Seafood Intake, Sexual Activity, and Time to Pregnancy

Sexual activity during pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE Pregnancy is usually associated with significant regression in genito-genital intercourse frequency, sexual desire and satisfaction. The aim of the study was to determine women's sexual habits during the third trimester of gestation and to compare their sexual activity before the current pregnancy and during previous pregnancies in case of multiparas. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study ...

Teen pregnancy, motherhood, and unprotected sexual activity.

The sexual behaviors and attitudes toward condom use of adolescent mothers (N = 572) from ethnic minority groups were examined. Constructs from social cognitive theory (SCT), the theory of reasoned action (TRA), and the theory of planned behavior (TPB; e.g., intentions to use condoms, self-efficacy, outcome expectancies) were measured with questionnaires. Measures of AIDS and condom-use knowled...

Frequency and Perception of Sexual Activity during Pregnancy in Iranian Couples

Separation of Risks and Benefits of Seafood Intake

BACKGROUND Fish and seafood provide important nutrients but may also contain toxic contaminants, such as methylmercury. Advisories against pollutants may therefore conflict with dietary recommendations. In resolving this conundrum, most epidemiologic studies provide little guidance because they address either nutrient benefits or mercury toxicity, not both. OBJECTIVES Impact on the same healt...

Time to pregnancy and pregnancy outcome.

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the outcome of a pregnancy is related to the time required to achieve that pregnancy (TTP). DESIGN The distribution of the TTP for pregnancies ending in multiple birth, early (before week 12) and late (weeks 12-28) miscarriage, stillbirth, and extrauterine pregnancy was compared to that of pregnancies ending in singleton birth. Furthermore, the distribution of...