LADYTIMER DAILY QUIZ
Sep 24, 2023
At what age does a woman’s risk of miscarriage drastically rise?
The older a woman is, the more abnormal ova they will have compared to healthy ova. When a woman reaches her mid thirties her chances of a miscarriage will rise by 16 percent, and by 44-46 years of age a woman’s chances of losing their child will have risen by 60 percent.
When held above the ground, or seated in a bouncing chair above the ground, a four-month-old baby should push his or her legs against a hard surface.
At four months, a baby’s leg muscles are beginning to form. When his or her feet connect with the ground, and their bodies are being supported, a four month old should push back against the floor, straightening his or her legs out.
Your baby should adjust to breastfeeding immediately.
Each baby adjusts to breastfeeding differently, just as each mom’s breasts release milk differently. Light coughing or sputtering, especially just when starting out to breastfeed, is normal, and just a sign that your baby is adjusting to the process and the flow of the milk.
From about 18 weeks of pregnancy, the baby’s sex could be determined through an ultrasound scan.
Ultrasound scans are a fairly accurate way of determining your baby's sex from about 18 weeks of pregnancy.
Which organ works to transfer nutrients from maternal blood to fetal blood during pregnancy?
The placenta is responsible for working as a trading post between the mother’s and the baby’s blood supply. Small blood vessels carrying the fetal blood run through the placenta, which is full of maternal blood. Nutrients and oxygen from the mother’s blood are transferred to the fetal blood, while waste products are transferred from the fetal blood to the maternal blood, without the two blood supplies mixing.
A possible cause of infertility in males is the motility (or ability to move) of sperm.
Other causes of infertility include poor sperm quality, sperm not moving well (poor motility), or not having enough (or any) sperm to begin with.
