Test yourself to see if
you know if the following statements are true or false.
1. You are most fertile
two weeks after your period begins. True / False
2. A 35-year-old or older pregnant woman is always
considered high risk. True / False
3. Taking your temperature every morning will let
you know when to have intercourse. True / False
4. Your due date is not calculated from the date of
conception. True / False
5. Your fertility decreases substantially when you
are older than 35. True / False
6. Women who have had in-vitro fertilization don't
know when they will go into labor. True / False
7. You can determine the gender of your baby by
timing when you have sex. True / False
8. Like women, men also have to worry about a decrease
in fertility. True / False
1. You are most fertile
two weeks after your period begins.
False.
This statement is only true if your cycle is 28 days
long, and a woman's cycle can range from 26 to 36
days and beyond. Most women ovulate 14 days prior
to the start of their period, so a woman who has a
35-day cycle would ovulate on day 21, three weeks
after the first day of her last menstrual period.
2. A 35-year-old or older
pregnant woman is always considered high risk.
False.
While it's true that the maternal death rate rises
as women age, it is still so uncommon that it's
not a major concern. Amniocentesis is offered more
routinely to women older than 35 -- to test for
abnormalities such as Down Syndrome -- but other
than that, women older than 35 are not treated any
differently during pregnancy than younger women.
3.
Taking your temperature every morning will let you
know when to have intercourse.
False.
While tracking your basal body temperature (BBT)
will provide you with information about your menstrual
cycle, it won't tell you when to have intercourse.
The only way to use a BBT chart to predict your
most fertile days is to look at several month of
charts and determine if your cycle has a pattern
to it
4. Your due date is not
calculated from the date of conception.
True. Your
due date is calculated as 40 weeks after the first
day of your last menstrual period.
5. Your fertility decreases
substantially when you are older than 35.
False.
While fertility declines with age, women 35 and
older have a great chance at becoming pregnant.
The National Center for Health Statistics reports
that women under 25 years of age have a 96 percent
chance at conceiving within one year, women 25 to
34 have an 86 percent chance, and women 35 to 44
have a 78 percent chance of conceiving within a
year.
6. Women who have had
in-vitro fertilization don't know when they will go
into labor.
True.
Even if you are certain of the moment of conception,
there is no telling when you will go into labor.
Only three percent of babies arrive on their due
dates.
7. You
can determine the gender of your baby by timing when
you have sex.
False.
There is no evidence proving that when you conceive
determines the sex of your baby. Even high-tech
methods of sex determination don't guarantee success.
8. Like women, men also
have to worry about a decrease in fertility.
True.
Men also experience a decline in fertility as they
age. There is an age-related decline -- starting
in the late teens -- in sperm production, leading
to a decrease in fertility as men get older.
