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Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Parenthood Optional

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  • This is a choice and a question to ask yourself
  • More couples and individuals want to be kid free now
  • There are advantages to being childless
  • Being parents of adopted or biological children also has advantages
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Non Parent Advantages

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  • Couples have more time together
  • Work and career are further pursued
  • Financial crisis thins
  • Intimacy and companionship increases in relationships
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Adopted/Biological Child Advantages

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  • Children also respond with love and care when the parents do
  • Builds self-esteem and accomplishment
  • Gives the parents lives’ more meaning and satisfaction
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Enhancing Possibility of Conception

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  • Find the right time for intercourse increases probability for conception
  • Conception occurs within a 6-day period
  • Ovulation predictor tests identify conception
  • Mucus method also determines conception
  • Sex pre selection offers benefits for couples passing on an X-chromosome for diseases with their children
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Ovulation Predictor Tests

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Measure rise in luteinizing hormone in urine before ovulation

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Infertility

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  • Incapability to conceive children
  • Cost and how easy it is, is how it is determined
  • 60% of couples are pregnant within 3 months
  • Distressing problem, and can effect the relationship vastly
  • 85-90% of infertility cases are handled with drug therapy or surgical procedures
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Infertility Diagnosis

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  • 3 Months
  • 6 Months
  • 1 in 6 couples seek help (past 6 month mark)
  • secondary infertility
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Infertility Impact on Relationships (Effects Sexuality)

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  • Most people growing up believe they can conceive children
  • When a couple finds out they have infertility, they are uncomfortable and isolated when others speak of their pregnancies
  • Partners can also isolate each other
  • Might feel grief over the entire subject
  • In some relationships, finding out about infertility has helped them
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Secondary Infertility

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Not able to have a second child

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Female Infertility

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  • Older you are, infertility increases and more unexplainable
  • Ovulation problems go emotionally and physically
  • Ovulation problems are treated with many medications
  • Infections anywhere in the vagina can effect the spermicide reaching the egg
    Below normal body weight and smoking/tobacco have an effect
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Ovulatory Problems

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  1. Hormone imbalance
  2. Severe vitamin deficiencies
  3. Metabolic disturbances
  4. Poor nutrition
  5. Genetic factors
  6. Emotional stress
  7. Medical conditions
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Male Infertility

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  • May be few sperm cells to fertilize the egg
  • Varicocele is a main reason it is damaged
  • Diseases can alter sperm production
  • Improving quality of the sperm, ejaculatory daily helps
  • Low sperm count, ejaculate every 6 days
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Varicocele

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Damaged vein in the testes or vas deferens

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Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

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A single sperm is injected into an egg

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Alternatives for Intercourse

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  • Artificial insemination
  • Surrogacy
  • Assisted reproductive technology
  • In vitro fertilization
  • ZIFT
  • GIFT
  • Health and financial problems
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Assisted Reproductive Technology

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Techniques of extrauterine conception: surgical biopsy and intracytoplasmic sperm injection

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Artificial Insemination

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Medical procedure where semen is placed Ina woman’s vagina, cervix, or uterus

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Surrogate Mother (Surrogacy)

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Woman artificially inseminated in a childless couple, the man carries the child, delivers the child, and gives it to the couple for adoption

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Assisted Reproductive Technology

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Tweaking standard intercourse

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In Vitro Fertilization

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Mature eggs are removed from a woman’s ovary and fertilized by sperm in a laboratory dish

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Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer (ZIFT)

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Egg is fertilized with sperm in the laboratory, and then placed in a Fallopian tube

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Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT)

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Sperm and ovum are placed directly in a Fallopian tube

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Health and Financial Problems

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You want to get as close to nature as you can get for health. Financially, this is expensive like $15-20K and not guaranteed

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Pregnancy Detection

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  • First signs: light period, spotting, or no period; fatigue; tender breasts
  • Nausea/vomiting; appetite change
  • Blood or urine tests (human chorionic gonadotropin)
  • Subtle softening of uterus (6 weeks)
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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin

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Hormone in the urine of a pregnant woman within 1 month of conception

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Spontaneous Abortion (Miscarriage)

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Expulsion of the fetus from the uterus early in pregnancy, before it can survive on its own

  • occurs in first 20 weeks
  • 10-15% of pregnancies
  • emotional impact can be significant
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Elective Abortion

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Medical procedure used to terminate pregnancy

23
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Medical Abortion

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Medicines to end a pregnancy of 7 weeks or less

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Vacuum Aspiration

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Abortion taking place in 7-13 weeks, will dialate cervix with vacuum tube

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Suction Curettage

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Procedure used within 7 to 13 weeks past the last menstrual period. Small plastic tube going into the cervical os into the uterus.

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Dilation and Evacuation

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Abortion procedure where the curette and suction equipment are used to scrape the walls of the uterus and is from 13-20 weeks

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Late-Term Abortion

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Done between 20-24 weeks when serious health risks exist for the woman

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Illegal Abortion

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Against the law to have this

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Controversy of Abortion

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  • Early America abortion until quickening
  • 1973 Roe vs. Wade (women’s body, they have authority)
  • 1977 Hyde Amendment (government health care will not be used for abortions)
  • State restrictions and limitations
  • Waiting period, parent notification (making sure they are ok)
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Current Debate of Abortion

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  • Americans believe abortion should be legal
  • Pro-life goals
  • Pro-choice goals
  • Recent debate is more violent
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Prostaglandins

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Hormones used to induce uterine contractions and fetal expulsion for second-trimester abortions

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Zygote

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Single cell from sperm and egg cells

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Blastocyst

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Multicellular descendant of the zygote that goes to the wall of the uterus

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Vernix Caseosa

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Waxy, protective substance on the fetus’s skin

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Placenta

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Organ attached to the uterine wall and connected to the fetus by the umbilical cord. Nutrients, oxygen, and waste pass between mother and fetus through cell walls of the placenta

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Syndrome in infants caused by alcohol use. Brings heart defects, damage to the brain and nervous system, physical malformations, and below normal IQ

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Prepared Childbirth

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Birth following an education process involving information, exercises, and working with a labor coach

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Experience of Pregnancy (Women)

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Wide range of emotions
Physical changes
- 1st Trimester: fatigue, nausea, breast changes
- 2nd Trimester: movement, sense of well being
- 3rd Trimester: increased size, discomfort, pack on weight

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Experience of Pregnancy (Men)

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  • Ecstasy to ambivalence to fearfulness
  • Sense of separation, varying on which trimester
  • Concern about financial impact
  • Active involvement helps
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Stages of Childbirth

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  1. First Stage (effacement)
  2. Second Stage (middle stage)
  3. Third Stage (afterbirth)
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First Stage Labor

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Regular contractions begin and cervix dilates. Head of the infant is starting to come out

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Effacement

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Flattening of the cervix occurring before and after birth

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Second Stage Labor

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When the infant descends through the vagina, and delivery to the world

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Third Stage Labor

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Placenta separates from the uterine wall and comes out of the vagina, involves blood and fluid

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Afterbirth

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Placenta and amniotic sac going through the vagina after birth

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Cesarean Section (C-section)

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Childbirth procedure where the infant is removed through an incision in the abdomen and uterus

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Postpartum Period

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First several weeks after childbirth

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Postpartum Depression

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Symptoms of depression and thoughts of hurting the baby

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Colostrum

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Thin fluid brought by the breasts during later stages of pregnancy and first few days of delivery

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Lochia

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Reddish uterine discharge occurring after childbirth

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Episiotomy

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Incision in perineum sometimes made during childbirth

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Sexual Interaction During Pregnancy

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  • Inhibited or progressive decline
  • Some women experience increases in desire
  • No restrictions on sexual activity or orgasm
  • Modified positions often needed
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First Trimester Fetal Development

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Zygote
Blastocyst
9-10 weeks: heartbeat present
8 weeks: spinal canal, arms/legs, fingers/toes
3rd month: internal organs
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2nd/3rd Trimester Fetal Development

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Fetal movements
End of 5th month: 1 pound, head hair, fat
6th month: eyes open
Further differentiation and fat stores, limbs, finger nails and toe nails, ear lobes

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Fetal Development Risks

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Harmful substances pass from mother to baby

  • prescription and nonprescription drugs
  • 1997; viable fetal protected under abuse laws
  • nicotine and alcohol
  • bacteria and viruses

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