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.
A: Women are born with approximately one- to two-million oocytes (eggs). By the time a woman reaches puberty, average age being about 12 years, she has roughly 300,000 to 400,000 eggs remaining. On average, 1,000 eggs are lost each month during her reproductive years, from the onset of puberty to menopause.