eager to learn more about miscarriages and still born. With the large number of stillbirth and miscarriages that women experience each year, medical experts have identified ways to prevent the frequency in which they occur, help deal with depression, and ways to keep the mother healthy for a possible pregnancy in the near future. Medical experts are trying to find out possible reasons behind miscarriages and stillbirth and why they are so frequently. The causes of still born and miscarriages are somewhat
Stillbirth Stillbirth, also called intrauterine fetal demise, is the loss of a baby after 20 weeks of pregnancy and before or during delivery. A stillborn baby does not show any signs of life, such as a heartbeat or breathing. Usually, there is nothing that can be done to prevent stillbirth. WHAT CAUSES STILLBIRTH? Often the cause is unknown. Sometimes stillbirth is caused by: • An abnormality in the umbilical cord. • An abnormality in the placenta. • A birth defect, genetic disorder, or
Perinatal mortality refers to the no of deaths in the first week of life and no of fetal deaths (stillbirths). Causes and determinants of neonatal deaths and stillbirths differ from those causing and contributing to post neonatal and child deaths. Neonatal deaths and stillbirths stem from poor maternal health, inadequate care during pregnancy, inappropriate management of complications during pregnancy and delivery, poor hygiene during delivery and the first critical hours after birth, and lack of
are born with effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol. Alcohol is very dangerous to the child in the womb. In the U.S, prenatal exposure is the most common reason for birth defects. Alcohol during pregnancy may increase the risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, fetal alcohol syndrome, birth weight, preterm labor, and brain damage. There are two theories as to why consuming alcohol can cause miscarriage. First, drinking alcohol very early in the pregnancy may cause chromosomal abnormalities in a fetus
certain governments view a miscarriage or stillbirth to be an aggravated homicide, this can be very detrimental to women's freedom. In the short story, “Theatre 6”, author Sarah Hall exposes how the workers in the hospital go against the government laws to avoid being incarcerated for an act of nature that can't be avoided. In the Los Angeles Times, Tracy Wilkinson explains how women in El Salvador are being imprisoned for having miscarriages or stillbirths. Wilkinson interviews Guadalupe Vasquez,
Pregnancy and childbirth represent life-changing times in most women’s lives. Pregnancy can be a time for happiness and positive expectations for the future, but for some it is a time of great anxiety. An estimated one million women loose an unborn child in the United States each year (Wong, Crawford, Gask & Grinyer, 2003). Approximately 10-15% of all clinically recognized pregnancies will end in miscarriage (Wilcox, et al. 1988). In addition, Gold et al. (2007) estimates that up to fifty percent
In this paper I will explain fetal demise and causes, the effects it has on the mother and family, and nursing care related to dealing with the mother and family. Fetal death is called a stillbirth or intrauterine fetal demise when the death occurs after 20 weeks of gestation. “About 70% to 90% of all stillbirths occur before the onset of labor, with more that half occurring between 20 and 28 weeks of gestation” (London,Ladewig, Ball, Bindler, & Cowen, 2011).The most common form of fetal death is
middle of paper ... ...d physical defects such as Intellectual disability, heart defects, and cleft palate, defects of the face, fingers, arms, and legs. Illegal drugs tend to have behavioral problems on the baby such as hyperactivity, miscarriage, stillbirth, feeding problems, withdrawal and poor growth on the baby. Teenage pregnancy rates in Georgia between 15 to 17-years-old were decline for 42 percent over an eleven-year period according to ongoing monitoring of Georgia’s teen pregnancy rates by
Thalassemia is a blood disorder transferred through families. It occurs when the body makes less hemoglobin than needed or an unusual form of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carry oxygen. The disorder makes an excessive amount of destruction of red blood cells. This eventually leads to anemia. There are two main types of thalassemia. The first one is Alpha thalassemia. This occurs when a gene or genes related to the alpha globin protein are missing or mutated. It happens
Self-discovery in Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Dreams Although, on the surface, Animal Dreams is a book about family conflict, the central theme is about self-discovery. Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver is a story about a family who lived in the town of Grace. The history behind Grace is very vivid and descriptive. The family that becomes the reader's concern, is the Noline family. The family members are Homero Noline and his daughters Cosima and Halimeda. Cosima or Codi, as she is known in
A premature baby is known as preemies, come into the world earlier than full-term babies. It’s one who is born too early, before 37 weeks. Preterm deliveries are more common in women younger than 19 or older than 40, and those with a previous preterm delivery. A Baby is a very young child ,one newly or recently born , Usually the youngest member of a family. A Pregnancy is the condition of a woman or female animal that is going to have a baby or babies. A Pregnancy usually last 280 days from the
Have you ever heard of the capability to genetically engineer a child? Neither have many of the others around you. There are babies that are born through in-vitro fertilization, a process by which a baby is conceived outside the body and then genetically altered (or personalized) to meet the requirements of this babies’ parents. They could possibly alter a gene that codes for cancer, or simply change their child’s hair to curly, because that is what they prefer. It seems simple, doesn’t it? Well
gram-positive rod, is an opportunistic food-borne pathogen capable of causing listeriosis in humans. Listeriosis includes manifestations of septicemia, meningitis, pneumonia, and encephalitis. L. monocytogenes is also implicated in miscarriages, stillbirth, and premature birth for pregnant women. L. monocytogenes is a tough bacterium resistant to freezing, drying, and heat; most strains have been shown to be pathogenic. It is hypothesized that 1-10% of humans are intestinal carriers of L. monocytogenes
This review focuses on minimizing losses associated with bovine dystocia. Annual financial losses sustained by the United States’ beef and dairy industries are substantial. Studies have shown that thirty-three percent of all of calf death losses in the United States are due to dystocia. Many producers have responded by implementing management practices which have led to a decline in overall occurrences. Current information suggests that additional dystocial births could be circumvented by identifying
Smoking has become a big epidemic in the United States. As a tobacco free person, I want to be able to breathe clean air anywhere I go. As we know, smoking can harm every organ in the body (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). I believe that smoking should be banned in public places such as drinking establishments, hospitals, buses, train stations, and restaurants. Not only does smoking affect the individual smoker, it also causes a number of health problems, increases death rate, and it affects
Ever since the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973, Abortion has changed its course in society. With the new decision made by the United States, abortion was now legal. Many abortions were performed before the Supreme Court decision, but the settlement made it less risky for the doctors involved. Abortion has caused society to be divided by a pro-choice group and pro-life group. Two groups with struggles that will never end. There are many different types of abortions that can be preformed
This essay will look at and discuss the basic concept of ethics and the current issue surrounding embryology. The technique of Embryology raises many controversial ethical questions such as is it morally acceptable to destroy a potential life to sustain a new life? Is it morally right to alter natural conception laws if the benefit is producing a child without a debilitating condition? Or is this technique crossing ethical boundaries and leaving the door open to genetically engineered babies often
problem where they would be tiny unlike other children. Having a trouble time feeding your child when they are newborn and they would have hard time learning and their behavior also. But what can also happen is that the baby can be born too early, a stillbirth, or a miscarriage, but just remember all of this is from drinking alcohol while being
Twenty-three orcas kept in captivity, 163 have died, and 30 had miscarried or had a stillbirth while in captivity (WDC). Orcas can also be called killer whales. Would you like to be kept in a tank all day long for someone’s entertainment? Imagine how the whales feel being kept in captivity for someone’s entertainment, they have to do certain tricks to get fish after that trick and if they don’t do the trick right they do not get their fish that they have worked for and become upset about it. Yes
In the Time of the Butterflies, The Year my Parents Went on Vacation, and Cautiva are three powerful stories that take place during the twentieth century in the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Argentina. The stories all revolve around the political turmoil that was brought on by evil dictatorships, and raises a number of questions as to the moral dilemmas people were faced with. For example, In the Time of the Butterflies three sisters chose to go up against the dictatorship when knowing full well