Pregnancy

Teenage Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is something that affects over one million young teens in the United States. In the summer of July 1989, I became part of that statistic. I was only fourteen years of age when I learned, I was expecting my first child. For some, teen pregnancy is planned, and this would be my case. It wasn’t due to lack of knowledge, experimentation or the desire to be with multiple partners. No, it was simply out of spite. I thought, I was mature enough to take care of a child.…

Teenage pregnancy is one of the significant reasons for high school dropouts according to the CDC, with only 50% of all teenage mothers going onto receive their high school diploma by the age of 22. Not only are teenage mothers at risk for lower school achievements, but so are their children who face a higher rate of dropping out of high school, being a teenage parent in the future, and having health problems (About Teen Pregnancy, 2016). The teenage pregnancy rates in the state of Florida are…

Pregnancy denial is a term which refers to the condition in which a woman denies that she is pregnant. At 20 weeks of pregnancy, it is found in 1 of 475 women, but the incidence declines to 1 in 2500 at delivery. Pregnancy denial may occur in both psychotic and non-psychotic forms. Furthermore, women with pregnancy denial may show different categories of the condition, such as frank denial, suspicion of pregnancy without conscious awareness, and complete knowledge of the fact that she is…

Pregnancy labeling of drug products provides guidance to health practitioners in prescribing the most beneficial drug, after assessing the risk of such drug therapy, for an intercurrent condition during pregnancy and lactation. However, there is a paucity of safety data on drug use during pregnancy resulting in a lack of detailed and definitive information added to drug labels at the time of approval. Pregnant women take an average of three to five prescription drugs;1,2 and with over six…

1. Why have the recommendations on exercise during pregnancy changed so much over the years? What benefits have been found for both mother and child? In the past, without scientific documentation about physical activity’s effects during pregnancy, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) advised that pregnant women should not involve much in exercise because of high heart rate associated with exercise. The guidelines that the heart rate “should not exceed 140 bpm” for…

Blurry Vision During Pregnancy Many expectant mothers are aware of the sometimes drastic changes they can expect during pregnancy, and sometimes they wonder if what they are feeling is normal or not. One of the issues pregnant women face is blurry vision, and it can be alarming. Although vision changes are quite common before, during, and after pregnancy has come to term, you’ll want to become aware of some of the reasons behind blurry vision during pregnancy and the treatments that are…

Teen Pregnancy Declines: The Influences in the United States. Teen pregnancy has been a growing dilemma in the United States for many years. In today’s society, it is common to see a teen that is pregnant, whether it is in your high school class or a stranger at the local mall. When asked, most girls say that they did not plan on getting pregnant. These girls not only suffer from physical effects of pregnancy, but suffer from emotional effects too. Some plan to keep the baby, give it up for…

Pregnancy should be the happiest time during a women’s life but there are times when a women goes through difficulties during their pregnancy and therefore they tend to have high risk pregnancies. Six factors that lead to a high risk pregnancy are the following, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, chronic hypertension, consuming alcohol and the mother’s age, are some of the factors and conditions that can possibly lead to a high risk pregnancy. Gestational diabetis as we learn in chapter 15…

Teen pregnancy is one of the leading issues in the United States, according to the CDC-About Teen Pregnancy, in 2015, a total of 229,715 babies were born in the United States to women aged 15-19 years old, with the highest rate belonging to the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity. Although the birth rates have been declining from previous years, with a 8% decline in Hispanic/Latino community, they are still considered two times higher than any other group. It is not common to see Hispanic teen mom back…

Pregnancy is something all the Handmaids long to be yet, pregnancy in Gilead is awfully scarce. Therefore, when one of the Handmaids become pregnant everyone knowns about it. Once a woman is pregnant extra precautions are taken to ensure the pregnancy goes through all the way. The pregnant Handmaid is then released of all her daily tasks to eliminate any means of a terminated pregnancy. She is not even compelled to go on her daily walk however, one day when Offred and another Handmaid are out…