Placenta

Prenatal substance abuse has become a rising epidemic worldwide. This abuse causes significant health risk towards developing fetuses, which carries over from birth onto childhood. Developmental delays, physical and mental, create challenges for both the child and provider. More than 50 percent of pregnant women use prescription or nonprescription drugs, or use social drugs, like tobacco and alcohol during some time while pregnant. As said by doctor Ravinda Gunatilake “Drugs are highly toxic…

Facts of immunisation Australian research shows that some parents are concerned about vaccine safety and effectiveness. It is important for parents to understand that the risk of complications from childhood diseases such as measles is much higher than the risk of reactions after immunisation. When parents of young children have had no direct experience of childhood diseases, it is easy to underestimate their effects and complications. Immunisation and the immune system Myth: The body’s immune…

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug. When taken during pregnancy the drug as the ability to pass through the placenta and intoxicate the fetes. "Exposure to methamphetamine in utero causes increased heart rate and blood pressure in both the fetus and the mother and may cause premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall, resulting in a spontaneous abortion or premature delivery." (Hohman et al. 2004) Not only does meth use among pregnant women decrease…

the good moments and the bad. Estrogen and proestrogen are first secreted by a cyst on the ovaries called the “corpus luteum”. The corpus luteum will continue to produce these hormones until about 10 weeks in of the pregnancy. After 10 weeks, the placenta will take over estrogen and proestrogen production. Proestrogen is important in both the mother's and the baby's health. Production of proestrogen causes smooth muscles to relax (the uterus) and enhances the mother's immune system to protect…

I would not like to give birth like traditional Hmong women. I can’t imagine giving birth all alone without the assistance of a midwife, doctor or my husband in the room offering me encouragement. The fact that there is no prenatal care scares me too. Believing that if they just followed their cravings the baby would be born healthy in my opinion adds a lot of stress on the mother. In the Hmong community it appears that a lot of blame and responsibility is put is put on the mother.…

Introduction The use of animal models in research is most often justified based on the idea that humans and animals are related to a certain degree and hence data obtained from animal experimentation can be extrapolated and applied to humans. Evidently, this does not apply to all species even those who share anatomical similarities or are closely related from an evolutionary standpoint as physiological responses may vary. However, animal models are required simply because experimentation on…

without screaming or even moaning as she was afraid that it would prevent the birth of the child. Lia’s mother had given birth to her first twelve children this way. The Hmong culture considered the placenta to be a very important and it was believed to be important for the afterlife of their people. The placenta…

For the following answers, please use complete sentences, citations, and references in APA (5 points): 1. How does an umbilical cord prolapse occur? What are the visible signs an RN or OB/GYN would notice? (10 Points) An umbilical cord prolapse occurs when the cord falls or is washed down through the cervix into the vagina and becomes trapped between the presenting part and the maternal pelvis (Davidson, London, & Ladewig, 2012, p. 717). The only visible sign of a cord prolapse is the…

These chemicals are passed on to the baby via the placenta and umbilical cord into the baby’s bloodstream. These chemicals can decrease the amount of oxygen the baby receives. This lack of oxygen can slow a baby’s development before birth, which can cause damage to the baby’s heart lungs and brains. It…

Oxytocin is widely used by midwives during labor (Dinsmore). The placenta is seen as the companion to the baby and it is handled with great care and ceremony and it is the father 's responsibility to bury the placenta in the appropriate place to insure the health if the baby (Dinsmore). Many women are afraid to give birth in the hospital because there is little understanding in the bio-medical realm of the importance of the placenta to the culture (Dinsmore). Women of the Yucatan believe in an…