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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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How could a woman hold a lifetime of eggs when they are born?
They don't start to develop eggs until they get their first period.
The thing about women is they have a pre-programed NUMBER of eggs they WILL PRODUCE.
Hence some woman after the age of 40 find it WAY harder to have children than when they are younger. |
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half_pint
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Girls are born with all of their eggs (there are about 400,000) in their ovaries - ovaries don't produce eggs, they store them. The eggs are in an immature state, and one egg matures each month beginning when a girl gets her first period. So by the time a woman is 40 years old, her eggs are 40 years old and the egg quality is really reduced by this point. That is why some women have trouble conceiving when they are 40+. Most women will actually stop being able to conceive easily about 10 years before they hit menopause. This is a hereditary trait, so a woman who is planning on having children later in life should keep in mind the age her mother hit menopause and realize that she will probably have a hard time getting pregnant about 10 years before that age. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| I thought Koreans were genetically linked to kimchi. Doesn't cabbage have a 10-month growth cycle? Hmm.... |
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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| A Korean friend told me that all Koreans are 1 year older on January 1, and when I asked other Koreans about this their answer was yes. |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| mishlert wrote: |
| A Korean friend told me that all Koreans are 1 year older on January 1, and when I asked other Koreans about this their answer was yes. |
That is right. So, if you are born on Dec. 31, the next day you are 2  That is why you have kids in kindergarden who look so far apart in age. They are. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| half_pint wrote: |
| Girls are born with all of their eggs (there are about 400,000) in their ovaries - ovaries don't produce eggs, they store them. The eggs are in an immature state, and one egg matures each month beginning when a girl gets her first period. So by the time a woman is 40 years old, her eggs are 40 years old and the egg quality is really reduced by this point. That is why some women have trouble conceiving when they are 40+. Most women will actually stop being able to conceive easily about 10 years before they hit menopause. This is a hereditary trait, so a woman who is planning on having children later in life should keep in mind the age her mother hit menopause and realize that she will probably have a hard time getting pregnant about 10 years before that age. |
Well guess I just learned something  |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| Wow! So koreans ARE actually a different species!!! |
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ratslash
Joined: 08 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
| makes sense I suppose. Still don't understand the age thing though. Sometimes I'm 2 years older and other times I'm one year older. Clear this up for me Hank. |
your age in korean is based upon the korean new year. everybody in korea becomes one year older when new year occurs. so, if you are born in july 1980, your age in western is, of course, 23. in korea you would be 24. when, however, korean new year happens, lets say january, you would be become 25 in korean, a two year age gap. when you have your birthday again in july, the gap would become one year again, hence the variation between in the gap between korean and western ages.
i think i got this right but i'm sure someone will correct me if i got it wrong. |
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Kwangjuchicken
Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Location: I was abducted by aliens on my way to Korea and forced to be an EFL teacher on this crazy planet.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
Wow! So koreans ARE actually a different species!!!
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The Truth is out there. |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| I got it now. All I know is now I'm older. makes sense i suppose because ever since I came here I feel about 2 years older |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:32 am Post subject: |
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yeah that seollal thing is a pain I'm actually two years older korean, as my birthday falls in early january.
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matthewwoodford
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
Location: Location, location, location.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 6:15 am Post subject: |
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Have you noticed that some businesses advertise that they are open 25 hours a day?
You would get 25 if you count from midnight to midnight and count both midnights. |
Kuh Boya??!
WTF?
Does not compute....Error, Error...
Still I noticed once train schedules printed with the 24 hour clock and times for the following day printed as 25:00, 26:00 and so on. Kind of defeats the object of having a 24 hour clock, I thought.
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| No, ratslash. Koreans celebrate birthdays, but age only changes on the solar new year. |
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half_pint
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2003 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| Mr. Pink wrote: |
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| Girls are born with all of their eggs (there are about 400,000) in their ovaries - ovaries don't produce eggs, they store them. The eggs are in an immature state, and one egg matures each month beginning when a girl gets her first period. So by the time a woman is 40 years old, her eggs are 40 years old and the egg quality is really reduced by this point. That is why some women have trouble conceiving when they are 40+. Most women will actually stop being able to conceive easily about 10 years before they hit menopause. This is a hereditary trait, so a woman who is planning on having children later in life should keep in mind the age her mother hit menopause and realize that she will probably have a hard time getting pregnant about 10 years before that age. |
Well guess I just learned something |
I (sadly) learned this from an episode of Oprah, just passing it along!  |
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HardyandTiny
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 4:58 am Post subject: Re: Are Korean women pregnant for 10 months? |
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| Are Korean women pregnant for 10 months? Just wondering if anyone else has heard this. I was talking to my class (grade 6-ers) and they told me that the normal gestation period for Korean women is 10 months. |
It's 10 months on the CHINESE lunar calendar.
As far as being a year-old at birth: It's a mistake, but close and interesting.
As far as seasonal changes: Westerners in the Northern hemisphere mark the beginning of Winter as the point when we are at our farthest position from the Sun (about December 21, winter solstice), and Summer is the closest (about June 21). The Chinese use the Lunar movements and end up approximating the mid-points between the solstice and equinox as the beginning and end of each season....approximately. Basically, the Chinese season run 6 weeks counter to the western seasons.
If you get into the leap year stuff then the Chinese lose a day in a million years? maybe? who's counting? |
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