1. What is Sex?
Sexual union between human beings, involving physical union of the sexual organs.

2. Abstinence Abstinence – to refrain (not do) an at risk behavior.
It is a choice that only you can make

3. Consequences of not abstaining
Pregnancy
STDs or STIs
Cancer
Death

4. Pregnancy 1. Fertilization – sperm & egg unite.
2. Implantation – developing cells attach to the uterine wall.
YOU ARE NOW PREGNANT
Pregnancy is the time when the new cell formed during fertilization grows & develops into a baby in the uterus

5. Time Line
From fertilization until the end of the 8th week it is called the embryo.
From 8th week until birth it is called a fetus.
Normal pregnancy last 9 months about 40 weeks.
Doctors divide the nine month pregnancy into 3 month periods called Trimesters.
If the baby is not born until the end of 9 months the pregnancy is considered full term.

6. Body Changes during Pregnancy
Production of special hormones
Sometimes cause nausea (usually 3 months)
Enlarged breasts & prepare to produce milk
Uterus stretches Emotional changes
Difficulty sleeping Stretch marks
Clumsy Blotchy skin
Hemorrhoids
Legs, feet, hands, & fingers swell

7. Nourishing the fetus
Placenta is an organ that grows in the women’s uterus during pregnancy and allows nutrients, gases, and wastes to be exchanged between mother & fetus.
Everything taken in by the mother passes through the fetus

8. Do’s and Don’ts of a mother nourishing her fetus
Take special vitamins
Eat Right
Don’t do drugs
Don’t drink alcohol
Don’t smoke
Don’t have caffeine

9. Labor & Birth
Labor- The process that lasts from the time contractions start until the delivery of the child and the placenta.
Birth- The passage of a baby from its mother’s uterus to outside the body.
After birth- The stage where the mothers uterine contractions push the placenta out of her body.
Caesarian- The procedure when doctors surgically remove the baby and the placenta from the mother’s uterus.

10. The 3 stages of Labor
Stage 1- first contraction until cervix is open enough for the baby’s head to pass.
Stage 2- cervix completely open until the baby is delivered.
Stage 3- The placenta is delivered.