LO1: Understand development from conception to birth

Question 1

Identify pre-conception experiences

Answer 1

Eat well - a good diet
Regular exercise
Stop drinking alcohol
Both parents stop smoking

Question 2

Identify birth experiences

Answer 2

Antenatal care
Avoid alcohol
Stop smoking
Follow a good diet

Question 3

What is antenatal care?

Answer 3

The care you get as soon as you become pregnant until birth

Question 4

What foods should you eat when pregnant?

Answer 4

Foods or supplements high in Vitamin B12 (Folic Acid)

Question 5

Which foods should you avoid when pregnant?

Answer 5

Unpasteurised cheese
Soft blue cheese
Raw or partly cooked eggs
Shellfish

Question 6

Identify birth experiences

Answer 6

Breech birth
Caesarean section
Shoulder dystocia
Birth injury
Lack of oxygen

Question 7

What is a breech birth?

Answer 7

When a woman doesn’t have enough amniotic fluid the baby can’t move into head first position and ends up being feet first

Question 8

What is a caesarean section?

Answer 8

Surgical procedure by which the baby is born through an incision in the abdomen

Question 9

What is a miscarriage

Answer 9

Unborn baby dies in before 24th week of pregnancy

Question 10

What is a still born

Answer 10

Baby dies after 24 weeks of pregnancy

Question 11

What is an ectopic pregnancy?

Answer 11

When an embryo starts to grow in fallopian tube instead of womb

Question 12

What is conception?

Answer 12

When the egg is fertilised by the sperm

Question 13

What is pre-conception health?

Answer 13

Changing lifestyle before you get pregnant to give you best chance of conceiving

Question 14

What is a zygote?

Answer 14

Cell formed by sperm and egg combining. Fits 8 weeks

Question 15

What is a foetus?

Answer 15

Embryo from 8 weeks - birth

Question 16

What is shoulder dystocia?

Answer 16

When the bay’s head has been born but one of the shoulders becomes stuck in the mother’s pelvis

Question 17

What are the stages of labour?

Answer 17

Waters break
Contractions start
Cervix opens
Baby moves through birth canal
Afterbirth

Question 18

What is premature birth?

Answer 18

When a baby is born before 37 weeks

Question 19

What are the effects of premature birth?

Answer 19

Less developed immune system
Need help feeding
Need support to breathe and to keep warm
Long term problems - behaviour issues

Question 20

What is foetal alcohol syndrome?

Answer 20

If the mother drinks during pregnancy, baby can have a smaller head, be smaller in size, have heart defects and learning difficulties

Question 21

What happens if you smoke during pregnancy?

Answer 21

Premature labour
Miscarriage
Cleft palate
Weakened immune system