent of these cases are due to problems with the man, ____ percent to problems with the woman, and about ___ percent to problems with both partners. |
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| In men, infertility is usually caused by either blockage of the duct system or ___. For the latter, a procedure called ____ is often used. |
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a low sperm count
artificial insemination |
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| In women, infertility is usually the result of blocked ___ or failure to ____. |
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| Today infertile couples can be helped by a variety of assisted reproductive procedures in which an egg is fertilized outside of a woman's body and then placed into her uterus, called ___. |
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| T/F at implantation, the one-celled organism is called a fetus |
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T/F about 75% of all conceptions either fail to implant or are spontaneously aborted within the first 6 weeks
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T/F "morning sickness" is most common during the last trimester of pregnancy.
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T/F An expectant mother cannot feel her unborn baby moving inside her ("quickening") until the second trimester
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T/F Sexual intercourse during the 7th and 8th months of pregnancy is often harmful to the mother and/or fetus
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T/F Drugs can adversely affect the fetus, but smoking, while hazardous to the mother has little effect.
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T/F if a woman is Rh positive and her fetus is Rh negative, the condition is called Rh incompatibility
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T/F One beer or one glass of wine a day is thought to be acceptable when a woman is pregnant.
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T/F One of the most common causes of scarring of the Fallopian tubes is untreated gonorrhea and chlamydia.
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T/F "prepared childbirth" means having a baby without the use of anesthetics
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T/F A baby is born during the third stage of labor.
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T/F If a woman has an ectopic pregnancy, there is an increased risk that her future pregnancies will also be ectopic
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T/F The expression "test-tube babies" refers to the process whereby conception and embryonic development (the first 2 months) occur outside the mother's body.
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T/F artificial insemination refers to the fertilization of an egg by synthetically manufactured sperm
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T/F "Morning sickness" can be effectively treated with hormones
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T/F true labor is marked by the onset of Braxton-Hicks contractions
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| Carol and david cannot conceive because he has a low sperm count |
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| Phyllis is not yet fully dilated and her baby is in distress |
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| chorionic villus sampling (or amniocentesis) |
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| Joan and Tom are worried that their unborn baby may have an abnormality |
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| Sherry and John cannot conceive because she is not having regular menstrual cycles |
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| Linda and Walter's unborn baby has a life-threatening urinary tract infection |
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| Shelly and mark cannot conceive. Eggs taken from Shelly are fertilized by sperm from Mark and then placed into Shelly's uterus |
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| Susan has a tubal (ectopic) pregnancy |
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| Diane cannot carry a fetus during pregnancy, but she and Frank want to have a baby that is biologically theirs. |
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| intracytoplasmic sperm injection |
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| Carol and David cannot conceive because he has a low sperm count |
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| zygote ____,____, embryo, fetus. |
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| The major link between the developing baby and the mother is the ___ |
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| A pregnant woman who ha gained excessive weight and has high blood pressure and swollen joints may have____ |
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| before birth, the fetus' head drops lower in the uterus. This is called ___ |
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| Three guidelines to determine if labor has begun are ___,_____, and___ |
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whether contractions are coming 10 minutes apart on a regular basis
whether contractions are at least 30 seconds long on a regular basis
whether cervix is dilated to at least 2-3 centimeters and at least 70% effaced |
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| The ___ trimester is when a developing fetus is generally most susceptible to harmful substances. |
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| The vast majority of ectopic pregnancies are ___ pregnancies |
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| in 2009, the Institute of Medicine recommended that normal-weight women gain ____ pounds during pregnancy |
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| By the time a fertilized egg has reached the uterus, it is a fluid-filled sphere called a ___ |
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| The part of the baby that normally comes into the birth canal first is ____ |
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| The egg remains ripe only for about ____ after ovulation |
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| The fetus is protected in a thick-skinned sac called the ___ |
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| ____ and ____ are two procedures used by physicians during labor and childbirth that many experts feel are done far too routinely (and unnecessarily) |
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| episiotomies, cesarean sections |
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| For a baby to ahve any chance of surviving, it must develop in the uterus for at least __ weeks |
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| The world health organization recommends that babies be exclusively breast fed for the first |
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| To best ensure the chances of a healthy baby, a woman should wait at least ___ months after giving birth before getting pregnant again. |
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