Low birth weight and preterm babies in United States is increasing. Low birth weight babies are babies who are born with the birth weight of less than 5 lbs. either due to preterm delivery or due to restriction of growth inside the uterus. These low birth weight babies are at increased risk for early death and long-term health and developmental issues than infants born later in pregnancy or at higher birth weights. Not all preterm infants are low birth weight‚ and vice versa. Racial/Ethnic
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things to know about newborn photography Newborn babies are the sweetest things on the earth and grow up so fast. When you gave a birth to the child and the moment you hold‚ see and smell- your world will change. This would be the most amazing and wonderful moments in the life of the couples. Newborn pictures are so important for parents because the newborn days are so precious‚ yet so fleeting. Therefore‚ it is important to preserve those precious moments in photographs. Newborn Photography is a growing
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Prenatal and Postpartum Scenario Due Week 1 Day 6 Follow the instructions below to submit your memo for the Week 1 Individual Assignment. 1. Save this template to your computer. 2. Type your advice in the shaded boxes below to each of the women described in the scenario provided in the syllabus. 3. Resave this completed form to your computer. 4. Attach the saved form to your reply when you turn in your template in the Assignments section of the Class room tab. Margaret has entered
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problem are often the case in newborns. It accounts for nearly half of neonatal deaths. Research by Kumar & Bhat (1996‚ p.93) states that Respiratory Depression (RD) is a common neonatal problem that generally occurs in preterm infants due to surfactant deficiency which relates to antenatal history of immature lung development and term infants of diabetic mothers. To describe some of the common diagnosis associated with RD are: Transient Tachypnea of the newborn (TTNB) was found to be common
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Prenatal drug abuse is a very tragic‚ yet preventable issue in our society. For a pregnant woman‚ drug abuse is doubly dangerous. Drugs may harm her own health‚ interfering with her ability to support the pregnancy. Also‚ some drugs can directly impair prenatal development. All illegal drugs‚ such as heroin and cocaine‚ pose dangers to a pregnant woman. Legal substances‚ such as alcohol and tobacco‚ are also dangerous‚ and even medical drugs‚ both prescription and over-the-counter‚ can be harmful
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chapter 8 development chapter outline Nature‚ Nurture‚ and Prenatal Development Determining the Relative Influence of Nature and Nurture Developmental Research Techniques Prenatal Development: Conception to Birth module 25 module 28 Adulthood Physical Development: The Peak of Health Social Development: Working at Life Marriage‚ Children‚ and Divorce: Family Ties The Later Years of Life: Growing Old Physical Changes in Late Adulthood: The Aging Body Cognitive Changes: Thinking About—and
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Inadequate Prenatal Care Inadequate prenatal care within the study was defined as “(a) having no prenatal care; or (b) prenatal care that began in the third trimester; or (c) prenatal care that was first initiated in the first or second trimester but with a low number of visits” (Heaman et al.‚ 2014‚ p. 3). Inadequate prenatal care that was initiated in the first or second trimester was further broken down. Women that delivered at 34+ weeks and had only 1-4 prenatal visits‚ women that delivered at
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is recommended to have prenatal care‚ this is regular medical care that allows you and your baby to be healthy before birth. If you are concerned about costs‚ you can seek out social service organizations or find clinics that offer prenatal care free/at lower costs. Prenatal care helps prevent problems that may occur to you as the mother and the baby during pregnancy. (Babies that do not receive prenatal care are 3 times more prone to low birth weights or do not survive birth) Body Changes There
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The process of prenatal development occurs in three main stages. The first two weeks after conception are known as the germinal stage; the third through the eighth week are known as the embryonic period; and the time from the ninth week until birth is known as the fetal period. The germinal stage begins with conception‚ when the sperm and egg cell unite in one of the two fallopian tubes. The fertilized egg‚ known as zygote then moves toward the uterus‚ a journey that can take up to a week to complete
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1) How is the baby’s due date calculated and why is it often hard to calculate? The baby’s due date is calculated by doctors and midwives from the beginning of the mother’s last period. This marker is used because it is difficult to determine exactly when the mother is ovulating and as a result when the sperm is fertilized the egg. 2) Briefly explain the process of conception? Ovulation‚ Development of Corpus Luteum‚ Release of Egg‚ Menses‚ Fertilization‚ Implantation‚ Pregnancy Hormones
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