A woman ’s obstetrical history is recorded as: number of pregnancies‚ known as gravida and number of pregnancies carried to viable gestational age ‚ known as parity. Viable gestational age varies from region to region‚ for example in the UK it is considered to be 24 weeks whilst in the USA 23 weeks is considered viable. A woman who has never given birth is a nullipara‚ a nullip‚ or para 0. A woman who has never completed a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks is also referred to as being nulliparous‚ a nullipara
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likely to have problems with their bowel movements. * The child may develop diabetes. | During Pregnancy.Rubella | If mother catches rubella during pregnancy it would affect the foetus. | Rubella could cause the mother to have a miscarriage‚ stillbirth or birth defects in unborn children such as: * Deafness * Brain damage * Cataracts * Heart defects | During pregnancy HIV | If the mother has caught HIV then there is a 50% chance of the child being born with it. | Being HIV-positive
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adult‚ arthrits or joint pain can occur. If a woman is sick and contracts the virus early in her pregnancy‚ there is a ninety percent chance that she will pass the virus on to her baby. Contracting this virus while pregnant can lead to miscarriage‚ stillbirth and other severe birth
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All over the world female cutting‚ or circumcisions‚ are being performed for various reasons with numbers currently reaching around 140 million alive and affected (Crockett 2015). With that high of a number and the numbers increasing around three million more affected per year a large world-wide controversy has been started (Crockett 2015). In most circumstance the reasoning for female circumcisions is religious and part of one’s culture and heritage (Crockett 2015). Some are required to have it
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about cloning animals and humans is it results in failure most of the time. In the article “Arguments for and Against Creating Human Clones”‚ it states “95-98% of mammalian cloning experiments have resulted in failures in the form of miscarriages‚ stillbirths‚ and life- threatening anomalies”. Itś clearly a fail most of the time so why should taxpayers waist money for it? I believe in the fact that everyone in this world is different and unique. Cloning ourselves would lessen our value and our uniqueness
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1. Title of Assessment: Monica McGoldrick and Randy Gerson developed the genogram in 1985 in the book Genograms: Assessment and Intervention. A genogram is a pictorial diagram which can show anything from family relationships to medical history. Genograms allow individuals to identify patterns of behaviors and hereditary tendencies. 2. Primary Purpose: The primary purpose of genograms is to engage the family in visually summarizing and illustrating familial relationships and patterns of behavior
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Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia Disorders In Pregnant Women Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are disorders in pregnant women. Pre- eclampsia is hypertension and eclampsia is the worsening of pre-eclampsia where the woman experiences convulsions or goes into a coma. The complication of eclampsia in a pregnant woman can put her and her unborn child at risk. A risk that may be fatal. This is only to briefly define the disorders. Furthermore‚ I predict that women who have suffered from eclampsia do need
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and death. When the first adult swimming lesson is attempted‚ there is a feeling of hopelessness and terror. The character is weighed with emotion and burdened with dispelled expectation. “The swimming pool‚ like Chaupatty beach‚ has produced a stillbirth.”(263) The character is beyond disappointment when he realises his expectation
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Some women need years to recover fully. Secondly‚ this procedure increases the chances of premature birth‚ stillbirth‚ and low birth weight. It can also delay your breast milk coming in and put you at risk for ectopic pregnancies in the future. Many moms who undergo a C-section experience internal adhesions‚ uterine scars‚ infections‚ and hemorrhage. What if
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consumer being addicted to it cannot stop smoking. According to Surgeon General smoking cigarette causes Cancer‚ cardio-vascular‚ Lungs and Heart Diseases and emphysema. When expecting women smoke it complicates their pregnancy and it results in stillbirths. The new borns are most affected by smoking expecting women. Placing myself in the role of the Vice President of Marketing of Philip Morris USA in the 1960s‚ the general public was not aware of the harmful effects of the cigarettes; the company
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