Pregnancy Essay

Literature Review Pregnancy is usually a celebrated moment is a persons life. Unintended pregnancies however, can be filled with pressure and stress. “The United States has a high rate of unintended pregnancies compared to other developed countries” (Coleman 2005). Studies shows that half of the pregnancies in the United States are unintended. When pregnancies are unwanted, due to many different circumstances, they are terminated. “A total of 699,202 abortions were reported to CDC for 2012”…

Pregnancy prevention can be traced back as far as 3000 BC when people would use condoms made out of the bladder of fish or animal intestines. Today, there are many ways to prevent pregnancy, such as male condoms and female birth control. The form that is the most popular in the United States is the pill. The FDA did not approve of the pill until 1957 and was not approved for contraceptive use until 1960. Catholic churches believed that birth control was sinful and that women that took it were…

Is it safe to exercise during pregnancy? -Shomaila Issam Contrary to popular belief, exercise is actually good for pregnant women and it’s safe. However, research shows that most pregnant women don’t get enough exercise on a regular basis. Exercising regularly will not harm your baby; in fact, it may help in the prevention of some pregnancy-related complications like pre-eclampsia. Know what you should avoid Avoid horse riding, scuba diving, football or any contact sport that may cause any…

If you were able to prevent a pregnancy with Plan B when you were fifteen, would you have had unprotected sex? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reducing the minimum age required to purchase Plan B to 15-years-old will cause other issues to rise as they watch teen pregnancy rates fall. Young teens without proper education will choose to use Plan B instead of condoms as protection from pregnancy without realizing they can contract sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). If most teens do not…

Crisis pregnancy centers have been the caring face of the pro-life movement. Ever since they came into existence, they have counted on dozens of pro-life activists to help by giving support to their clients (Hagen Jr. 7). Crisis pregnancy centers are nonprofit organizations that have the intension to convince pregnant women not to terminate the pregnancy. As of right now, there are a staggering twenty-three hundred crisis pregnancy centers in the United States alone. The crisis pregnancy…

two sides. One side is that Sandy was not pregnant. Due to Sandy’s symptom what was nauseated and very tired, she suspected pregnancy. Sandy had recovered from the ankle fracture, and her hemoglobin level was less than the normal range. Because of that, it could be vomiting and fatigue. This indicates that Sandy is a lack of sexual knowledge, and confuse the symptoms of pregnancy. To a certain extent reflects that lack of sex knowledge education for minors…

to endure the pain and discomforts at various stages of pregnancy. However, things have changed for the better with the support of today’s flexible maternity belts. If you ask most mothers about some items that provide the most relief and transformation during their pregnancies, one of them would be a pregnancy support belt. So, if you’re expecting a baby or you know someone who’s pregnant, read on to find out which are the good pregnancy support belts on the store. You will be delighted that…

One medical condition affecting the client is hyperthyroidism. The pathology of hyperthyroidism changed my patient’s pregnancy because the mother’s medical condition might pass onto the child through the placenta with decreased TSH and increased T3 and T4 concentrations (Chiasera, 2013, para. 9). Hyperthyroidism during pregnancy can lead to many health illnesses that include: intrauterine growth restriction, preterm birth, low birth weight, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, preeclampsia, and…

For my assignment I chose option 1, pre-post pregnancy interview, because I think pregnancy and the changes that a woman’s body goes through is very interesting. Finding mothers to participate in the interview was very easy for me, for I am one of three children to a very open mother, Cindy, and she was very willing to participate. I am also very close to my grandmother, Virgie, who is just as open as my mother. Also, my best friend, Audrey, from high school has recently become a mother, and she…

Proposed Research Title: Early Life Pregnancies: Options, Outcomes, and Impacts Background While teen-pregnancy has continued a steady decline in the last two decades, the United States still has among the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in the Western world . Further, geographic variation and race and class disparities are significant, with Hispanic and Black teens in the United States have nearly one-and-a-half-times higher rates than average and about twice as high as White teens .…