You should have a colonoscopy every 10 years starting at age 50. Alternatively, you may get a flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years, a double-contrast barium enema every five years or a CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every five years. However, a colonoscopy will be needed if any of those results are positive.
Jena Pincott explains that even after a mother gives birth, her babyâs cells remain inside her body â and work tiny wonders. In an excerpt from her book Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?, Pincott explains that pregnancy is really only the beginning for mother and baby cell-sharing.
But, babies follow their own time-table. They come out only when they feel they are ready to do so. The minimum time period a baby spends inside its mother's womb is 38 weeks, but it can even prolong up to 42 weeks. Thus, a baby is delivered anytime between the 38th to 42nd week of pregnancy. Gynecologists often give a fixed date for the delivery, however, hardly 3-5% of women deliver exactly on their due dates.