Prenatal

Question 1

prenatal care guidelines focus on:

Answer 1

diet
mild - moderate exercise
avoidance of harmful teratogens

Question 2

teratogen

Answer 2

environmental agents such as drug, chemical, virus, or other factor that produces a birth defect

Question 3

most common teratogen

Answer 3

malnutrition

Question 4

4 major teratogens

Answer 4

1. malnutrition
2. infectious diseases
3. alcohol
4. tobacco

Question 5

how much alcohol is safe during pregnancy?

Answer 5

NONE

Question 6

FASD

Answer 6

fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
can include
- below average intelligence
- intellectual disability
- delayed growth
- facial deformities

Question 7

other teratogens (4)

Answer 7

1. drugs
2. certain kinds of work
3. severe maternal stress
4. environmental pollution

Question 8

prenatal monitoring techniques (4)

Answer 8

1. ultrasounds
2. amniocentesis
3. chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
4. non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)

Question 9

amniocentesis

Answer 9

• long hollow needle inserted into pregnant abdomen
• sample of amniotic fluid withdrawn from placenta
• 15-20 weeks into pregnancy
• small risk of miscarriage
• 100% accuracy

Question 10

chorionic villus sampling

Answer 10

• tube inserted through vagina into uterus
• samples cells that begin to form umbilical cord
• 5-10 weeks into pregnancy
• small but genuine risk of miscarriage/damage
• 99% accurate

Question 11

non-invasive prenatal testing

Answer 11

• mothers give a blood sample
• nearly risk-free
• 99% accurate

Question 12

assisted reproductive technologies (3)

Answer 12

1. intrauterine insemination
2. simulating ovulation with fertility drugs
3. in vitro insemination

Question 13

infertility

Answer 13

inability to get pregnant after at least a year of regular sex without contraception
- 9-13% worldwide