Gestation

monozygotic twins. Learning the scientific word is a definite increase in my own personal knowledge. 2. Umbilical cord-A flexible cordlike structure containing blood vessels and attaching a human or other mammalian fetus to the placenta during gestation. I was ignorant about umbilical cord infections or umbilical cord hernia until I had to learn about it during pregnancy. 3. Phenotype- The set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with…

of more than five percent of the woman’s pregnancy weight. It affects about one in every 300 pregnant women. It is most common in first pregnancies, women carrying multiple fetuses and young women. It usually desolves itself by the 20th week of gestation. Cause: • The body produces large amounts of HCG at a rapid rate early in pregnancy and has a connection with hyperemesis gravidarium. HCG is a hormone created during pregnancy by the placenta. Risk Factors: • Having a history of hyperemesis…

There are only 2 procedures that can be done during the third trimester and that is Induction Abortion and Dilation and Extraction. A dilation and extraction abortion is done after 21 weeks of gestation. It is also known as D&X, Intact D&X, Intrauterine Cranial Decompression and Partial Birth Abortion. There are currently 31 states in which abortion is illegal and those states consist of Arizona, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas…

Since the majority of women do not realize they have conceived until they are about 4-6 weeks into gestation it is important for the nurse to teach the use of contraception. During gestation, the consumption of alcohol may already have caused damage to the fetal neurological development and growth (Mwansa-Kambafwile et al., 2011). The next step in prevention of FAS is spotting mothers at risk…

milestones that include various areas of development. These milestones vary by age and involve acquiring new motor abilities, developing thinking skills and learning emotional regulations, as well as social growth. The stages of development include gestation and birth, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood and adolescence. The general principals of development are widely used within the various pediatric disciplines that help occupational therapy practitioners…

Pre-eclampsia presents after 20 weeks’ gestation as hypertension with proteinuria, effecting multiple systems, whilst superimposed pre-eclampsia is the development of systemic features of pre-eclampsia in a woman with chronic hypertension (AHMAC, 2014; Robson et al., 2014). Women should be advised…

within families, ethnic and geographic variations and the high risk of reoccurrence, (60 to 70%), in subsequent pregnancies. (12:3, 13:280) Non-genetic or environmental factors include low vitamin D levels, low selenium levels, hepatitis C, multiple gestations, maternal age over 35, seasonal factors (as incidence rates increase in the winter months), and a potential hormonal component. (9:178, 11:149, 17:329) Maternal implications include varying severities of pruritus, increased risk of…

Malayan Sun Bear – Part 1 The helarctos malayanus, commonly known as sun bear, is the smallest breed of bear in the world. An average a fully grown sun bear will weigh between 30kg and 60kg and will be 120cm to 150cm tall. A sun bear’s fur is also short and thick so that their fur doesn’t get stuck on branches but can still offer protection from branches so the sun bear doesn’t get scratched. Sun bears also don’t have fur on the bottom of their feet so climbing is easier. Sun bear’s commonly…

abortion can fail and bring a unexcepted child. This evidence suggested that abortion can harm the women while baby won’t get terminated. Chemical method The chemical methods of abortion are used to stop a pregnancy before it starts the first week of gestation. These methods can only be used if women found out she is pregnant before the first week of pregnancy. This method is safest methods in the abortion. It terminates the pregnancy by taking birth control, to stop and kill the baby. Even…

clear criteria to determine the beginning of life. The spirit is blown into the foetus at 120 days of gestation, and so a life begins. Based on this ruling, aborting the foetus after the given time is strictly prohibited in Islam. Second, if keeping the pregnancy will be life-threatening and affect the health of the female parent, Islam allows to abort the foetus, within or after the 120 days of gestation. Provided, the situation needs to be confirmed by the trustworthy Muslim doctor. Third, if…