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Pregnancy
* All pregnancies are at risk for birth defects
  - begin at specific times within the lunar synodic cycle
  - carry risk
* Bearing a child places extra demands on a woman's body.
* Estimates the conception date, birth due date, and current fetal age.
* Every pregnancy entails risk, especially where health care is poor.
* Many pregnancies result from a single woman's first, unprotected sexual experience
  - the lack of information about and access to contraceptive methods
* Most pregnancies are conceived while the egg is in the tube
  - medically uneventful and end happily in the successful birth of a healthy baby
  - normal, and most babies are healthy
* Most pregnancies end happily with a healthy infant and mother
  - the birth of a healthy baby
  - have a healthy, happy outcome
  - proceed without complications
* Most pregnancies result in a single birth, but twins are occasionally born
  - the birth of a healthy infant
* Most pregnancy affects fetuses
  - taste
  - involves growth
* Most pregnancy requires extra nutrients
* Pregnancies afer intracytoplasmic sperm injection of a single spermatozoan
  - affected by anencephaly often result in miscarriages, stillbirth or neonatal death
* Pregnancies are high-risk situations for the mother, as well as the child
  - the sum of live births, abortions and estimated miscarriages
  - very common in affairs
  - can also be harder to maintain for older women
* Some pregnancy leads to birth defects
  - cysts.
  * A human pregnancy is usually nine months long. Pregnancy usually starts when a woman has sexual intercourse with a man. The zygote grows into an embryo, which grows into a fetus. When the fetus is ready, it is born.
  * is divided into three parts called 'trimesters'. Each trimester is about three months long. During the first trimester, the woman often feels sick in her stomach and has to urinate often. During the second trimester, the woman's body starts to look pregnant, and her belly starts to stick out. During the third trimester, her belly sticks out even more, and the woman becomes even heavier. Many other things happen to the woman during pregnancy
  - maternal tissues through the many hormones synthesized to support the pregnancy
* also can cause varicose veins, as well as hemorrhoids
  - increases levels of endorphins, the body's feel-good chemicals
* also influences migraine
  - the duration of the oestrous cycle and maternal behaviour
  - seems to permit formation of new fat cells
  - tends to delay the onset and progression of the disease in susceptible women
  - triggers aggression in female meerkats and so increases the demands of dominance
* alters a woman's immune system
  - the body-core temperature response to a simulated open field in rats
* always worsens diabetes.
* appears to induce a temporary change in the natural progression of thyroiditis.
* becomes a symptom of having a child.
* begins at conception, the time at which the male sperm and the female ovum unite
  - if a fertilized egg attaches itself to the lining of the uterus
* begins when a fertilized egg successfully implants in the lining of the uterus
  - the fertilized egg is implanted in the woman's uterine wall
* can affect breathing
  - eye and kidney complications
* can also cause hair thinning
  - make symptoms of low blood sugar hard to detect
* can be a great motivator for maintaining good health habits
  - powerful motivator to change behavior
  - time of joy and stress
* can cause a significant increase in the size of fibroids
  - blood pressure to rise
  - money problems or interfere with school or work
  - effect the relative severity of asthma
* can happen if a sperm joins with a woman's egg
  - any sperm land on the vulva or inside the vagina
  - only one sperm joins with an egg
  - lead to certain discomforts, from back strain to swollen ankles
* can make both high and low blood glucose levels happen more often
  - eyes and the kidney worse
* can occur if a sperm joins the egg and fertilization takes place
  - any sperm end up on the vulva or inside the vagina
  - simultaneously with menarche
  - often cause a remission of the disease
  - only occur in the presence of a uterus, an organ that is removed during hysterectomy
  - result from rape and coerced sex
  - sometimes cause the abdominal skin and muscles to become loose and flabby
  - trigger diabetes in some women
  - worsen diabetic eye disease
* causes changes in every system in the body
  - enormous changes in a woman's body, affecting almost every part of it
  - increased levels of estrogen to circulate in the mother's blood
  - increases in hormone levels and blood volume which in turn cause veins to enlarge
  - many changes, both physical and emotional
  - profound changes in the cardiovascular system
* changes the body's level of medication.
* comes before raising children.
* common association with pica and anemia is the associated medical effect
  - predisposing risk factor for the development of hemorrhoids
  - that tends to unmask problems with sugar
* confirmation that the woman has been fucked.
* critical time for a woman to consume more calcium
  - women to be conscious of bone health
* dating is most accurate during the first half of pregnancy.
* depletes folic acid, and a deficiency can cause birth defects.
* distinctive human experience.
* does have an effect on the gums.
* enhances G protein activation and nitric oxide release from uterine arteries.
* enhances the antinociceptive effects of extradural lignocaine in the rat
  - pressor response to thromboxane analogues in rabbits
* factor which many lesbian women have deliberately excluded from their lives.
* happens when the egg is fertilized by sperm, during sexual intercourse.
* has a similar effect on the risk of breast cancer
  - variable effect on migraine headaches
  - chances
  - cost
  - low cost
* has no consistent effect on the course of Crohn's disease
  - effect on the natural course of thyroid cancer
  - long-term adverse effects on the course of sarcoidosis
  - patterns
* helps to control prolactinomas.
* hi both goats and sheep, pregnancy is maintained by the hormone progesterone.
* includes morning sickness.
* increases a woman's protein needs
  - all nutritional and vitamin needs
  - dietary allowances for nutritional and vitamin needs
  - median nerve susceptibility to lidocaine
  - the production of melanin in the body
* increases the risk and incidence of folic acid deficiency
  - of visual loss in diabetic women with serious preexisting retinopathy
  - stress on the cardiovascular system
* induces hypertension in some women of color.
* introduces changes in breast tissue.
* involves a complex interplay of hormones
  - prolonged hormone levels, particularly estrogen
* is about women and their bodies.
* is also a risk factor for hyperglycemia
  - time to work things out emotionally
  - always a disease, and birth is always traumatic and excruciatingly painful
* is an absolute contraindication to radiation exposure from x-rays
  - ideal time for improving flexibility, as the whole body is geared to change
* is an important issue for survivors of most childhood diseases
  - topic in sociology of the family
  - another common cause of constipation
* is another time of risk for cystitis
  - when progesterone is high
  - word for gestation
* is associated with a great deal of systemic vascular changes
  - blunted responsiveness to beta-agonists
  - changes in bladder function
  - gastrointestinal hypomotility
  - broken down into three phases, which are called trimesters
* is considered a disability
  - gender-related condition
  - temporary disability
  - counted from the first day of a woman's last period
* is divided into thirds, or trimesters, each lasting about twelve to thirteen weeks
  - three separate time periods, or trimesters
  - three-month periods, called trimesters
  - established once fertilization of the ovum by the spermatozoon occurs
  - evidence of sexual intercourse
  - high risk once someone has had surgery to replace the aortic root
  - indicated when regular menstruation stops abruptly
  - known to worsen certain chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease
  - likened to a disease
  - literally a life-threatening condition for many women in the developing world
  - medical conditions
  - most likely to occur at the time of ovulation
* is often an initiating event in women
  - the cause, but excessive weight loss and aging also come into play
  - one condition where the body actually requires MORE salt in order to remain healthy
* is one of the few situations when the use of herbal products can become complicated
  - most nutritionally demanding periods of a woman's life
  - strongest motivators to kick a habit
  - worst possible times to be under excess stress
  - part of a woman's everyday life
  - protected under the ground of gender
  - rare, but can occasionally occur naturally as well as through embryo transfer
  - something a normal, healthy woman's body does
  - special for women with diabetes
  - spoken about in terms of fruitfulness and multiplication
  - supposed to be one of the happiest times in a woman's life
* is the beginning of a life-long bonding
  - leading reason young girls drop out of high school
* is the most common cause of amenorrhea
  - reason for school dropout among girls
  - important period in a woman's life
  - natural result of having sex
  - process of bringing forth life, while abortion is killing that life
  - state of being pregnant
  - time when the physical foundations for many behaviors are being formed
* is the ultimate fluctuation in a woman's hormonal status
  - intimacy possible between human beings
  - therefore an emotional and psychological as well as a physiological transformation
  - treated as any other disability or illness
  - very risk for sows because pups are large
* joyful time in a woman's life.
* kind of stress test that often predicts future diabetic problems.
* labor of love.
* lasts about months.
* lasts for eleven months
* leads to striking changes in the breasts.
* life-changing event.
* major medical event in the life of a woman.
* means a conception that occurred after the covered person's effective date of coverage
  - change in a relationship
* medical condition, just as impotence medical condition.
* miraculous time of rapid growth and development.
* natural result of sexual activity.
* natural, healthy condition.
* normal body process
  - condition of the female body
* normal, healthy physical condition that many women experience
* occurs during the rainy season and births at the beginning of the dry season
  - when the egg is fertilized by a sperm
* often causes rapid growth of genital warts
  - increases emotional stress for both parents
  - involves some degree of risk
* period of intense progesterone stimulation by the placenta.
* permanently cures some women with the condition.
* physiological process.
* plays an odd dual role in breast cancer.
* problem with heifers from some herds.
* process of conferring intelligence.
* produces life.
* provides a strong motivation for alcohol, tobacco, and drug using women to seek help.
* puts tremendous strains on the heart and circulatory system
  - young women's health at risk, through childbearing or unsafe abortion
* raises levels of the hormones, oestradiol and progesterone, for an even longer period.
* reduces milk production during concurrent lactation.
* related issues can throw men and women into an emotional spin.
* requires extra folate in the very early stages for cell division
* results from the meeting of the male sperm and the female ovum in the fallopian tube
  - when a sperm reaches the egg in the tube
* risk factor for battering
  - gallstones because of the high hormone levels
  - initiation or escalation of domestic violence
  - physical abuse
* risk, too, with unprotected intercourse.
* shapes families, attitudes, and self-esteem.
* significantly increases the risk of violence in teenage relationships.
* special life event that presents unique physical and psychological challenges.
* starts at conception
  - implantation of the fertilized ovum in the womb
  - with conception
* state unlike any other confronted by medicine.
* stress, as is lactation.
* subtly affects hepatic function, especially bile transport.
* suppresses a woman's immune system to prevent it from rejecting the fetus.
* suspends menstruation and often nursing the child does, also.
* symptom of illness
  - poverty, race, sexual abuse and other social problems
* tends to cause constipation and the fiber help regulate bowel movements.
* then begins if the fertilized egg attaches itself to the lining of the uterus.
* time of change both physically and emotionally
  - emotional awareness
* time of great change for the body
  - changes in the cardiovascular, or heart and blood vessel, system
* time of growth and hope, but it is also a time when a woman is very vulnerable
  - of new maternal and fetal tissues
  - happiness and joy, but it can also be a time of uncertainty and worry
* time when hormonal influences can cause blood vessel changes
  - many changes occur in a woman's body
  - where there is an abundance of fibrin
* transistion to motherhood both physically and psychologically.
* uniquely intimate relationship between two people.
* very sensitive time for all women and the unborn baby
  - special time in a person's life
* voluntarily entered condition which results in some disability.
* vulnerable state.
* workplace issue that starts well before conception and ends long after birth.
+ Tarsier, Body shape: Primates
  * Tarsiers have huge eyes and long feet. They are nocturnal, and are the only wholly carnivorous primates. They mainly eat insects, and catch them by jumping at them. They are also known to eat birds and snakes. Pregnancy takes about six months. Tarsiers give birth to single offspring.