484 PLAIN FACTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG 



Another right which every wife possesses is the 

 right to control her own person; that is, she is master 

 of her own body, and is under no physical or moral 

 obligation to submit to demands made upon her by her 

 husband unless her own instincts lead in the same 

 direction. Many other minor rights might be men- 

 tioned, but these are the most important, and perhaps 

 the only ones concerning which any serious question 

 is likely to arise. 



The Young Mother.— One of the natural results 

 of marriage is motherhood. This function has, how- 

 ever, in this perverted age, come to be looked upon as 

 a burden, and by some, almost a disgrace. There prob- 

 ably never was a time like the present, when paternity 

 is avoided by every conceivable device. Some of the 

 numerous evils which grow out of the reluctance on 

 the part of women to fulfill the most important func- 

 tion of womanhood, have been pointed out elsewhere 

 in this work, and need not be recapitulated here. 



Pregnancy.— The leading signs of pregnancy are 

 as follows: 



1. Cessation of Menstruation. This is generally the 

 first evidence of conception, and is usually reckoned as 

 the beginning of the period of gestation, or pregnancy. 

 It sometimes happens, however, that menstruation con- 

 tinues during the whole period of pregnancy. 



2. Morning Sickness is a symptom which usually 

 appears early in the second month, sometimes, even in 

 the first week. The patient experiences nausea just 

 after rising in the morning, which is sometimes accom- 

 panied by vomiting. 



3. Change in the Breasts. By the middle or end of 

 the second month, the breasts begin to enlarge, becom- 

 ing firmer to the touch, and also somewhat sensitive. 



