The Science of Pregnancy

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CONTENTS......Page 4 HUMAN PREGNANCY......Page 6 THE EVOLUTION OF PREGNANCY......Page 8 MEDICAL ADVANCES......Page 10 IMAGING TECHNIQUES......Page 12 GOING INSIDE......Page 14 ANATOMY......Page 25 BODY SYSTEMS......Page 26 THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM......Page 28 THE PROSTATE GLAND, PENIS, AND TESTES......Page 30 MALE PUBERTY......Page 31 HOW SPERM IS MADE......Page 32 THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM......Page 34 THE OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES......Page 36 THE UTERUS, CERVIX, AND VAGINA......Page 40 THE BREASTS......Page 42 FEMALE PUBERTY......Page 43 THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE......Page 44 GENETICS......Page 47 THE MOLECULES OF LIFE......Page 48 HOW DNA WORKS......Page 50 PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE......Page 52 GENETIC PROBLEMS AND INVESTIGATIONS......Page 54 THE SCIENCE OF SEX......Page 57 THE EVOLUTION OF SEX......Page 58 ATTRACTIVENESS......Page 62 DESIRE AND AROUSAL......Page 64 THE ACT OF SEX......Page 66 BIRTH CONTROL......Page 68 CONCEPTION TO BIRTH......Page 71 TRIMESTER 1......Page 72 WEEKS 1–4......Page 74 MOTHER AND EMBRYO......Page 76 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MOTHER......Page 78 CONCEPTION......Page 80 FERTILIZATION TO IMPLANTATION......Page 85 EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT......Page 87 SAFETY IN PREGNANCY......Page 88 DIET AND EXERCISE......Page 90 WEEKS 5–8......Page 92 MOTHER AND EMBRYO......Page 94 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MOTHER......Page 96 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: EMBRYO......Page 98 WEEKS 9–12......Page 106 MOTHER AND FETUS......Page 108 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MOTHER......Page 110 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: FETUS......Page 114 THE SKELETON......Page 118 TRIMESTER 2......Page 124 WEEKS 13–16......Page 126 MOTHER AND FETUS......Page 128 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MOTHER......Page 130 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: FETUS......Page 131 WEEKS 17–21......Page 134 MOTHER AND FETUS......Page 136 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MOTHER......Page 138 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: FETUS......Page 139 WEEKS 18–26......Page 144 MOTHER AND FETUS......Page 146 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MOTHER......Page 148 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: FETUS......Page 149 THE FORMATION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM......Page 152 TRIMESTER 3......Page 154 WEEKS 27–30......Page 156 MOTHER AND FETUS......Page 158 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MOTHER......Page 160 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: FETUS......Page 161 MONTH 8......Page 164 MOTHER AND FETUS......Page 166 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MOTHER......Page 168 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: FETUS......Page 169 WEEKS 36–40......Page 170 MOTHER AND FETUS......Page 172 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MOTHER......Page 174 THE FORMATION OF THE BRAIN......Page 176 KEY DEVELOPMENTS: FETUS......Page 180 THE MOTHER’S CHANGING BODY......Page 182 THE FETUS’S CHANGING BODY......Page 184 LABOUR......Page 187 PREPARING FOR BIRTH......Page 188 THE FIRST STAGE OF LABOUR......Page 190 THE BIRTH......Page 192 BIRTH SETTINGS......Page 198 AFTER THE BIRTH......Page 200 ASSISTED BIRTH......Page 202 POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 205 RECOVERY AND FEEDING......Page 206 THE NEWBORN BABY......Page 208 EARLY RESPONSES AND PROGRESS......Page 210 THE FIRST TWO YEARS......Page 212 DISORDERS......Page 215 FERTILITY DISORDERS......Page 216 FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS......Page 218 MALE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS......Page 222 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS......Page 224 COMPLICATIONS IN PREGNANCY......Page 226 LABOUR AND DELIVERY PROBLEMS......Page 232 PROBLEMS IN NEWBORNS......Page 234 PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE MOTHER AFTER DELIVERY......Page 240 GLOSSARY......Page 244 INDEX......Page 250 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 256