Course Module

Fertility & Conception - Google Doc

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Online Resources

Question-Specific Links (as pertaining to the Fertility and Conception Study Group Module)

• 63. Listen to the RadioLab podcast episode "Birth Story"

Fertility 

• Your Cervical Mucus is Beautiful Microscope photos by Science Friday

• The Garden of Fertility; Reproductive Health, Fertility Awareness, Natural Family Planning; ovulatory hormones and menstrual cycle, anatomy illustrations, conception 

• Fertility Awareness Center, introduction to Fertility Awareness Method using Fertility Awareness to develop body literacy

• The Fertile Window - Scientific Literature Review

• ACOG Committee Opinion: Female Age-Related Fertility Decline

• Vocabulary for fertility

• Advice for not over-reacting about the time it takes to conceive

• Basic female hormone cycle with color charts

• 2013 research shows declining birthrates since 2007

• Effect of advanced paternal age on fertility and pregnancy

• Aging changes in the male reproductive system

• Chromosomal aberrations and mutations occurring during the maturation of male germ cells are thought to be responsible for the increased risk of certain conditions with older fathers. 

Assisted Reproduction

•  Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists, Policy Makers, and Educators: Assisted Reproduction 

•  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

•  Assisted reproduction and midwives: Student and certified midwives' educational needs on reproductive biology

•  Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Assisted Reproductive Technology, 20 years of ART surveillance, key findings

• Radio archive, post-show commentary and introduction, programs include gender spectrum discussions, some episodes: Heart to Hands Surrogacy, February 12: MAIA Midwifery and Fertility Services with Kristin Kali, some episodes available for download 

•  Kristin Kali and MAIA Midwifery, providing services for families and individuals who are becoming parents and creating family

•  18 Ways to Make a Baby, original PBS broadcast 2001. Includes an episode titled Fertility Throughout Life, interesting time capsule with previously common vocabulary