1. Question
What are the responsibilities of partners who engage in sexual intercourse? List five.

3. Rhonda

4. Question What are the average costs associated with pregnancy?
Hospital Stay
Doctor Bills
Cesarean-Section
Monthly Child Care Costs
Monthly Diapers & Formula
Average Total of 1st Year costs

5. The Female Reproduction System

6. Female Functions Produce an ovum (egg cell)
When united with sperm produces a fertilized ovum

7. External Reproductive Organs
Called the vulva
Clitoris, mons pubis, labia majora, labia minora, and vaginal opening

8. External
Mons pubis – rounded fatty pad of tissue, covered with pubic hair, located in front on top of the pubic bone
Labia majora – outer fold of tissue on either side of the vaginal opening, also cover with pubic hair
Labia minora – inner folds of skin, this forms a hood like covering over the clitoris
The labia serve as a line protection against pathogens and also have a function in sexual arousal

9. Vaginal Opening
Hymen – thin membrane that stretches across the vaginal opening
Clitoris – small knob of tissue in the front of the vaginal opening, important in producing sexual arousal.

10. Internal Female Reproduction Organs
Vagina – elastic, tube like passageway. Birth canal
Cervix – neck of the uterus, during childbirth the cervix dilates to allow the passage of the baby
Uterus – strong, elastic muscle about the size of a fist, Main Function – hold and nourish the developing embryo and fetus
Fallopian Tubes – tubes on each side of the uterus
Ovaries – female sex gland situated on both sides of the uterus at the end of the fallopian tubes, House the ova and produce the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone.

11. Ovulation
The process of releasing one mature ovum each month into that ovary’s fallopian tube is called ovulation
The ovum can live for two days in the fallopian tubes
At this time one sperm will enter the ovum and fertilize the egg

12. Menstruation
If an ovum is not fertilized, or if the fertilized ovum does not attach to the uterine wall, the uterine lining is not needed
The muscle of the uterine contact, causing the lining to gradually break down
The lining passes through the cervix into the vagina and out of the vagina opening
The process of shedding the lining of the uterus
4 to 7 days ( 3 or 9 days )
Varies from female to female

13. Menstrual Period Abdominal cramps 2-3 tablespoons of blood
The rest is other tissues that make up the lining
The cycle repeats itself
10-15 years of age
Menopause – the ceasing of menstruation, 45-50

14. Methods of Predicting Ovulation
Calendar or Rhythm Method
Basel Body Temperature Method
Sympto-thermal Method
Ovulation Method
Ovulation Predictor Kits

15. Menstrual Cycle Rhonda December 25th first day of menstrual flow
December 31st last day of menstrual flow
January 11th mid point of woman’s cycle (January 9th-13th possible ovulation)
January 30th first day of new cycle

16. Concerns about the Female Reproductive System
PMS – Premenstrual Syndrome, two weeks before or just several days
Symptoms – nervous tension, anxiety, irritability, bloating, weight gain, depression, mood swings, and fatigue

17. Concerns
Dysmenorrhea – painful contractions, lasting for days, avoid aspirin
Amenorrhea – lack of a menstrual cycle, a 16 year old female who has never had a period or one that is discontinued for over three months
Toxic Shock Syndrome – caused by a bacterial infection, most cases have been traced to the use of a super-absorbent tampons which provide an oxygen rich environment for the bacteria
Vaginitis – vaginal infection which is common, yeast infection is one example

18. Concerns Sterility – Blockage of fallopian tubes
Female does not ovulate
Endometriosis – endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus areas of the pelvic cavity
Untreated STD’s (Gonorrhea or Chlamydia)

19. Concerns Breast Cancer – Most common form of cancer in women
Cervical Cancer – Pap smear to detect, but a pap smear will not detect STD’s
Ovarian Cancer –
Lining of the ovary
In the egg-making cells in the ovary
Only known risk is a family history of ovarian cancer, two or more close relatives should seek professional guidance