FCS 340 Marriage And Family Relations
INFERTILITY -
✅ If you have unprotected sex for a year and don't get pregnant, medically that is by
definition
Hostile cervical mucus -
✅ kills sperm
Processual Methods -
✅ methods of birth control without the use of anything (Natural family planning and
withdrawal)
Natural Family Planning -
✅ where you predict when the woman is ovulating and refrain from intercourse over this
10 day period (an egg lives 48 hrs & sperm live 3-5 days)
Withdrawal -
✅ the males withdraws his penis & points away before he ejaculates
Mechanical Barriers -
✅ physical barrier which prevents the sperm and egg from meeting (male & female
condoms, spermicides, and diaphragm).
Contraceptives -
✅ Mechanical barrier methods, and hormonal methods
Hormonal methods -
✅ suppress ovulation by not releasing an egg (all homonal methods work the same)
PMS -
✅ per-menstrual symptoms
Long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) methods -
✅ Implanon/Nexplanon and Mirena IUD
Implanon/Nexplanon -
✅ stays on for 3yrs
Mirena IUD (intrauterine device) -
✅ it is progesterone only (no estrogen)
Spotting -
✅ period is sporadically
Double dutch -
✅ using both the pill and the condom for prevention of pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections (STIs)
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, Primary infertility -
✅ the woman has never conceived even though she wants to and has has regular sexual
relations for the past twelve months
Secondary infertility -
✅ the woman has previously conceived but is currently unable to do so even though she
wants to and has had regular sexual relations for the past twelve months
Pregnancy wastage -
✅ the woman has been able to conceive but has been unable to produce a live birth
conception -
✅ the fusion of the egg and the sperm (aka fertilization)
pregnancy -
✅ 5 to 7 days after conception, when the fertilized egg is implanted, typically in the
uterine wall
Cryopreservation -
✅ fertilized eggs are frozen and implanted at a later time, if necessary
Ovum transfer -
✅ an egg is donated, fertilized in vitro with the husband's sperm, and then transferred to
his wife
Transracial adoption -
✅ adopting a child of a race different from that of the parents
Sterilization -
✅ permanent surgical procedure that prevents reproduction
Fertell -
✅ allows women to measure the level of their follicle-stimulating hormone on the third
day of their menstrual cycles (at-home fertility kit)
Polyamory -
✅ a lifestyle in which two lovers embrace the idea of having multiple lovers
Compersion -
✅ the approval of a partner's emotional and sexual involvement with another person
Cohabitation -
✅ two adults, unrelated by blood or law, involved in an emotional and sexual relationship,
who sleep in the same residence at least four nights a week for three months
Domestic partnership -
✅ a relationship involving two adults who have chosen to share each other's lives in an
intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring
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INFERTILITY -
✅ If you have unprotected sex for a year and don't get pregnant, medically that is by
definition
Hostile cervical mucus -
✅ kills sperm
Processual Methods -
✅ methods of birth control without the use of anything (Natural family planning and
withdrawal)
Natural Family Planning -
✅ where you predict when the woman is ovulating and refrain from intercourse over this
10 day period (an egg lives 48 hrs & sperm live 3-5 days)
Withdrawal -
✅ the males withdraws his penis & points away before he ejaculates
Mechanical Barriers -
✅ physical barrier which prevents the sperm and egg from meeting (male & female
condoms, spermicides, and diaphragm).
Contraceptives -
✅ Mechanical barrier methods, and hormonal methods
Hormonal methods -
✅ suppress ovulation by not releasing an egg (all homonal methods work the same)
PMS -
✅ per-menstrual symptoms
Long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) methods -
✅ Implanon/Nexplanon and Mirena IUD
Implanon/Nexplanon -
✅ stays on for 3yrs
Mirena IUD (intrauterine device) -
✅ it is progesterone only (no estrogen)
Spotting -
✅ period is sporadically
Double dutch -
✅ using both the pill and the condom for prevention of pregnancy and sexually
transmitted infections (STIs)
1
, Primary infertility -
✅ the woman has never conceived even though she wants to and has has regular sexual
relations for the past twelve months
Secondary infertility -
✅ the woman has previously conceived but is currently unable to do so even though she
wants to and has had regular sexual relations for the past twelve months
Pregnancy wastage -
✅ the woman has been able to conceive but has been unable to produce a live birth
conception -
✅ the fusion of the egg and the sperm (aka fertilization)
pregnancy -
✅ 5 to 7 days after conception, when the fertilized egg is implanted, typically in the
uterine wall
Cryopreservation -
✅ fertilized eggs are frozen and implanted at a later time, if necessary
Ovum transfer -
✅ an egg is donated, fertilized in vitro with the husband's sperm, and then transferred to
his wife
Transracial adoption -
✅ adopting a child of a race different from that of the parents
Sterilization -
✅ permanent surgical procedure that prevents reproduction
Fertell -
✅ allows women to measure the level of their follicle-stimulating hormone on the third
day of their menstrual cycles (at-home fertility kit)
Polyamory -
✅ a lifestyle in which two lovers embrace the idea of having multiple lovers
Compersion -
✅ the approval of a partner's emotional and sexual involvement with another person
Cohabitation -
✅ two adults, unrelated by blood or law, involved in an emotional and sexual relationship,
who sleep in the same residence at least four nights a week for three months
Domestic partnership -
✅ a relationship involving two adults who have chosen to share each other's lives in an
intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring
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