Misconception: Fertility Doesn't Change With Age by Whitney Pellegrino-23 https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8 Concept Map en-us 2018-05-04 17:07:42 UTC 2018-05-13 22:52:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Babyhead.png Fertility Doesn't Change With Age 2023whitneyp https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258103368 2018-05-04 17:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258103368 Male Fertility/Female Fertility https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258104488 Male fertility begins to decline at age 35, female fertility begins to slowly decline at age 27, but dramatically at age 35]]> 2018-05-04 17:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258104488 Egg vs Sperm 2023whitneyp https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258104502 Eggs age with women! Men produce sperm regularly, while women are born with all of the eggs they'll ever have.]]> 2018-05-04 17:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258104502 Factors that Cause Infertility in Women https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258104959 -Uterine Fibroids
-Tubal disease
-Endometriosis 
-Genetic abnormalities of one's eggs]]> 2018-05-04 17:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258104959 VOCAB :) 2023whitneyp https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258104969 Vocabulary that we acquired throughout this process]]> 2018-05-04 17:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258104969 Fecundity 2023whitneyp https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258105386  The ability to produce an abundance of offspring; fertility]]> 2018-05-04 17:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258105386 BRCA-1 2023whitneyp https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258167593 A gene that is responsible for repairing DNA]]> 2018-05-04 21:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258167593 Abnormality 2023whitneyp https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258167728 An abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence]]> 2018-05-04 21:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258167728 Ovarian Inflammation and/or Scarring 2023whitneyp https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258167875 Age comes with higher exposure to more pelvic diseases (ex. STD’s). These diseases affect egg quality and/or the successful release of eggs 


]]> 2018-05-04 21:11:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258167875 Choices 2023whitneyp https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258168063 Lifestyles choices and/or existing conditions (medical or genetic) can affect egg health (ex. Early menopause, smoking, drug use, etc.) 


]]> 2018-05-04 21:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/258168063 Fertile Window https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/260280920 The fertile window, unlike fertility as a whole, does not change (i.e. does not become shorter) as one's age increases.]]> 2018-05-13 22:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/260280920 Chromosomal Abnormalities in Offspring https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/260281055 The likelihood of a chromosomal abnormality (e.g. autosomal trisomy) in offspring increases with maternal age.]]> 2018-05-13 22:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/260281055 Factors that Cause Infertility in Men https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/260281997 -Genetic Abnormalities of sperm
-Erectile Dysfunction
-Morphological changes of the reproductive system (e.g. change of the testes' size)]]> 2018-05-13 22:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2023whitneyp/hntx3fvo77w8/wish/260281997