ashley roman is a clinical assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at nyuangone medical center and is a specialist at maternal fetal medicine associates in new york city. >> and we--when we talk about a mature fetus, we want to make sure that the lungs are mature and other organs are mature like the liver and the brain. >> mcfarland: pregnancies are measured in trimesters. each trimester contains different development milestones for the baby. and every week of pregnancy is important. >> the first trimester, which usually people say are the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, are when the organs are forming. it is a time of development of the different organs and a time when birth defects form if they are going to form. >> mcfarland: dr. alan peaceman is the chief of maternal fetal medicine at northwestern memorial hospital in chicago and is professor of obstetrics and gynecology at northwestern university, feinberg school of medicine. >> the second trimester until 24 weeks' gestation is a time of rapid growth, where the organs grow and evolve into the developing f

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but the american college of obstetrics and gynecology now recommend that women have their first pap test to screen for cervical cancer starting at age 21 as well. >> again, this is caused by a virus. we talk about it. can you explain a little bit of that to us, hpv? >> yes. studies have shown that most cervical cancer is caused by a virus, the human papillomavirus or hpv. now, hpv is a virus that is sexually transmitted. so waiting to have sex until you're older, using condoms with sex and also limiting the number of sexual partners can help a woman avoid cervical cancer and hpv infection. also the fda has approved two vaccines, servoex and gardasil for the prevention of hpv and cervical cancer. >> i can't help but think it is tied up with sexual activity leads to maybe that stigma attached to it. do you find that, do you battle that? >> yes, we do. and i find a lot of mothers are concerned about giving their young daughters because it's actually recommended for girls 11 and 12 years old, so there's a lot of trepidation about giving young girls a vaccine that protects against a sexually

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