Miscarriage

Uterine Fibroids Clinic Uterine Fibroids are non cancerous growths that can occur in the uterus. These growths are usually found in the muscle lining of the uterus. These are also called as leiomyomas or myomas. The size, shape and location of the fibroids can vary from one woman to another. They can be found in the outer wall of the uterus, inside the uterus or attached to it like a stem. A woman can have just one fibroid or many of various sizes. It can remain small and suddenly grow rapidly…

Community Agencies for Vulnerable Populations Many communities today encompass health organizations that are available for vulnerable populations. One group of susceptible people is women. Moreover, women who are pregnant and struggling with mental health issues are at risk for mortality. Women encounter obstacles to health care access and face knowledge discrepancies associated to health promotion and disease prevention behaviors, which thwart women from taking accountability for their…

Case 1: IVF and sex selection A couple wants to have a child, but the 32 year old female is a dominant carrier of a genetic disorder called Huntington’s disease, HD, and so the child would have a 50% chance of being a carrier. Symptoms such as loss in muscle control, emotional outburst, muscle spasm and loss in speech begin to show around the ages 32-40 and after 15-20 0f HD symptoms this genetic disorder results in death. The couple then decided to go for invitro fertilisation, where eggs of…

Abortion For the past few years there has been conflict about whether abortion is murder or not. For those who do not know what abortion is, it’s the removing of an unwanted child from the womb in the second trimester (or about 32 weeks). When Is An Abortion Done? The method of abortion is, at 32 weeks they basically tear the infant out piece by piece. They will grab a leg, rip it out, grab an arm, tear it out. Piece by piece the baby is ripped out. What people don’t realize, or care to think…

#5 Hydatiform Mole 1. Definition: • A rare mass or growth, that will form inside the uterus at the beginning of a pregnancy 2. Causes/Contributing/Risk Factors: • Too much production of tissue in placenta • Higher risk in women older than 35 • High levels of hCG • Eclampsia 3. S/S (maternal & fetal): • N/V • Increase or decrease in growth of placenta • Vaginal bleeding (1st 3 months of pregnancy) • High blood pressure, swelling of the feet, ankles, and legs in the (1st through early 2nd…

Grunenthal Group’s CRO finally issued a formal apology fifty years after releasing a medicine, Thalidomide, that crippled and killed over ten thousand babies on August, 31, 2012 (“Thalidomide Apology 50 years Later”). This terrible tragedy is known as the Thalidomide Tragedy, a tragedy that could have been avoided had Grunenthal simply valued a child’s life more than money. The Thalidomide tragedy seemingly started with good intentions, but resulted in a medical scandal that has scarred…

Fetal Surgery Fetal surgery in the simplest terms is surgery that is performed on the fetus inside the uterus of the mother. It was introduced in n 1963 in Auckland, New Zealand by A. William Liley. There are three types of fetal surgery; Open fetal surgery, Fetoscopic surgery, and Fetal image-guided surgery. Doctors have found that the fetus can actually sustain anesthesia by 33 to 41 weeks, and these babies have the opportunity to heal, recover and grow inside the uterus the safest place for…

Interventions There are three types of surgical abortion procedures and two types of emergency medical contraception that can be used to abort a fetus. The types of surgical abortion procedures are Aspiration, Dilation/Evacuation, and Dilation/Extraction; the emergency medical contraception can be referenced as an over the counter pill, prescribed pill or T-shaped instrument. However, the method is chosen by the woman and what trimester of pregnancy is the woman in. It is recommended before any…

Abstract Many women who have abortions report experiencing psychological distress after the procedure. Anywhere from ten to twenty percent of women, who have had the procedure voluntarily will experience some amount of distress. This leads us to summon a question of understanding how the biological process of activated mourning is present after the decision was purposely made to terminate the pregnancy by removal of the fetus. Researchers have begun to develop and categorize this mourning into…

The topic of my article is about miscarriages. The title of the article that I have chosen is “People Have Misconceptions About Miscarriage, And That Can Hurt.” It was published on May 8, 2015 by NPR KQED Public Media (Katherine Hobson) http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/05/08/404913568/people-have-misconceptions-about-miscarriage-and-that-hurts A miscarriage is the loss of an unborn baby also known as a fetus. A miscarriage can occur before the 20th week that can be quite painful…