What are the four phases of the menstrual cycle. -menses (period): uterine lining sheds; days 1-5 -proliferative phase:epithelial cells reproduce; day 6-18 - ovulation: egg released from the ovary; day 14 -secretory phase: uterine lining grows thicker and prepares for fertilized egg (days 15-28)
WebMD Health News. Dec. 10, 1999 (Atlanta) -- The following statement is likely to offend about half the people reading this: Girl babies may cause a greater incidence of severe morning sickness among pregnant women than boy babies.
Or, according to some, certain positions of conception make it more likely to produce a boy or girl. One of the most common wives tales states that you can tell the sex of a baby by the way a woman is carrying the baby during pregnancy. The general story goes-and what pregnant woman has not heard this? -- that if a woman is carrying low, it is a boy; if a woman is carrying high, it is a girl.