Placenta

ensure the umbilical cord is out of the way. The birthing stage can last up to two hours. Stage 3: Delivery Of The Placenta Once your baby has been delivered, you'll have an opportunity to hold her. However, your placenta has yet to be delivered. This stage usually takes between ten minutes and half an hour. Your contractions will continue, though they'll be mild. After the placenta has been pushed out, your doctor will inspect it to ensure it is unbroken. If any remnants remain in your…

Blighted Ovum A blighted ovum is a condition in which a fertilized egg (embryo) attaches itself to the uterus but does not develop. The condition causes the placenta to grow and pregnancy hormones to be secreted. A blighted ovum is also called an anembryonic pregnancy. Women with this condition test positive for pregnancy even though they are not pregnant. CAUSES This condition may be caused by: A problem with a type of gene called a chromosome. A poor quality sperm or egg. SYMPTOMS…

One medical condition affecting the client is hyperthyroidism. The pathology of hyperthyroidism changed my patient’s pregnancy because the mother’s medical condition might pass onto the child through the placenta with decreased TSH and increased T3 and T4 concentrations (Chiasera, 2013, para. 9). Hyperthyroidism during pregnancy can lead to many health illnesses that include: intrauterine growth restriction, preterm birth, low birth weight, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, preeclampsia, and…

Mothers that drink while pregnant will send the alcohol to the placenta that will create defects to the baby. Many will have premature births before 37 weeks. Many babies will have (FASDs) when they are delivered. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is caused when the mother drinks all the time during pregnancy. “1 in 20…

Abortion is the removal of a fetus from a woman’s body, surgically or medically. Abortion is something that’s been around for many years and has been performed in many different ways. Some people are against abortion, others say there’s nothing wrong with it. There’s many reasons why women choose to get abortions. While making this decision, there is sometimes after effects that can come along with it. Abortion is a big topic that is commonly discussed. Abortions started occurring thousands of…

rates and ultimately generate population estimates. However, progesterone levels are difficult to track and predict in the early stages of pregnancy. Researchers believe the increased progesterone from pregnancy comes from the corpus luteum, the placenta, or both. The purpose of this study is to detect pregnant and nonpregant females by creating a standard classifying system of detecting progesterone in early gestation periods and to estimate reproductive failures in the preceding breeding…

and mature B-lymphocytes [55]. The antibody was originally developed for the treatment of B-cell lymphoma [56]. Recently, it has been administered for treating different autoimmune disease. As rituximab is an IgG1 subclass antibody, it crosses the placenta, interfering with fetal and neonatal B cell development and could lead to immune deficiency and raise susceptibility to infections in the neonate [57]. However, few data are available on the use of rituximab during pregnancy [57,58]. During…

(outer layer) (Biology.OpenStax.1754). The inner cell mass will continue to develop the embryo, and the trophoblast will eventually become part of the placenta, providing nutrients, waste removal, and oxygen to the embryo. However, the blastocyst first attaches to the uterus, called implantation, before the trophoblast becomes part of the placenta.…

delivered and breathing, they cut the umbilical cord. “The umbilical cord carries oxygen and nutrients from the placenta into your baby’s bloodstream”(2). The third stage of childbirth is the placental stage. It can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. “It ends when you deliver the placenta and the empty bag of waters attached to the placenta (membranes)”(3). The placenta will detach from the uterus and drop to the bottom of the uterus and out through the vagina. There are…

It all begins with a pregnancy test. Once you take a pregnancy test and it turns out positive, you officially enter your first trimester. The wellbeing and health of both your baby and you are of utmost importance during pregnancy. In each trimester your doctor will prescribe a set of tests and scans to rule out possible risk factors and to ensure that your baby is growing normal. Here are some of the common tests and scans for the first trimester: 1. Your first prenatal visit As soon as your…