Pregnancy quiz

More questions about Pregnancy

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1. 1 Easy

   Where does a fertilized egg most commonly implant during an ectopic pregnancy?

   Answer: Fallopian tube

   Why: Because fallopian tubes cannot stretch like the uterus, an ectopic pregnancy cannot safely reach full term.

2. 2 Medium

   What purpose is the darkening of the areolae thought to serve for a newborn?

   Answer: Visual breastfeeding guide

   Why: Smell helps too: a 2009 study found newborns responded more to areolar gland secretion than to the odor of milk.

3. 3 Hard

   Why are babies of mothers with poorly controlled diabetes often so large?

   Answer: Extra fetal insulin

   Why: Danish researcher Jorgen Pedersen proposed this chain in 1952: sugar crosses the placenta freely, insulin does not.

4. 4 Easy

   Why is lying flat on the back discouraged in late pregnancy?

   Answer: Compressing major veins

   Why: Pooled data from five studies put late stillbirth risk about 2.6 times higher when women settle to sleep on their back after 28 weeks.

5. 5 Medium

   Why are dreams often more vivid and memorable for pregnant women?

   Answer: Frequent waking

   Why: Sleep labs link remembering dreams to waking mid sleep, and time spent awake after falling asleep climbs from early pregnancy on.

6. 6 Hard

   How does a fetus first taste flavors from the mother's diet?

   Answer: Swallowing amniotic fluid

   Why: Taste buds form around week eight, and infants whose mothers drank carrot juice while pregnant later pulled fewer faces at carrot cereal.