Preconception Nutrition

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Across
  1. 2. disease autoimmune disease that causes malabsorption due to an inherited sensitivity to the gliadin portion of gluten in wheat, rye, barley
  2. 5. hormone secreted during puberty
  3. 7. biological ability to bear children.
  4. 11. cessation of menses
  5. 12. no conception after one year in healthy couples having regular, unprotected sexual intercourse
Down
  1. 1. the first menses
  2. 3. inherited disorder in phenylalanine metabolism most commonly caused by a deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase
  3. 4. loss of a conceptus in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Also called spontaneous abortion
  4. 6. reduced level of fertility characterized by long time to conception (over 12 months) or repeated early pregnancy losses
  5. 8. women start out with 7 million of these during their lifetime
  6. 9. rate number of births per 1000 women aged 15-44
  7. 10. biological inability to bear children after 1 year of unprotected intercourse