Conception to Birth Unit Test Flashcards
What are internal factors influencing teen pregnancies?
- Lack of Knowledge
- Sexual Feelings
- Scared to talk about it
- The desire of Love and Attention
What are external factors influencing teen pregnancies?
- Societal Pressure
- Pressure from peers
- Pressure from partner
- Family history
- Childhood Environment/Relationship with parents
- Substance use/abuse
- Lack of contraceptives
What are some challenges teen mothers face?
Societal judgment, Financial issues, Education, Routines, Mental health.
How does teen pregnancy affect the teen?
- Could develop mental and physical health problems.
- Teens don’t stand well financially, therefore, having a baby will decrease income even more.
- A baby takes up a lot of time, therefore, education will be affected.
How does teen pregnancy affect the child?
They’re more likely to be premature causing problems with breathing regulating body temperature, low birth weight, and physical and mental disabilities.
How does teen pregnancy affect the family?
- Taking time out of there own lives to take care of another human.
- might cause anger and conflict between family members
How does teen pregnancy affect society?
A lot of financial issues because of the money spent by the government.
What are the contraceptive choices?
The pill, The patch, NuvaRing, Depo-Provera, IUD, Condoms, The Morning After Pill (Plan B)
What is the Pill?
A pill that releases estrogen and progesterone to prevent ovulation.
What is the Patch?
Weekly method. Patch releases estrogen and progestin. Stops ovulation.
What is the NuvaRing?
Small, flexible vaginal ring used to prevent pregnancy. Once it is in the vagina, it releases a continuous low dose of hormones.
What is the Depo-Provera?
An injection for women that contains the hormone progestin. Given every 3 months. Usually keeps ovaries from releasing an egg.
What is the IUD?
Tiny T-shaped device inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancies. It stays in up to 5 years.
What is the Condom?
A thin rubber sheath worn on a man’s penis during intercourse to prevent pregnancies and prevention against STD’s.
What is Plan B?
Plan B if taken within 72 hours or preferably withing 12 hours after intercourse can prevent pregnancy.
It does this by temporarily stoping the release of an egg, preventing fertilization, or preventing a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus.
Order of conception
- Decision to have a child
- Male’s erect penis put into female’s vagina
- Ejaculation: Sperm enters vagina
- Sperm swim up vagina
- Sperm meet ovum in fallopian tubes (if ovulation occurred)
- One sperm enters ovum’s outer membrane (fertilization)
- Fertilized egg (zygote) travels to uterus
- Zygote implants on wall of uterus
- Confirm pregnancy
- Good prenatal care
- Nine months pass
- Contractions of uterus opens cervix
- Baby enters birth canal
- Abdominal muscles propel baby through vagina
- Umbilical cord cut
- Dilivery of Placenta
What are some pregnancy symptoms:
- peeing a lot
- tender breasts
- fatigue
- gaining 25-35 pounds
- Lower back pain
- an increase of cravings and food intake
- Nausea
- stretch marks
- dizziness
- swollen feet/ankles
- varicose veins
- Belly button pop
- emotional
- Braxton - hicks contractions
- feeling baby move
- hair become thicker and healthier
Name 5 early signs of pregnancy:
Missing periods, Food cracings, Fatigue, Enlarged and tender breasts, bloating.
What are the two common types of pregnancy tests?
Homecare pregnancy tests and laboratory tests
What is an obstetrician?
A doctor who specializes in delivering babies; they deliver the majority of babies born in Canada.
What is a midwife?
Care for women with low-risk pregnancies and to deliver their babies.
What is the purpose of testing a pregnant woman’s urine?
They can determine infection, diabetes, and hypertension.
Why is a doctor’s care important throughout pregnancy, beginning early in pregnancy?
Most development happen in the first trimester as do most prenatal testing. To make sure mom and baby are healthy.
What is anemia and how do doctors check for it?
It is a low blood count and doctors check this by a one purpose blood test.
What is the usual schedule for checkups for a pregnant woman?
Monthly visits for maternity patients. During the 7th month, visits usulaly increase to every 2 weeks. Weekly visits are standard during the 9th month.
What is the first stage of prenatal development and how long does it last?
Prenatal development starts right at the moment of conception all the way to birth!
What happens during the embryo stage and how long does it take?
All major systems begin to develop, the brain grows at a rapid pace, and by 8 weeks the fetus is 2.5 cm and start to resemble a human. (lasts about 8 weeks)
What is the function of the placenta, the umbilical cord and the amniotic sac?
The placenta is the sac in which the baby grows in, the umbilical cord is the “life line”; it transfers the nutrients from the mother to the fetus, and the amniotic sac is the fluid filled sac that protects the fetus in the womb.
What is the name of the third and final stage of prenatal development?
The third stage is called “The stage of the Fetus”
How long is each of the trimesters of pregnancy?
Each trimester is 3 months long.
What is quickening and when does it occur?
Quickening is when you can feel the baby move; it occurs in the second trimester.
Why do women have prenatal tests?
It helps determine if the baby will need special medication before and after birth. People also do this to help make decisions about the pregnancy and future pregnancies.
Define miscarriage and what time does it usually occur?
Miscarriages are when a baby dies spontaneously. Normally in the first trimester.
List 5 possible warning signs during pregnancies:
- Vaginal bleeding
- Extreme puffiness in hands and/or feet
- Severe or persistent abdominal pain
- A severe headache
- Sudden weight gain of more than a kilogram (two pounds)
What is infertility?
The inability to have a baby.
What are some infertility treatments?
Surgery, Antibiotics, Medication or counseling, Hormone treatments, IUI (sperm is collected and then placed directly inside eth woman’s uterus while she is ovulating, IVF (the sperm and egg are collected and brought together in a lab, and GIFT which is the same as IVF except the fertilized egg is quickly placed in a fallopian tube.
Who might choose fertility treatment?
Women who has had more than one miscarriage, woman under 35 and haven’t gotten pregnant after 12 months of trying, woman over 35 and haven’t gotten prenant after 6 months of trying, men who’s had a poor seman analysis.
What happens in the first Trimester?
- Sperm joins egg
- Cells rapidly divide, embryo floats toward the uterus
- Embryo implants itself in the wall of the uterus
- Backbone, spine, spinal cord, brain and nervous system form.
- Lungs, intestines, and beginnings of urinary system start to develop
- Heart starts beating
- Intestines are developing and the appendix is in place
- Placenta starts working
- Spine and spinal cord grow quickly
- Facial features become visible
- Muscle system is formed
- Movement begins
- An embryo is about 1 half-inch long
- Arms, legs, fingers and toes form,
- Brain waves can be measured
- The heart is almost completely developed
- Baby teeth form in the gums
- A brain is physically fully formed
- Able to feel pain
- Vocal cords are used to cry silently