=VIII. Birth Control in Relation to the Love-Life=—What Birth Control Really Means—Ignorant Confusion with Abortion—Legal Proscription of Contraception—Ban on Contraceptive Information Fosters Abortion—Religious Prejudice Against Contraception— Individual Clergymen Advocate Birth Control—Morality of Birth Control—Immorality of Excessive Child-bearing. Fallacy of Intercourse for Reproduction Only—Sexual Union Has a Value Aside from Procreation—Not Purely a Physical or Animal Function—Continuous Child-bearing a Primitive Practice— Trusting to “Instinct” and “Nature”—Fear of Pregnancy, and Marital —Coercion for a Morbid Ideal by Opponents of Birth Control. =IX. The Hygiene of Pregnancy=—The Phenomenon of Conception— The Beginning of Pregnancy—How to Calculate Date of Confinement—Ely’s Table and Other Methods—Most Favorable Time of Conception—Changes in the Pregnant Woman—Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy—Probable and Direct Signs—Embryology— Month-by-Month Development of the Fetus—Labor Pains and Parturition—Maternal Impressions—Their Superstitions—Prenatal Care—Rest and Exercise—Diet—Care of Teeth—Care of the Nipples— How Sex Is Determined—Superstitions About Influencing Sex of the Child—Sex Development in the Embryo—The Chromosome Hypothesis of Sex Determination—Sex Determined by the Male Fertilizing Element—Sex Determination and Twins. =X. The Menopause—Beginning a New Epoch of Life=—The End of the Reproductive Period—Not the End of the Sexual Life—Age at Which Menopause Occurs—Various Manifestations of Approach— Premature Menopause, and Its Treatment—Retarded Menopause— Characteristic Symptoms of Climacteric—Sudden Cessation of Menstruation—Other Common Symptoms—Menstrual Irregularity— Obesity—Cardiac or Heart Troubles—Digestive Disturbances— Disorders of the Skin—Pruritus—Cancer and Other Growths— Nervous and Mental Disorders—Climacteric Psychosis—Remarks on “The Dangerous Age”—Casting Out Fear—A Constructive Period Ahead—Woman’s Greater Vitality and Longevity—Hygiene of the Menopause—Bathing—Exercise—Diet—Other. Precautions for Health— Sexual Life After the Climacteric—Increased Sexual Desire in Post-Menopause Period.