Psychology 2075 Lecture 4: Unit 4

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

Document Summary

In 2016, the oldest woman on record gave birth: a 70+ year-old indian woman named daljinder kaur. She accomplished this with the help of a 2-year regimen of in-vitro fertilization (ivf) treatments, which include two failed attempts. In 1939, the youngest mother on record gave birth: a 5-year-old girl from a small village in the andes mountains gave birth to a baby. The girl had fully mature ovaries, possibly due to a pituitary hormonal disorder, and had been menstruating since before the age of one. This video contains testable material, so please watch it carefully. Increasing the chances of pregnancy: for those of you who are, or will soon be, ready to have a baby, here are some ideas that may increase your chances of conceiving. Note that doing the opposite of these suggestions will not necessarily protect you from becoming pregnant or impregnating someone!