Pregnacy (Psychology And New Baby) Flashcards
Global health inequalities cause
Major haemorrhage which is difficult to control
How many women die in pregnancy in the Uk
> 10 of every 100,000 women
Types of inequalities
Ethnicity, money
Key hormones involved in postnatal depression and psychosis
Oestrogen, progesterone, oxytocin
When resuscitating a new baby what must you do
Inflate the lungs
When do you cut the umbilical cord
When vasoconstriction is finished (constricts due to air temperature)- can take time to clamp and cut
Why is skin to skin contact important
Helps with heart rate, breathing, feeding, temperature and reduces cortisol And enables colonisation
What hormones help facilitate breastfeeding
Prolactin and oxytocin
What hormones rapidly fall following delivery
Oestrogen and progesterone
Breastfeeding benefits
Protection from infection, decreased incidence of diarrhoea, decrease in SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), decrease in obesity, decrease in cardiovascular disease in adults and an increase in emotional bond
Parent- infant bonding
Physical contact, sound, smell affects neurological development, emotional brain and temporal lobes
What is the hardest adaptation to parenthood
Fear of parenthood
Can postnatal depression occur in men
Yes due to lifestyle changes and relationships
