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1. Get out your packet labeled Baby Care Items.

1. Get out your packet labeled Baby Care Items. 2. Use netbooks to look up the cost for the two items listed on your desk, and list them in the Extras section. 3. Total up your estimated costs and the actual cost by totals and subtotals. 4. Turn into basket when finished.

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1. Get out your packet labeled Baby Care Items.

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  1. 1. Get out your packet labeled Baby Care Items. 2. Use netbooks to look up the cost for the two items listed on your desk, and list them in the Extras section. 3. Total up your estimated costs and the actual cost by totals and subtotals. 4. Turn into basket when finished. **You may work in groups but everyone needs to turn in their own packet.***

  2. What is Heredity? • What is Environment? Bell Work

  3. Options for Infertile Couples & Genetic Counseling Unit 1 – The Parenthood Decision.

  4. Most fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren: infertile soil. • Most infertility results from physical problems in a man or woman's reproductive system. What is Infertility?? What causes infertility?? Infertility – about 8-12% of couples world-wide are infertile.

  5. Men Woman Have wide variety of causes: Hormone imbalance. Ovaries deteriorate in quality over time. Fallopian tubes may be blocked by scar tissue. Endometriosis – a condition in which tissue that normally lines the uterus is found in other locations. • Account for 40% of infertility problems. • 3 most common causes: • Low sperm production. • Impaired delivery of sperm. • Low productions of male sex hormone, also known as androgens. Causes..

  6. Artificial insemination • In vitro fertilization • Ovum transfer • Surrogate mothers Options for Infertile Couples

  7. a method of inducing pregnancy in a woman or other female mammal by injecting sperm into the womb. Artificial Insemination

  8. fertilization of an ovum by sperm outside the body when normal conception is not achievable because of a woman's low fertility. After five days, this is followed by implantation in the womb. In Vitro Fertilization – Fertilization happens outside the body.

  9. is a procedure that takes a healthy, fertilized egg cell (ovum) and transplants it into the uterus of another woman. This procedure is non-experimental and has been done successfully for more than 20 years as a remedy for infertility. Ovum Transfer

  10. Surrogacy is one option for infertile couples. The couple contracts with a healthy woman who volunteers to carry their child to term. • According to the Organization of Parents Through Surrogacy, there have been at least 10,000 and as many as 28,000 surrogate births since 1976. Surrogate Mother

  11. Comments like these are observations of heredity, the biological process by which certain traits are transmitted from parents to their children. (p. 155) “He has his mother’s nose.” “She must have gotten her musical talent from her grandfather.” Understanding Genetics

  12. The study of how traits are passed from parents to child through heredity. Genetics

  13. The error might be a mutation, or change in the instructions encoded on a gene. • In other cases, genetic disorders result from missing, damaged, or extra chromosomes. Genetic Disorders – medical conditions caused by errors in genes or chromosomes.

  14. Down Syndrome • Cystic Fibrosis • Muscular Dystrophy • Sickle-cell Disease • Tay-Sachs Disease • PKU (Phenylketonuria) Examples of Genetic Disorders

  15. Take down detailed medical history of both partners. • In some cases they arrange for testing to detect defective genes. • They analyze the collected data and talk to perspective parents about the risk of having children affected by certain disorders. • Help the couple understand how a certain disorder will affect the child. Genetic Counselors help provide families with the information they need to understand genetic disorders. Genetic Couselors

  16. Let couples know their chances of having a baby with a certain disorder. • Talk to couples about their options. • Allow couples to make informed decisions. Genetic Counselors can…

  17. All conditions and circumstances affecting a person’s daily life. What is Environment

  18. Heredity Vs. Environment • Nature Vs. Nurture Read p. 84 in your text book as an individual.

  19. Exit Slip Explain the difference between Heredity and Environment. Which is more important in determining the outcome of child?

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