Chapter 7 - Abortion/preganacy

Question 1

Medical abortion

Answer 1

Use before nine weeks - to stop the pregnancy from being viable

Question 2

Emergency contraption (morning after pill)

Answer 2

Take it within five days of unprotected sex and the longer you wait the less effective it is

Question 3

Why does abortion happen?

Answer 3

No money, physical health, not enough time/energy, job/education would be on hold, partner wants to have an abortion

Question 4

Emotional statues of abortion

Answer 4

Guilt and sadness, stressed. And it depends on if she has a support system of a history of depression

Question 5

How long is pregnancy?

Answer 5

40 weeks long or nine months

Question 6

What happens to your body during pregnancy?

Answer 6

There is a huge spike in estrogen and progesterone - the blood volume doubles (because the estrogen makes the smooth muscles very elastic that’s why your blood pressure does not rise)

Question 7

How long is each trimester?

Answer 7

About 13 weeks each trimester

Question 8

What are physical symptoms of pregnancy?

Answer 8

Morning sickness, vomit, fatigue, breast tenderness, frequent urination,

Question 9

First trimester of pregnancy

Answer 9

You don’t look pregnant and there is great fatigue

Question 10

Second trimester of pregnancy

Answer 10

Start to show and the change in body can affect how she feels

Question 11

What is quickening?

Answer 11

Occurs during the second trimester of pregnancy(about 20 weeks in) and you she is able to detect fetal movement and it sometimes feels like gas

Question 12

Third trimester

Answer 12

Dramatic change in body, body becomes really distorted, difficult to move, sleep deprivation, a lot of fatigue

Question 13

After giving birth

Answer 13

Less desire for sex, difficulty with urination control because a lot of muscles get stretched when you give birth,

Question 14

Doulas

Answer 14

Is a birthing coach

Question 15

Midwife

Answer 15

Delivers the baby at home

Question 16

Thinning and dialation of the cervix (1st stage)

Answer 16

It has to dialact to 10 cm and it can take days and can feel like cramps or labor contraction

Question 17

Uterian contraction to push baby out (second stage of childbirth)

Answer 17

Baby is born and estrogen and progesterone drops dramatically

Question 18

Placenta (third stage of child birth)

Answer 18

Gives shock to body because so low estrogen and progesterone and takes several months before it comes back to pre pregnancy level

Question 19

Women over the age of 35

Answer 19

Fertility starts to decline at age 27 - they have more miscarriage and more complications during pregnancy - more likely to ha c-section,

Question 20

Maternity blues

Answer 20

After child birth - depression (is mild) can last for a couple of days or a week and they feel sentimental, tearful

Question 21

Post partam depression

Answer 21

Less common, more severe, can last from 6 weeks to 6-8 months, feeling low, anxious, panic attacks, this can be due to sleep deprivation, having a child to care for, lack of social support

Question 22

Post parthm psychosis

Answer 22

Rare, they do things like say that the devil told them to drown their baby

Question 23

Who is likely to get post panthm depression?

Answer 23

Women who are younger, less educated, poor, first time mothers, poor social support, history of depressive disorders

Question 24

Infertility

Answer 24

The failure to conceive after a year of unprotected sex

Question 25

Why does infertility happen?

Answer 25

Blockage of Filipian tubes, heavy smoking, heavy drinking, heavy caffeine consumption

Question 26

How many abortions are there in the United States?

Answer 26

1/5 of all pregnancy end in abortion (850,000 in u.s per year) and half of the women who seek abortion already have children

Question 27

Polycystc wary syndrome

Answer 27

Multiple cystc that forms that is often painful on her ovaries

Question 28

Ectopic pregnancy

Answer 28

Occurs outside of the uterus in Filipion tube and is not a viable pregnancy and is the leading cause of pregnancy death - after six weeks the tube can’t hold the baby anymore and you won’t know because baby isn’t seen in the ultra sound