Pregnancy is a time when a woman’s body will go through numerous adaptations in order to accommodate the fetus. During these physiological adaptations‚ the organs such as spleen and liver and systems such as the endocrine and circulatory systems will be affected. A woman can experience minor disorders that are most likely the result of hormonal changes on the smooth muscle and connective tissues. This paper endeavours to describe some of the minor disorders in pregnancy in particular‚ heartburn
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Assignment for the Empathy Belly: Teen Pregnancy Paper Teen pregnancy is a serious problem in the US that can cause complications in both the mother and baby’s life. Nearly 3 in 10 teen girls in the US will get pregnant before age 20. Thats over 700‚000 teen pregnancies each year. While these numbers are alarming‚ they were much worse in 1991‚ when there were 117 births per 1‚000 girls between 15 and 19 (compared to the 27 to 1‚000 ratio today). Most teen pregnancies are unintentional‚ and they care
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Teratogen Affects on Pregnancy Oct 9‚ 2010 Textbook References: Chapter 2 Teratogens: Drugs- smoking p 50 Part II Chapter 2 Teratogens: Drugs- behavioral problem w/smoking p 51 Part II Chapter 2 Teratogens: Drugs- Child Behavioral Problems w/drinking p.52 Part II Chapter 2 Teratogens: Drugs- FAS p 51 Part II There are many potential
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into the blood stream in which they are carried to all parts of the body (Fried & Oxorn 1980‚ p. 26). Nicotine‚ carbon monoxide and other toxic substance of tobacco smoke is dangerous during pregnancy. Smoking during pregnancy is one of the bad habits that can bring complications to the baby. During the pregnancy there are potential problems associated with smoking such as increased the chances of miscarriage and stillbirth‚ having high risk premature baby and low birth weight infants. According to
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Teenage pregnancy is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that the pregnancy ends. A pregnancy can take place in a pubertal female before menarche (the first menstrual period)‚ which signals the possibility of fertility‚ but usually occurs after menarche. In well-nourished girls‚ menarche usually takes place around the age of 12 or 13. Pregnant teenagers face many of the same obstetrics issues as other women. There are‚ however‚ additional medical concerns for mothers aged
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Studies SBA. ABSTRACT Teenage pregnancy is a social problem that is not fixed by sexual education or abstinence but an overall buildup of a person to lead a healthy life with a healthy self esteem to make good choices in life. Teenage motherhood is a large issue in society. Circumstances contributing to the increase in teenage pregnancy will be examined along with ways that teenage pregnancy can be reduced. Several current programs and methods to reduce teenage
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other gender. As a result‚ teenagers have sex activities for a try. One of the consequences they have to bear is pregnancy due to a lack of birth control methods. Teenage sex has become a serious problem‚ even though sex actually has consequences‚ both emotionally and physically. Unfortunately‚ most teenagers often do not think about sex seriously. As a matter of fact‚ teen pregnancy has recently increased in the United States because of early puberty‚ lack of the parents ’ care‚ and impact of drugs
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termination of a probable human life. The debate over the legal and ethical viability of abortion has been complicated by the lack of consensus in defining whether a developing embryo can be equated with a human life. Methods to abort unwanted or undesired pregnancies have been recorded in the earliest of human civilizations‚ dating back to the ancient Egyptians. Since abortion involves the termination of a probable human life (because the embryo hasn’t yet reached viability)‚ it has generally been
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Smoking during Pregnancy Arsenic‚ rocket fuel‚ toilet cleaner‚ lighter fluid‚ and batteries; what if this were the newest baby food? American’s would be in outcry and rightly so. These ingredients are all poisonous‚ yet they aren’t just found in rat poison and household cleaners‚ they are found in cigarettes. Despite this 10% of women will smoke cigarettes regularly throughout their pregnancies even though they have full knowledge of the consequences (“Program”). The children of these mother’s
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I was shocked by the answers that I received when I asked a couple the pregnancy interview questions. I could not believe that neither one of them cared about their child. Neither one of them seemed concerned about what happened to the child while it was still in the womb. The mother said she had not changed any of her habits and was still smoking and drinking coffee. She even told me that she was still smoking 4 or 5 cigarettes a week‚ and smoking weed at least once a week. The father didn’t seem
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