Klapwald,+Aaron

Ultrasound: Done at 20 weeks or earlier Done by doctor Looks for: Gender of fetus, physical defects, approximate due date, approximate weight, amniotic fluid amount, placenta locatin

CVS: Done at 10 weeks or later Done at hospital or sme doctor's offices Tests for deformities or genetic defects

Glucose Screening: Done 24th to 28th week Done by Doctor Tests for gestational diabetes (in mother)

Group B Strep Testing: Done at 35-37 weeks Done by doctor Tests for Group B strep in mother - if positive, disease is suppressed in order to prevent infection of newborn

Amniocentesis: Done 15-18 weeks Done at hospital Tests for genetic defects

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Female Condom 12/2/09 Halpern grade 12 period 3

- uses barrier method - non-Prescription - invented in the late 1980s - originally made with polyurethane but now made with nitrile rubber - it is a long tube with one closed end that is inserted into the vagina and one open end that is fixed to the cervix by a plastic ring - it collects semen and bodily fluid and prevents their entering the female’s body to prevent pregnancy - available at drugstores for under 5$ - Effectiveness: o “Professional Use” (Perfectly used under ideal conditions): about 95 % effective at stopping pregnancy o Practical Use (results among actual people who used the female condom and were then surveyed): about 80% effective at stopping pregnancy - Can be used by: o women who have just given birth o women who are menstruating o couples who can’t use a female condom o anybody Advantages: - allows women to take responsibility for their sexual health and birth control - can be inserted 8 hours prior to use - can be used to people allergic to latex - plastic ring may increase female stimulation Disadvantages: - can be difficult to use - can break - can make noise during intercourse - more expensive than male condom, and carried by fewer stores



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1. First, the male/female reproductive systems have not been anatomically the same since the begining of time; evolutionary changes have taken place through the ages resulting in the systems as we know them today. But because evolutionary changes take place on so great a time scale, these systems have been essentially the same throughout the duration of civilized man, and our collective consiousness as a species does not recollect their ever being different. But during the last few centuries attitudes toward the reproductive system have become more and more scientific and accepting. Once regarded as something not spoken of and considered taboo, the reproductive system is now sought to be understood and cared just like the skeletal, diegestive, or any other system.

2. The reproductive system is like dominos because it functions only when multiple organs can all perform successively to achieve a single goal (reproduction). And when one organ fails, the entire system is incapable of achieving this.