Pregnancy And Health

Question 1

What happens when a pregie smokes cigarettes?

Answer 1

She poisons her unborn baby with substances such as nicotine and carbon monoxide. This reduces blood flow to the placenta causing the foetus to grow slowly and the baby is often born underweight.

Question 2

How does alcohol affect the baby?(5)

Answer 2

Babies develop abnormalities such as 
poor growth
delayed mental health
delayed mental development 
learning difficulties 
strange facial features 
heart defects

Question 3

What are signs of foetal alcohol syndrome?(3)

Answer 3

Small eyes
A flat nose
Thin upper lip

Question 4

School children with FAS show poor _____ skills, problems in ______, poor _____ coordination an difficulty ______ things.

Answer 4

Language
Writing
Eye-hand
Memorizing

Question 5

What eff3ts do drugstore have on babies?

Answer 5

Blood vessels are damaged and born underweight and addicted to the drug.

Question 6

What happens if the mother has German measles?

Answer 6

The virus crosses the placenta and infects the embryo resulting it being born,blind or deaf or deformed.

Question 7

True or false

AIDS can cross the placenta

Answer 7

True

Question 8

How can viruses be spread to the baby?(3)

Answer 8

During pregnancy
Labour and delivery
Breast feeding

Question 9

True or false

Aspirin can damage the foetus

Answer 9

True

Question 10

In the 1950’s a medicine called _______ was given to pregnant women for morning sickness. This drug affected the developing foetus and many of them were born without ___________ or ______ thus falling then penguin babies.

Answer 10

Thalidomide
Arms
Legs