You should have a colonoscopy every 10 years starting at age 50. Alternatively, you may get a flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years, a double-contrast barium enema every five years or a CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every five years. However, a colonoscopy will be needed if any of those results are positive.
Jena Pincott explains that even after a mother gives birth, her babyâs cells remain inside her body â and work tiny wonders. In an excerpt from her book Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?, Pincott explains that pregnancy is really only the beginning for mother and baby cell-sharing.
1 During pregnancy some cells traffic from the mother to the fetus and from the fetus to the mother. 2  Surprisingly, a small number of the motherâs cells persist in her offspring, including into adult life.3  And a small number of cells from prior pregnancies persist in mothers many years later. During pregnancy some cells traffic from the mother to the fetus and from the fetus to the mother. 2  Surprisingly, a small number of the motherâs cells persist in her offspring, including into adult life. 3  And a small number of cells from prior pregnancies persist in mothers many years later.