Miscarriage

WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER BIRTH The baby will be weighted at birth and then again in the first week. The baby will have a physical examination which will be to check the baby’s eye’s, hips, heart and testicles (boys). The baby will also have a hearing test to make sure there is no problems. FIVE-EIGHT DAYS The baby will have a heel prick test that will screen for some rare diseases. This will be performed by a midwife. SIX-EIGHT WEEKS Baby will have another physical examination, which will check…

unsafely. An abortion can also occur unexpectedly, in which case it is called a miscarriage. Miscarriages are the loss of a baby and happen before the twentieth week of pregnancy. According to the March of Dimes, about ten to fifteen out of one hundred recognized pregnancies (ten to fifteen percent) end in miscarriage. Most miscarriages happen before a woman misses a menstrual period or even knows she is pregnant. Miscarriages can happen due to chromosomal issues, a blighted…

The first 12 weeks of your pregnancy make up your first trimester. It starts from the first day of your last period and it is the time when your body gets used to growing a child in your womb and is adjusting to hormonal changes. You may experience some of the best times of your life or you could spend your days dealing with morning sickness. Here’s the inside scoop on what you’re most likely to experience in those first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Breast Tenderness The first thing you notice after…

In the novel, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, the sense of loss touches the lives of A.J. and Ismay in many profound ways that change attitudes, outlooks, and actions. A.J. loses his wife, Nic, in a car accident, as well as “Tamerlane”, an extravagant poem written by Edgar Allen Poe. Due to the loss of Nic, A. J becomes an alcoholic. He lives alone above his bookstore: “Three glasses later, he passes out at the table.” (20). A.J drinks alone in an attempt to endure his loss. With his wife gone…

is on this journey to learn more about the chemicals found in objects. This journey is motivated by his wife having Crohn's disease and two miscarriages. We are essentially exposed to many harmful chemicals on a daily basis, which is very detrimental to our health. Edward Brown wondered if there was a connection between these chemicals and the miscarriages his wife experienced. The professionals interviewed stated that we were ingesting these chemicals through the products we consume, such as…

she was forced to marry a man who was older than her and she had to live with him for the rest of her life. Along with the miscarriages and what seemed like endless suffering because of the war, Mariam felt trapped and yearned for her mother back. There is a sense of regret, regret for leaving her mother all alone causing her to take her life. One night after a miscarriage with Rasheed, Mariam “remembered Nana saying once that each snowflake was a sigh heaved by an aggrieved woman somewhere in…

maternal age, or anyone who is 35 or older at the time of delivery, is considered a high-risk pregnancy. As woman age, the quality of eggs that are left in the ovaries declines. As a result, the chance of becoming pregnant goes down, the risk of miscarriages goes up, and the risk of chromosomal abnormalities like Down syndrome continues to rise. Most women do very well over the age of 35 with their pregnancies, however, there are just a few more challenges and hurdles that they have to go…

a local shoemaker, at the age of 15. Mariam’s father set up the arranged marriage, Mariam became pregnant with Rasheeds baby, but soon after has a miscarriage. Up until the miscarriage, Rasheed was kind to Mariam and treated her well, and held the hope that she would bring him a son, the ultimate desire of the men in the novel. Following the miscarriage, Rasheed became extremely verbally and physically abusive, which was a common and harsh reality many women faced. Women’s primary role in this…

Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo de Rivera was born on July 6th, 1907 in Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico. Frida was a Mexican painter who was known for her self-portraits. Frida who was married to Diego Rivera ironically was a bisexual feminist. Kahlo had a tough marriage with Diego Rivera. Frida always had health problems, at the age of six she had been diagnosed with Polio. Polio is an infectious viral disease that affects the central nervous system and can cause temporary or permanent paralysis. Also…

My family is Belize in Central America. I still embrace my family’s culture as an adult. One thing that I still identify with is using certain teas for natural cleaning in the body. The one tea that my Mother swears by is Cerasse Tea. The origins of this tea are from Jamaica. It’s used to purify the blood. This would be helpful with people that suffer from having high sugar. When I was a little girl, the Cerasse Tea was given to my siblings and me at least once a month to “clean our system out”…