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Pregnancy rates for sexual intercourse are highest during the menstrual cycle time from some 5 days before until 1 to 2 days after ovulation. [16] For optimal pregnancy chance, there are recommendations of sexual intercourse every 1 or 2 days, [ 17 ] or every 2 or 3 days. [ 18 ]
Mammals during pregnancy can have one or more gestations at the same time, for example in a multiple birth. [2] The time interval of a gestation is called the gestation period. In obstetrics, gestational age refers to the time since the onset of the last menses, which on average is fertilization age plus two weeks. [3]
A median of 288 days (274 days from the date of ovulation) for first-time mothers and 283 days (269 days from the date of ovulation) for mothers with at least one previous pregnancy was found by a 1990 study of 114 white, private-care patients with uncomplicated pregnancies and spontaneous labor. The authors suggest that excluding pregnancies ...
The other aberration from this otherwise-steady decline in teen birth rates is the six percent decrease in birth rates for 15- to 19-year-olds between 2008 and 2009. [65] Despite the decrease, U.S. teen birth rates remain higher than those in other developed nations. [ 65 ]
GCSE Bitesize was launched in January 1998, covering seven subjects. For each subject, a one- or two-hour long TV programme would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around 9% of UK households had access to the internet at home.
According to the WHO, a preterm birth is defined as "babies born alive before 37 weeks of pregnancy are completed." [20] According to this classification, there are three sub-categories of preterm birth, based on gestational age: extremely preterm (fewer than 28 weeks), very preterm (28 to 32 weeks), moderate to late preterm (32 to 37 weeks). [20]
In Europe and many developed countries the preterm birth rate is generally 5–9%, [203] while in the U.S. from 2007 to 2022 the rate fluctuated from 9.6 to 10.5 per cent. [ 204 ] As weight is easier to determine than gestational age, the World Health Organization tracks rates of low birth weight (< 2,500 grams), which occurred in 16.5% of ...
This new research indicates that in at least some species of mammal, oocytes continue to be replenished in females well after birth. [ 12 ] In male germ cells and spermatozoa , and also in female oocytes , special DNA repair mechanism are present that function to maintain the integrity of the genomes that are to be passed on to progeny. [ 13 ]