The reality of childbirth is not always as happy or miraculous as it may seem to the outside world. There are several complications that can come into play during labor and delivery. Maternal age plays a large role in the complications that occur during childbirth that could not only affect the mother‚ but can also affect the fetus. From the moment women become fertile after beginning menstruation to the time they reach menopause‚ they have the ability to become pregnant. This is a huge risk that
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Childbirth encompasses one of the most important essences of being a female. After reading The Score‚ how childbirth went industrial‚ really made me think about how lucky I have been to have given birth to two children vaginally with no complications. I had to be induced with medication with my second child‚ but everything else went smoothly and I had them both natural. I never realized‚ I was young when I had them‚ how many things could have gone wrong. Most people might not even think about all
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reducing teen pregnancy rates‚ and one reason for this is that teenage pregnancy rates in the US have generally declined since the 1950’s. But that isn’t good enough‚ because despite the decline‚ the US still has one of the highest teen birth rates in the industrialized world. Teen pregnancy should be highly discouraged as it has an effect on the teenage mother and the baby that is born. The teen mother may face complications such as premature labor‚ medical complication during the pregnancy period‚ at
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necessary support‚ care and guidance (ICM‚ 2011). The midwife also has the important task of providing woman -centred care whilst always striving to promote normal birth (midwifery 20 20). The royal college of midwives (RCM‚ 2010a) describes normal childbirth as one where a woman begins‚ continues and completes labour physiologically at term without intervention. However it must be recognised that normality is a hazy subject in health care and there are many different theories making it difficult to
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The Effects of Early Pregnancy towards the Living and the Health of the Mother and Her Child. Purpose and Reason of the study: It is important to study Early Pregnancy because the rate of teenage pregnancy in our country is increasing; mothers are becoming even younger and younger these days. According to the studies conducted by the World Bank‚ the Philippines are among the top 10 countries where there are an increasing number of teenage mothers. Seven out of 10 Filipina mothers are adolescents;
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Natural childbirth is where the mother does not receive any drugs to relieve pain or to aid the birthing process. Natural childbirth is considered to be the safest way for the baby to be born. It is healthier for the mom and baby. There is less chance of serious injury from iatrogenic trauma. You will have less chance of having a C-section. The mother has a much quicker healing time. If the mother plans on breastfeeding‚ she will have a much higher chance of a breastfeeding success and there is lower
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CHAPTER 17 PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING – CASE STUDY Lisa and her husband have decided that they are ready to prepare for their first child. Lisa is 26 years old‚ weighs 125 pounds and is 5’6”. Lisa has been reading everything she can find on pregnancy because she knows that her prepregnancy health is important to the success of her pregnancy. She knows she should avoid alcohol‚ especially because alcohol is potentially toxic to the growing fetus in the first weeks of pregnancy‚ and she could
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& A. M. Thompson‚ Midwives Research and Childbirth. London: Chapman & Hall. Health and Disability Commissioner. (1994). The Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994. Retrieved September‚ 10‚ 2008‚ from http://www.hdc.org.nz/theact Health and Disability Commissioner. (1996). The Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights. Retrieved September‚ 10‚ 2008‚ from http://www.hdc.org.nz/theact/theact-thecode Jomeen‚ J. (2007). Choice in childbirth: a realistic expectation? British Journal
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The problem of teenage pregnancy is usually seen as a controversial issue‚ which affects not just the mother and her child but society as a whole. Teenage pregnancy happens among women under age 20. This problem is not limited to culture‚ religion‚ education or moral values and beliefs. Here are some facts: Every year almost a million teenage girls become pregnant. The U.S.A has double the adolescent pregnancy and birth rates than any industrialized country. One- third of the girls who became pregnant
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FACT SHEET WORLD POPULATION DAY 11 JULY 2008 Young People and Family Planning: Teenage Pregnancy DEFINITION Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage girl‚ usually within the ages of 13-19‚ becoming pregnant. The term in everyday speech usually refers to girls who have not reached legal adulthood‚ which varies across the world‚ who become pregnant. THE CURRENT SITUATION • • • • • Half of the world’s population are under 25. Some 1.8 billion are aged 10-25‚ history’s largest generation
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