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| 2003年03月28日(金) | お洒落（美）のスタイルテスト ３０代４０代の妊娠 |
The Astro-Beauty Quiz - Which Elements Influence Your Beauty Style?
Results are based on the four Astrological Elements: Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Each of us is influenced by the Elements according to their presence in our birth charts, usually with an emphasis on one or two. Which Elements are most strongly affecting you and your beauty choices?
Note: Scores are rounded to one decimal place and therefore may not total 100%
You scored 50% Air
Your beauty is quirky, offbeat, and sometimes even funny. Like the Air Signs - Gemini, Libra and Aquarius - your tastes tend to range far and wide and change with (or without) the trends. You have a great sense of humour and you love blending the newest fashion with a vintage piece. Up-to-the-minute heels paired with a fifties skirt and a crazy blouse might be just your style. In fashion, as in the rest of your life, you're not afraid to try something new - in fact, you prefer it. You love it when people don't know what to expect from you next, and unusual outfits or experiments with meditation or herbal healing are just the beginning. Your interests are likely to take you far - you could travel the globe, picking up fashion tips, healing remedies and spiritual guidance from India to Paris to Timbuktu.
offbeat adj.普通でない
quirky adj.癖の強い、逃げ口上の多い、思わぬ急転を示す
quirk n. 癖、奇行、奇癖、気まぐれ、言い逃れ、逃げ口上、運命の急転
文字の飾り書き、深彫り溝 adj.溝のある
up-to-the minute adj. 最新式の、流行の、up-to-date
あなたの美しさは癖が強く、普通じゃないし、時にはおかしくさえある。嗜好は広範に渡り、トレンドによって変わったり、あるいはまったくトレンドに関係なかったりする。あなたには実にユーモアのセンスがあって、古典的なもので最新のファッションをブレンドするのが大好きだ。５０年代のスカートとペアの最新式のヒールとクレイジーなブラウスというのがまさにあなたのスタイル。ファッションにおいてあなたは、ほかのことでもそうだが、新しいことに挑戦してみるのを恐れない
というか、選んでしまう。
って、本当かよ？ほとんど正統派の美の基準から逸脱しているってことね？随分な気がするわ。とほほ。吉永小百合さん（古いか？？そういうものではないっしょ）に憧れている私なのに。。。でも、私は私よ、って感じね。ブラウスとスカートなんてこの頃めっきり着てないわ。
ところで、癖が強い、とか、逃げ口上とかいう言葉を聞くと、前夫を思い出す。
１０代の頃私は癖が強いという言葉に出会ったことは無かった。前夫が、癖の強い
関西人、というような言い方をしたのを思い出す。
あるいは、友達の妹だから嫌だと言えば角が立つ、きっと相手がうんと言うわけないからここはOKしておこうと思った、とかいうのは、逃げ口上というのとは違った
のかな？よくわからない。一緒に暮らせば犬でも情が移るが、前夫は私を本当に好きではなかったということだろうと思う。ん？そうかな？縁あって５年一緒に暮らしたのだから、憎しみあわずに別れたい？んー。まあ要するに、男の人の論理だな。羨ましい。
You scored 30% Water
Your beauty is naturally appealing in a soft, dreamy way. Like the Water Signs - Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces - you tend to gravitate toward fabrics that drape or shimmer, in watery blues and greens. You also love natural fabrics, like cotton, linen and hemp. You may have a slightly ethereal look, with filmy skirts and lots of layers, or you may wear comfy ensembles of loose trousers and shirts. You probably kept several of your mother's or another treasured relative's old coats, dresses and jewellery. In fact, most of your clothing, jewellery and furniture have some kind of sentimental value, whether they belonged to someone you love or someone special gave them to you. How you feel about an item matters almost more to you than its actual use or meaning.
You scored 20% Earth
You possess a natural, sensual, direct beauty. Like the Earth Signs - Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn - you love to play up your natural beauty - and you know just what that natural beauty is. You've got a solid sense of style and tend to stick to classics, colours and cuts that will always be timeless. This sensibility extends outside your wardrobe and your make-up bag, too. You take the practical, tried-and-tested approach to just about everything. You're likely to be where you want to be regarding career, love and money, or at least you have your goals in sight.
You scored 0% Fire
Your beauty is spicy and alluring. Like the Fire Signs - Aries, Leo and Sagittarius - you're the original rebel without a cause. You like attention and you'll do almost anything to get it. You wear bright colours and you're not afraid to show some skin. You're likely to be as fiery in your career and your love life as you are about fashion; you're all about pushing the boundaries. You won't take anyone's word for anything - you want to experience everything firsthand, even if that means you get into trouble from time to time. Trouble doesn't scare you, anyway; you know how to turn on the charm and you can get out of almost anything.
Fertility at forty – or even thirty
by Dr Gillian Lockwood
Career, cost, and the missing ‘Mr. Right’ make it tempting to ‘put off’ having a baby, but there’s a price to pay for postponing pregnancy. Dr Gillian Lockwood, Medical Director of the Midland Fertility Services looks at the affect age has on fertility
Compared to our grandmothers’ generation, today’s thirty and forty-somethings look and feel so young and healthy that, it is difficult to remember that their reproductive life-span is just as short as it was one hundred or one thousand years ago. 30 years ago, the average age of new mothers
was 26. Now it is 30 and climbing rapidly.
12% of births in the UK are to women aged 35 or over (a 50% increase in a decade)
First babies born to women over 35 now account for 7% of all UK births.
The problem is that postponing parenthood has its risks. Unfortunately, human beings, as a species, are not very fertile:
Even young couples with normal fertility (and trying quite hard) have only a 25 – 30% chance of establishing a pregnancy each month they try.
When a woman reaches her mid-30’s, this monthly chance drops to 10 – 15%
By her early 40’s it is less than 5% a month AND she is facing a 40% chance of miscarriage even if she can achieve a positive pregnancy test.
If there are other factors influencing a couples’ chance of success such as irregular ovulation or poor sperm parameters, the chance is even lower. In addition, the risk of chromosome abnormalities such as Down’s syndrome increases very rapidly from 37 years onwards.
Since fertility is to a large extent genetically inherited, a woman can get a good idea of her likely reproductive prospects by finding out about her mother’s experience. If her mother had difficulty getting pregnant after her late twenties and had a relatively early menopause (younger than 45 – 50years) there is a chance that her daughter may experience similar problems. Women whose mothers and grandmothers had babies effortlessly in their late thirties or early forties may be reassured that they will probably be able to do the same.
妊娠はかなりの割合で遺伝的に引き継がれるものであるから、女性は自分の母親の経験について知ることで、妊娠の見込みについていい知恵が得られるだろう。もし
母親が２０代後半以降に難産で、比較的早い更年期を迎えたとしたら、娘も同様の
問題を経験する可能性は高い。母親や祖母たちが３０代後半や４０代前半にたやすく子供を生めた場合、その娘たちは、おそらく同じように頑張れるだろうと元気付けられるかもしれない。
いくら丼が食べたくなった。
で、私の母や祖母はどうだったんだ？というと、母は最初に長兄を日赤で生んだ時、廊下の向こうまで聞こえるような大声で、男なんていんちきだ〜〜〜っと
叫んだというが、次兄と私は自宅でお産婆さんに取り上げて頂いたのだった。
母は出産３回で、私が息子を生んだ年で末っ子の私を生んだのだから、高齢出産は経験せずに、多分更年期障害、子宮筋腫からガンへと移項したわけだ。
祖母たちはどうか。母の祖母は４人産んでいる。しかも８人育てている。更年期障害もガンもあったよなあ。
旦那さんのお母さんも３人だし、おばあちゃんは８人生んでいるけど、やっぱり
腰曲がるよなあ。
56億７千万年後に現れる弥勒菩薩。
そうだ。アンドロメダ大星雲の中のアルコン星に家を建てようかな。どんな家に
しようかな。
