- advanced maternal age
- persons 35 years or older at the time of birth
- carrier screening
- testing offered prior to pregnancy to determine if a couple is at risk for having a child with a particular genetic disorder
- disordered eating
- maladaptive nutritional practices that are not severe enough to meet the diagnostic criteria for a specific eating disorder but still involve problematic attitudes and behaviors toward food and eating
- dyspareunia
- pain during sexual intercourse
- eating disorder
- serious mental health condition characterized by abnormal eating patterns, attitudes, and behaviors toward food and weight; often involves a preoccupation with food, weight, body shape, and a distorted perception of one's body image
- excitement phase
- phase of the sexual response in which sexual desire and arousal begin in reaction to sexual stimuli, such as physical touch, erotic thoughts, or visual cues
- human trafficking
- recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receipt of persons through force, fraud, or coercion for exploitation
- intimate partner violence
- violence or abuse within an intimate relationship, such as physical assault, sexual violence, emotional or psychologic abuse, controlling behaviors, and economic abuse
- kyphosis
- rounding of the upper back due to bone loss
- menarche
- first menstrual period
- menarche
- onset of menstruation, marking the beginning of reproductive capacity
- menopause
- permanent cessation of ovarian function, signaling the end of reproductive capability
- morbidity
- being ill from a particular condition
- mortality
- death from a particular condition
- oogenesis
- egg cell development and maturation process within the reproductive system that occurs during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle
- orgasmic phase
- peak of sexual pleasure and release of accumulated sexual tension
- plateau phase
- phase of the sexual response in which a heightened state of arousal and sexual tension continues to build as the body prepares for a potential orgasm
- preconception risk factors
- factors or conditions that can increase the likelihood of complications during pregnancy or affect the fetus’s health if a person becomes pregnant
- pubarche
- growth of pubic hair
- reproductive health
- complete physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters related to the reproductive system and its functions
- resolution phase
- return to baseline where muscles are relaxed and pulse, blood pressure, and respirations return to normal
- self-esteem
- subjective evaluation of one's worth and capabilities, the degree to which a person believes in their value, abilities, and self-worth
- sexual violence
- any nonconsensual sexual act or behavior, including rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and coerced or forced sexual acts
- substance misuse
- problematic use of alcohol or drugs that leads to adverse physical, psychologic, social, and functional outcomes
- teratogens
- substances or agents that can cause congenital abnormalities or birth defects in a developing embryo or fetus during pregnancy
- thelarche
- growth of breasts
- vaginismus
- involuntary muscle contractions that make penetration difficult or impossible