How to Have a Healthy Pregnancy The best thing you can do is to begin taking care of your baby before it is born. * Make an appointment with your healthcare provider and begin prenatal care early. * Make sure you don’t drink alcohol or take drugs. If you smoke‚ quit right away. * Talk with your healthcare provider (HCP) about what medications are safe to take during your pregnancy. Be honest and tell your HCP if you have used or abused drugs in the past or present. Be sure to tell
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PREGNANCY OUTSIDE THE WOMB An auction for Marilyn Monroe’s plastic surgery notes‚ x-rays and other medical records was announced last October 7‚ 2013 in Los Angeles‚ USA. In one of her medical record‚ it is stated that the famous actress had ectopic pregnancy in the year 1957 (Reuter‚ 2013). Here in the Philippines‚ same pregnancy case was reported last December 2013 (Sun-Cua‚ 2013). Pregnancy starts in fertilization. In normal pregnancy‚ fertilization occurs when a woman’s ovary releases
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Integrated yoga practice‚ message therapy‚ and relaxation techniques during pregnancy: Effects on birth outcomes‚ maternal depression‚ anxiety‚ and physical distress. Over the course of evolution‚ species have developed methods and procedures to increase the survival rate of their offspring. For millennia‚ humans have been refining childbearing techniques to reduce cases of infant mortality‚ deformity‚ and other health related issues. Twentieth century advancements in medicine and technology
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)‚ a 1978 amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. The impetus for the act was a 1976 Supreme Court decision‚ General Electric v. Gilbert‚ in which the Court held that denial of benefits for pregnancy-related disability was not discrimination based on sex (Gelb‚1996). This holding echoed past management decisions by which married women faced job discrimination and pregnant women were routinely
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and Lifestyle in Pregnancy Pre-conception A women’s health and nutritional status before she becomes pregnant are known to affect her health and the health of the foetus during pregnancy. Women who are planning to get pregnant are advised to eat a balanced diet before they conceive. A diet which is lacking in any nutrient may worsen when a women becomes pregnant e.g. a diet which is low in iron before pregnancy may lead to iron deficiency anaemia during pregnancy Pregnancy Why is diet so important
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mother’s life is threatened within the term of her pregnancy and I believe that’s the way the church would see it also. Within the same article that was mentioned in the first paragraph. (Abortion in America’s not rare‚ 2013) “It has been estimated that there has been 55 million safe‚ legal and rare abortions performed in the United States since the 1973 Supreme Court decision.” For many years abortion has been only for saving a woman’s life if a pregnancy was to threaten her survival and in the article
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their health to be concerned about. There were no laws in place to help protect them from discrimination. In those days‚ pregnancy was considered a disability. Many women were simply fired the moment their employer found out about their condition. In some cases‚ women were forced to resign as soon as their baby belly began to show‚ or at the end of the first trimester of pregnancy. These occurrences were especially common in physically demanding positions. Employers were not required to provide special
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 is an amendment to the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It prohibits employers from discriminating against workers based on pregnancy‚ childbirth or related medical conditions. It affects only companies that employ 15 or more people. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Under the act‚ an employer cannot lawfully refuse to hire a woman if she is pregnant
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English Keanu Johnson Period 8 September 18‚ 2012 Teenage Birth Rate Rises Do you know where your tax dollars are being spent? Every year the government is spending tens of millions tax dollars on programs that hurt our children‚ mainly abortions. Abortions rates have risen over the years because teen sex rates have also climbed and the condom use rates has plummeted. Therefore‚ the most important issue facing our nation’s young people today is the use of abortion as a means of contraception
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Dangers of Drug Use i Pregnancy and the Dangers of Drug Use Sarah McVicker Psychology 201 Lifespan Development Professor Sally Vyain October 7‚ 2007 Pregnancy and the Dangers of Drug Use It is very important for a mother to lead a healthy lifestyle when she becomes pregnant. She must eat healthy‚ get lots of rest‚ and exercise regularly. It is even more imperative that she avoids things that may harm her or potentially her baby. Amongst things she must avoid‚ alcohol‚ cigarettes
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