Amniotic fluid

When Judy was twenty years old, she became pregnant. She was in between high school and college, enjoying her freedom as an adult. When she became pregnant, she tried to hide it from her parents and wore baggy clothes. She didn’t know what to do. Judy knew a woman who did abortions, and she knew some girls who had had an abortion done. When she picked up the phone and dialed the abortion clinic number, she hung up. Judy wasn’t able to do it. It didn’t feel right. She told Bob, the father, that…

Hurler’s syndrome, also known as Mucopolysaccharidosis I, or MPS 1, is a genetic disorder that causes dwarfism, hepatosplenomegaly, or the enlargement of the liver and spleen, progressive mental retardation, restricted joint movement, an enlarged tongue,restricted joint movement, degenerated eyesight, hearing loss, very prominent eyes and and forehead, a recessed nasal bridge, and gapped teeth. Due to the deformities seen in the face, the disease has also been referred to as “gargoylism”. In…

Abortion is an emotional and controversial subject that raises political, ethical and social debates. This issue raises challenging ethical dilemma with regard to the fetus moral status and the moral nature of the act. It also evokes legal concerns on the rights of the fetus and human rights. Abortions evoke many ethical debates and is one of the leading issues in the United States. The debates on this subject have remained vibrant over the years with little change on long held perspectives,…

physicians who have been in these emotional situations. Ofri describes a tragic event that occurred during the residency of a woman named Eva. She helped deliver a baby expecting to have asphyxiation within minutes of being born because of lack of amniotic fluid in the…

week 3, women will miss their period, the placenta is formed and it will “act as the liver, lungs and kidneys for the embryo and the foetus” Squire (2007) and the amnion sac is also formed where it floats in a liquid called the amniotic fluid around the embryo. An amniotic sac contains and protects a foetus in the womb. A foetus is an unborn human who is more than 8 weeks after conception. On week 5, a heartbeat is discovered and the embryo is “the size of a small seed” Squire (2007).…

sampling or amniocentesis Chorionic Villus Sampling At 10-12 weeks of pregnancy, a tube is inserted into the cervix in order to remove a sample of placenta. Amniocentesis At 14-16 weeks of pregnancy, a needle is used to remove amniotic fluid from the amniotic sac surrounding the fetus in order to obtain fetal…

will make a baby high risk of being born early and admitted into the NICU are being born by someone younger than 16 and older than 40, Drug exposure, Diabetes, Hypertension, Bleeding, STD’s, Too little or too much amniotic fluid, and premature rupture of membranes ( also called the amniotic sac or bag of waters). There will be multiple people that will care for your baby while in the NICU. Some people that will care for your baby while in the NICU are, neonatoligist which is a peditrician that…

symptoms. The second type of spina bifida is the closed neural tube defect. It causes a large range of defects, being either a malformation of bone, fat or meninges. The third type is called meningocele, in which a hole in the vertebrae allows the spinal fluid and meninges to protrude outside of the vertebral column. The last type (the most severe of all four types), is called myelomeningocele. It is similar to meningocele, but in this case, the neural elements of the spine are also protruding…

five senses: Vision, smell, taste, hearing and touch. Your baby grows and gains strength with each passing day and starts making more frequent and powerful movements within your womb. Kidneys start making urine in this week, which secretes into the amniotic sac. An ultrasound scan conducted during this week will show your baby’s kidneys. Brain starts developing millions of motor neurons that support the brain muscles in…

It all began in 1973 with the court case of Roe v. Wade. This brought the public’s attention to abortion. Norma L. McCorvery (Roe) was a pregnant woman residing in Texas. She claimed that Texas laws on abortion, referring to the criminalization of abortions with the exception that it is necessary to do if the mother’s life is in danger, violated her constitutional rights. Even though Roe’s life was not threatened, she thought she should have the right to terminate her pregnancy given it was a…