Placenta

The placental function and the health of the baby are monitored through ultrasound scans and cardiotocographs (administered to record the fetal heartbeat and the uterine contractions.) The location of the placenta, the amount of amniotic fluid surrounding the baby and the size of the baby are key measurements to ensure the health and wellbeing of mother and child. It is advisable that you keep a track of your baby’s movements as overdue pregnancies pose certain…

specialist or doctors can see where there are high amounts of amniotic fluid or abnormally large placenta can be seen. The two types of Hydrops Fetalis are Immune and Nonimmune. Immune Hydrops Fetalis is a complication of a severe form of Rh incompatibility. Which means a mother who has Rh negative blood type makes antibodies to her baby’s Rh positive blood cells, where the antibodies cross the placenta. And it attacks the fetus like if it was a bacterium. This causes the fetus to get…

Being anxious about seeing a baby being delivered was something I expected of myself, what I didn’t expect was how completely a whole different side of nursing care involved compared to other departments. Throughout the shift I had a chance of assessing the patient and observe the family that was involved. Also had a chance to see not one delivery but two. Unfortunately, I didn’t had much time on going over the chart and documenting the findings as I wanted to. I was surprised to find out…

progesterone makes it difficult to get pregnant or maintaining a pregnancy. Progesterone thickens uterus lining every month in preparation for fertilized egg implantation. In case a pregnancy takes place, production of progesterone takes place in the placenta. For the entire period of the pregnancy, progesterone levels remain elevated. You can now understand the importance of progesterone. If progesterone levels are low, the doctor prescribes Crinone gel either during fertility treatment or…

Prenatal development makes up the period of time from conception to birth, and it is split into three separate stages that the unborn baby develops through. Prenatal development starts when a sperm fertilizes an egg. The prenatal stage of development lasts about 38 weeks. The three stages that make up prenatal development are the germinal stage, the embryonic stage, and the fetal stage. The germinal stage makes up the first two weeks of prenatal development, from conception to implantation,…

body plus the placenta. This gives the totipotent cells a unique trait; they can be transformed into any cell in the organism’s body. There is a catch; totipotent cells only exist in the first few divisions of a zygote, or a fertilized egg. Each division after develops into increasingly specialized cells (Stem Cell Federal Foundation). The next range of divisions is called Pluripotent cells. These cells tend to be slightly less versatile as the Totipotent, as they cannot develop a placenta, yet…

Although metformin does cross the placenta and enter the baby’s bloodstream, the amount is small. Studies have not found evidence to suggest that metformin harms the fetus. Metformin has been shown to be equivalent to insulin in effectiveness. One randomized…

Mircea Eliade’s theory describes religion as a “paradigmatic solution for every existential crisis”. The theory has many tools, including the concepts of therapeutic myth, the “twofold plane”, and the contrast of sacred and profane, all of which allow phenomenologists to disseminate and interpret religions. Using the tools of the theory to analyze the birth of Ntxawm’s first child and Hmong religion, I argue that the theory is useful and effective in helping us understand the Hmong traditions.…

Chao-xing is visiting her OB/GYN for the first time. Chao-xing is a full-time homemaker and attends college online. She immigrated to the United States 3 years ago with her husband and 4 year old daughter, from the northern part of China. Her husband is employed in the auto industry. She lives in a two bedroom apartment with her family. She has no family here in the United States except for her husband and child. She reports that her last menstrual period was 5/28 of this year, with an EDD of…

Liquor use in pregnancy has critical consequences for the baby and the infant. Liquor can pass from the mother 's circulatory system through the placenta to the embryo. Since the liquor is separated more gradually in a baby than in a grown-up, liquor levels have a tendency to stay high and stay in the infant 's body longer. Conception imperfections connected with pre-birth presentation to liquor can…