Exam 10: Becoming Parents: Choices and Challenges

What is one major factor that couples should consider before taking fertility drugs (in other words, what could potentially happen)?

________ refers to the absolute inability to reproduce, either because the woman has no uterus or ovaries, or the male has no testes or sperm production. No amount of medical intervention can help a sterile person reproduce. ________ is the inability to conceive a baby after trying for a period of one year.

Generally speaking, the abortion pill (mifepristone) can be used up to ____ days after the first day of a woman's last menstrual period.

U.S. demographers do not consider gay or lesbian partnerships to be marriages.

Labor is divided into four stages. Please explain these stages.

The Quiverfull movement is an antinatalist belief that is practiced among some evangelical Protestant Christian couples in the United States.

What are the developmental and socioeconomic risks for adolescent mothers?

One researcher found that couple relationships are more unstable during pregnancy due to the hormonal changes that take place in the woman.

These contraceptives provide a chemical or physical barrier between the sperm and the ovum.

China is a good example of a natalist country.

Within psychology and family studies, a(n) _________ (such as the decision to become a parent) is considered to be a point at which people take on new roles and obligations.

During the next 12 months, 1 million teenagers will become pregnant.

How many states currently allow gay and lesbian parents to legally adopt the biological children of their partner?

Artificial insemination is _____.

A woman may desire to have a biological child, but for medical reasons she cannot sustain a pregnancy. For these women, IVF is performed; rather than having the embryos implanted into her uterus, however, the embryos are implanted into a another female, who carries the pregnancy to term. Upon birth, the baby is given to the biological parents. What form of ART is this?

Across life, the majority of individuals follow and relatively adhere to socially approved and shaped pathways, such as the "right" time to get married and the "right" time to have Children. These proper times are referred to as _________.

_______ refers to the age at which a transition takes place.

How does the sexual orientation of the adoptive parents factor into the child's sexual orientation?

When parents lose a child to death, or when they have a baby born with birth defects, they experience a cycle of grief and loss. Part of that cycle is known as the maintenance stage. Please explain.

Are there any medical risks for adolescent mothers? Explain.