Sentences with phrase «time of conception»

While the prevailing view on ancient embryology held that the fetus was ensouled at some point during development, many Stoic philosophers interpreted Plato's Timaeus and Laws as describing the ensoulment of the embryo at the time of conception.

The risk of a child getting HIV is greatest if the mother is infected at the time of conception when 13 - 35 \ % of the newborn infants may be infected.

Christian speculation was sometimes led to debate whether God created the particular human soul at the time of conception, or whether the soul had a pre-existence which preceded the mortal life for which it was destined.

By implication, however, if it could be shown that the fetus is a separate life from that of its mother (for example, having its own genetic code from the time of conception), then even by liberal criteria there would be a crime with a real victim, hence prohibited by the social contract with its minimal requirement of protection of innocent persons.

The 1949 Medical Declaration of Geneva added to the Hippocratic Oath the explicit line, «I will maintain the utmost respect for human life from the time of its conception.»

Although apparently unknown to Stepp, this derives originally from a standard used for decades to estimate the time of conception after pregnancy is discovered.

Mr Joyce had initially cast doubt about whether he could have fathered the child due to the fact that he was travelling in Britain, Belgium, The Netherlands and Italy between June 23 and July 5 — around the time of conception.

Family Picnic (North Lakeview / North Center) Rebecca Nguyen & Sue Gottschall, owners and a mother / daughter team, began Family Picnic to support families from the time of conception through the early childhood years of their children.

If you've read about fertility, you've probably heard that a woman's body mass index (BMI) at the time of conception, and indeed throughout the entire pregnancy, is an important factor not only in successfully getting pregnant but also in maintaining fetal health.

She is participating in cutting edge research about imprints that occur around the time of conception, pregnancy and birth and how they affect us throughout the rest of our lives and what it takes to heal from challenges in these experiences.

Actually, a pregnant woman is already a mother and a mother takes care of her unborn child from the time of conception.

We didn't chose that 2 year gap, it chose us — I got my period back only 6 weeks after giving birth the first time despite full time breastfeeding of course — but at the time of conception I was so ready for another baby - the second time it took 18 months to return and I didn't feel ready at all for another one during that time.

You basically just asked me if I was using birth control at the time of conception, if I used protection or if I've been trying and trying to have a baby.

At the time of conception to pregnancy, the task is easy.

Numerous studies show that being overweight or obese at the time of conception greatly increases the risk of pregnancy complications, such as diabetes.

From April 2003 to March 2009, researchers recruited 343 pregnant women who were not suffering from depression at the time of conception but who had been diagnosed with major depressive disorder at some time prior to pregnancy.

But if you're overweight at the time of conception, your goal pregnancy weight should be no more than 15 to 25 pounds.

Factors related to both duration of breast feeding and child development at five years were maternal education, Raven score, maternal age, and smoking at the time of conception (data not shown).

In this study of a population of relatively high socioeconomic status, we found a positive association between duration of breast feeding and mental development, even after adjusting for maternal age, maternal education, maternal intelligence (Raven score), and smoking at the time of conception.

The excitement of a new baby begins at the time of conception, and peaks at the moment of birth.

At this stage, our findings are not trying to give dietary advice to women but further research is now required to determine the impact of diet around the time of conception, on the uterine environment and embryo development.»

Of those that correlated sex ratios with the mothers» condition at the time of conception, she found that three - fourths supported Trivers and Willard.

Moderate undernourishment of the mother at the time of conception triggered faster - than - normal development of the fetus's pituitary and adrenal glands.

«We can conclude that women with advanced kidney disease who start chronic dialysis after conception have superior live birth rates to those already established on dialysis at the time of conception, although these remain high - risk pregnancies,» said Dr. Jesudason.

Women with advanced kidney disease who start dialysis during pregnancy have superior live birth rates than those already on dialysis at the time of conception, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).

Having been involved from the time of conception of the idea, naturally, I was the one he called.

Physicists at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are using an algorithm to estimate the time of conception with much greater accuracy.

Trivers believes sex selection may happen even earlier, at the time of conception.

Such studies underscore the importance of men's health at the time of conception, says Suter.

de Assis says the next step in this research is to see if the same associations regarding breast cancer risk hold for daughters of human fathers who are overweight around the time of conception.

«This study provides evidence that, in animals, a fathers» body weight at the time of conception affects both their daughters» body weight both at birth and in childhood as well as their risk of breast cancer later in life,» says the study's lead investigator, Sonia de Assis, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi.

It's caused by a genetic defect that usually happens around the time of conception — and not by anything that either parent has control over.

«One of the most important messages to get across to couples in pre-pregnancy planning is an understanding of the importance of the diet and level of wellbeing of both parents at the time of conception,» says GP and AMA Victoria spokesperson for maternal and child health Dr Lorraine Baker.

A previous study revealed that women taking prenatal vitamins at about the time of conception have got a reduced risk of having a child with autism.

From the time of conception, the body is undergoing a process of methylation at all times.

«Chief among them is vitamin A. Individuals who have been deprived of sufficient vitamin A during gestation tend to have narrow faces and skeletal structure, small palates and crowded teeth.16 Extreme vitamin A deprivation results in blindness, skeletal problems and other birth defects.17 Individuals receiving optimal vitamin A from the time of conception have broad handsome faces, strong straight teeth, and excellent bone structure.

Another B complex vitamin (vitamin B9), folic acid deficiency at the time of conception is known to increase the risk for birth defects such as spina bifida.

Both of those times of conception, I ate only slightly healthier than the Standard American Diet.

Folate and Other B Vitamins Folate deficiency at the time of conception can cause neural tube defects in infants, and maternal zinc deficiency is associated with preterm delivery, low birth weight, and increased infant mortality.

In fact, evidence suggests that a woman's diet at the time of conception may impact her baby's birth weight more than her nutrition during pregnancy (Real Food for Mother and Baby, 2nd edition, page 42).

Maternal nutritional status at the time of conception is an important determinant of fetal growth and development, therefore a healthy balanced diet prior to and during pregnancy is important.

Hormone fluctuations around the time of conception and throughout early pregnancy can trigger cravings for some foods and sensitivity to others.

Whether the hormones in birth control pills could affect fetal development when used around the time of conception hasn't been well - studied, the study authors explained in background notes.