LADYTIMER DAILY QUIZ
Jan 14, 2019
How much extra calories does the body require during pregnancy?
The old excuse of eating for two is not actually correct. An expectant mother, who is carrying a single baby, will only need to increase their daily calories by 300.
Drinking alcohol doesn’t increase the risk of miscarriage.
A study published out of Denmark found that a woman who drinks 1 to 2 alcoholic beverages per week had around 1.5 times the likelihood of suffering through a miscarriage in comparison to non drinking women. This Danish study also discovered that even a single alcoholic drink can increase the risk of miscarriage. This means that in regards to alcohol it’s better to be safer than sorry, meaning zero alcohol should be consumed for at least the first four months of pregnancy.
Health conditions such as uterine fibroids, endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease can affect fertility.
Common problems with a woman's reproductive organs, like uterine fibroids, endometriosis, and pelvic inflammatory disease can worsen with age and also affect fertility. These conditions might cause the fallopian tubes to be blocked, so the egg can't travel through the tubes into the uterus.
Klinefelter’s syndrome is a common genetic cause of male infertility.
The most common genetic causes of infertility are chromosomal conditions that affect sperm production. These include: Klinefelter’s syndrome, Y chromosome deletions, other genetic problems, such as Down syndrome.
The use of such hormonal methods as injectable, contraceptive patch and contraceptive ring has increased in recent years.
The use of hormonal methods has increased with the advent of new options in recent years. The proportion of women who had ever used the injectable increased from 4.5% in 1995 to 23% in 2006–2010. Ever-use of the contraceptive patch increased from less than 1% in 2002 to 10% in 2006–2010. Six percent of women had used the contraceptive ring in 2006–2010, the first time this method was included in surveys.
Emergency contraception should not be used as a regular form of birth control.
Emergency contraceptives are not as effective as birth control that's used before or during sex, like the pill or condoms. So if you are sexually active or planning to be, don't use emergency contraception as your only protection against pregnancy.