Prenatal Care for Expectant Mothers Proper prenatal care‚ nutrition and appropriate medical attention are imperative for a healthy pregnancy. However with ever increasing health insurance and medical costs‚ it is incredibly expensive to stay insured or cover pregnancy-related expenses out of pocket. The costs of delivery are increasing and the expense of insurance doesn’t seem much better. There are resources available which may be able to provide free or low-cost prenatal care. In
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Prenatal care is medical care for pregnant woman and is important for a healthy pregnancy. Its key components include regular checkups and prenatal testing‚ eating healthfully‚ exercising‚ and beginning as soon as one knows she is pregnant. During her pregnancy‚ a woman should see her doctor about once each month for the first six months of pregnancy‚ then every two weeks for the seventh and eighth month of pregnancy‚ and then every week until her baby is born. However‚ if a woman is over 35
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taHeavy drinking by pregnant women can be devastating to offspring. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are a cluster of abnormalities and problems that appear in the offspring of mothers who drink alcohol heavily during pregnancy. The abnormalities include facial deformities and defective limbs‚ face‚ and heart (Klingenberg & others‚ 2010). Most children with FASD have learning problems and many are below average in intelligence with some that are mentally retarded (Dalen & others‚ 2009)
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References: 3. HEMMINKI E‚ 2005 PREGNANCY SAFER/PROMOTING EFFECTIVE PRENATAL CARE. 5. ENKIN M‚ 1989. EFFECTIVE CARE IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. OXFORD‚ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS‚. 6. BANTA D. (2003). EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTENATAL AND POST NATAL CARE 7
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now there is a vast possibility for parents to know before hand any conditions that the child might have. However having this “weapon” in their hands does it mean that the parents should use it? First of all‚ an overview of what prenatal diagnosis is is needed. Prenatal diagnosis is a way of checking how the fetus is doing and if it has any problems. These methods test for diseases or other conditions such as gender. The main reason of its usage is because of birth defects and genetic diseases that
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Alcoholism and Fetal Development Infant and Toddler Development Children that are born with Fetal alcohol syndrome are born to the mothers that are alcoholics and continue to drink every day while pregnant. If alcohol is consumed everyday in large amounts it will have an effect on the unborn fetus. These effects can be from physical and mental issues before and after birth. The effects can continue to develop when the child becomes older. Mental problems are one
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Metro Manila Development Screening Test (MMDST) Definition * Simple and clinically useful tool * To determine early serious developmental delays * Dr. William K. Frankenburg * Modified and standardized by Dr. Phoebe D. Williams DDST to MMDST * Developed for health professionals (MDs‚ RNs‚ etc) • It is not an intelligence test * It is a screening instrument to determine if child’s development is within normal * Children 6 ½ years and below Purposes * Measures developmental
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The Prenatal Environment of the Developing Organism 1 The developing unborn baby is being studied today in ways that were not possible a short time ago. Increased sophistication in technology‚ such as ultrasound imaging‚ has allowed us to examine the developing organism early in development and with great detail. Newer technology‚ such as the MRI‚ is giving us an even more accurate‚ intricate description of the developing fetus (Fetal MRI‚ 2004). Where are we going with this technology?
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organs also starts to form‚ which is called organogenesis. As the foetus grows‚ they follow two principle which are‚ cephalocaudal and proximodistal‚ where the body that grows from head to toe and chest to outwards respectively. The last stage of prenatal development is the fetal period. Throughout this period‚ the foetus is able to move around‚ the gender of the foetus can be make known to Mrs Weng‚ and the foetus’ facial features are formed. This also means that every part of the foetus is form
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Definitions Regulation & Registration of genetic counselling cent res‚ genetic labs‚ genetic clinics Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act‚ 1994 An Act to provide for the regulation of the use of pre-natal diagnostic techniques for the purpose of detecting genetic or metabolic disorders or chromosomal abnormalities or certain congenital malformations or sex linked disorders and for the prevention of the misuse of such techniques for the purpose of pre-natal
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