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Faith hickman Brynie
Twenty-First Century Books • Minneapolis
Text copyright © 2006 by Faith Hickman Brynie
Front cover: © Nateshka/Dreamstime.com.
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical,
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Twenty First Century Books
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Website address: www.lernerbooks.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Brynie, Faith Hickman, 1946–
101 questions about reproduction : or how 1 + 1 = 3 or 4 or more / Faith Brynie.
p. cm.
Summary: Uses a question-and-answer format to present information about physical,
medical, and social issues surrounding human reproduction, including birth control,
pregnancy, and childbirth.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978–0–7613–2311–2 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0–7613–2311–2 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Human reproduction—Juvenile literature. [1. Reproduction. 2. Sex instruction
for youth. 3. Questions and answers.] I. Title: One hundred one questions about
reproduction. II. Title.
QP251.5.B79 2006
612.6—dc22 2003016350
Manufactured in the United States of America
12/1/12
eISBN: 978-1-4677-0349-9
contents
Foreword 9
A Note About Sex 11
chapter one
21 Questions that should come First 13
Sex, Stumpies, and Freshwater Snails 32
chapter two
26 Questions About pregnancy and childbirth 35
A Day in the Life of a CNM 69
chapter three
18 Questions About preventing and ending pregnancy 71
The Search for the Male Contraceptive Pill 89
chapter Four
20 Questions About when things Go wrong 92
Genetics: A Primer for (Potential) Parents 116
chapter Five
16 Questions About Reproduction, technology, and the Future 120
The Unborn Patient 140
In Closing 144
Notes 146
Glossary 155
For Further Information 159
Index 164
AcknowledGMents
The author appreciates the contributions of all those who helped make
this book a reality. Jill Losee-Hoehlein, Great Bridge High School,
Chesapeake, Virginia, and her school’s Family Living students pro-
vided some of the questions answered in this book. Thanks to all those
young people who provided the rest via the Internet. There would be
no book without them.
On all matters medical, the author is grateful for guidance provided
by Elizabeth Stein. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife with many years
experience and a busy practice in New York City. She treats women
and families all day, delivers babies all night, and still found time to
answer many more than 101 of this author’s questions. Thanks also
to Eric Dyson, Communications Manager of the American College of
Nurse Midwives, for putting us in touch.
The author is also grateful to Rebecca Flynn O’Brien, Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University and Attending Pediatrician/
Adolescent Medicine at the New England Medical Center for her
thoughtful, critical review. The fascinating story of the stumpy liz-
ard came courtesy of Suzy Munns and Chris Daniels, Department of
Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Appreciation also to Jim Zhang of the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development for sharing pre-publication data on
labor and delivery.
Alice Walker was right when she wrote, “My daughter’s birth was
the incomparable gift of seeing the world at quite a different angle
than before.” Thanks to Ann for the ever-changing tilt that realigns
me daily. And, as always, infinite gratitude to Lloyd. He is my center
and my sustenance.
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