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. |
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