Stillbirth

other adverse pregnancy outcomes (Erlingsdottir 2014). Preterm delivery is when labor starts too early which can also lead to premature birth. She also increases the risk of having a miscarriage or a stillbirth. Miscarriage is when a baby dies in the womb before 20 weeks of pregnancy, and stillbirth is when a baby dies in the womb after 20 weeks of pregnancy (March of Dimes…

Death From Squares Every year hundreds of thousands of people die from smoking cigarettes. Cigarettes cause more than 480,000 deaths per year (Health Effects of Cigarette Smoking). Cigarettes ruin slowly but surely the lives of numerous smokers and even nonsmokers. Cigarettes should be illegal because of the products in cigarettes, the damages they cause to the human body, the negative effects they have on pregnancy, how addictive they are, and how they affect nonsmokers. With the banishing of…

For many, pregnancy is a beautiful time of change, discovery, growth, anticipation, and excitement; however, it is also a time that often ushers in great life changes and can upset the normalcy of life. It is a time that is sometimes long awaited and sometimes unexpected, sometimes desired and sometimes unwanted. It is a time of uncertainly and unknowns, because the end result of pregnancy is not always as expected, and tragically, one the most common adverse pregnancy outcomes is fetal death,…

were absent from the records were the stillborn infants. Stillbirth was the largest single component of reproductive mortality and accounted for around two-thirds of the total death rates among infants. As baptism could not be administered to the dead, stillborn infants did not appear in the baptismal records. For this reason there is no way of ascertaining the number of stillborn there were throughout the period. Hart argues that stillbirth indicated maternal health and physique, which acted…

In the book, Joy had a girl before Jack that ended up being a stillbirth, and the reason that she wanted her kidnapper “Old Nick” to take jack to somewhere with trees because she didn't want jack to be buried with her other child, but in the movie it was because she would “feel” his presents around her. “Don't just bury…

Teratogens are operators and conditions, including infections, drugs, chemicals, stressors, and ailing health, which can hinder pre-birth improvement and lead to conception surrenders or even passing. Teratogens have a tendency to mischief the pre-birth cerebrum, influencing what 's to come youngster 's scholarly and passionate working. Albeit all teratogens build the danger of mischief to the creating tyke, none ALWAYS cause harm; a definitive effect relies on upon the complex interaction of…

Epilepsy Disease is a brain disorder. Clusters of nerve cells in the brain signal abnormally. The normal pattern of neuronal activity is disturbed. It causes strange sensations, emotions, and behavior. Sometimes it causes convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness. Epilepsy is not contagious or caused by a mental illness or mental retardation. It cannot be cured, but can eventually go away on its own in some people. It may develop because of an abnormality in the brain wiring, an…

reported that “pregnant teens are less likely to receive early prenatal care.” (Understanding Nutrition) Other common complications amongst young teen moms are iron deficiency anemia, prolonged labor. As we learn in chapter 15 the rates for stillbirths, preterm births and low birth weight infants are very high for young teen moms. An older woman with a later childbearing can most likely have complications such as hypertension and diabetes, complications such as the following can lead to a…

Alcohol, Cigarette Smoking, and Illicit Drug Use, Among Pregnant Women The controversy over the use of alcohol, cigarettes, and illicit drug use in pregnant women is a topic that has been researched and discussed for many years. There are many different opinions out there on these topics and no conclusive evidence as to how much use of these substances is too much or an acceptable amount during pregnancy, which makes it easy to conclude that the only way to truly avoid the risks of these…

things like cyanide, lead, and at least 60 cancer-causing compounds. When you smoke during pregnancy, that toxic brew gets into your bloodstream, your baby's only source of oxygen and nutrients. B. The most serious complications including stillbirth, premature delivery, and low birth weight can be chalked up to the fact that nicotine and carbon monoxide work together to reduce your baby's supply of oxygen. C. Nicotine chokes off oxygen by narrowing…