...Cassidy Prenatal and Postpartum Scenario MEMO To: 6-Month Pregnant Woman From: Stephanie Thomas, Developmental Psychologist Date: August 11, 2015 Re: Daily Activity List The following memo is a daily activity list for your 6-month pregnancy timeline consisting of three activities that positively affect your infant’s future development. Along with the daily activity list in the following paragraphs you will receive and explanation of the importance of these activities for the baby’s development. These activities will also assist in any future pregnancies you may choose to have. These activities and explanations will be based on developmental theory. The following paragraph will start the discussion with the first and second daily activity along with the explanation of these activities. First daily activity, maintain a healthy, balanced diet. Eating the correct amount of fruits and vegetables, carbohydrates and protein, such as fish, lean meat, eggs and nuts will help with your baby’s development. Try to two portions of fish a week, at least one of which should be oily. Fish is packed with protein, vitamin D, minerals and omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids are important for the development of your baby's nervous system. Second daily activity, take a supplement. Pregnancy vitamin supplements aren't a substitute for a balanced diet. But they can help if you're worried you're not eating well, or you're too sick to eat much. If you don't eat fish...
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...Hip Pain During Pregnancy: Causes & Treatment The joy of pregnancy comes with a list of certain discomforts and bodily changes. Hip pain is one such common discomfort that might haunt you during the course of your pregnancy. However, hip pain might be most felt in the later stages of pregnancy, probably during the third trimester. This pain might range from minor to extreme, causing sleep disturbances. It will generally be more in the side or back of the hip, and might aggravate when you stand. Let’s delve a little deeper and learn the causes and treatment of hip pain during pregnancy. Also read- http://www.babydestination.com/blog/top-10-pregnancy-fun-facts What Are The Causes Of Hip Pain During Pregnancy? There are a numerous causes of...
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... Martin (1997) defines physical analogies as, “…a movement, activity or exercise to which people connect their real life experience” (p. 210). Physical analogies offer a vehicle by which individuals could ascertain clarity about ideas and concepts (Martin, 1997). Analogies in problem-solving take two different scenarios which, at first-hand, seem unrelated, compare them, and provide a solution that can be applied to both problems (Martin, 1997). Employee theft. Employee theft involves the illegal activity of employees taking up company property for their own use (Paulsell, 2007). According to Stettner (2010), economic recessions and employee theft are directly linked. Stettner (2010) asserts, “In recessions, individuals in dire straits tend to commit crimes against their employers that they might never consider in economic booms. Concern over dishonest employees is increasing every year, especially in the retail industry.” Stettner (2010) offers various alternatives to address employee theft: 1. Maintain close accountability of employees who handle cash. 2. Introduce various measures such as: electronic surveillance and regular audits. 3. Educate employees about the importance of these measures. Teenage pregnancy. Teenage pregnancy denotes pregnancies that are conceived and held by young women before the age of twenty ("United States: Growing pains; teenage pregnancies," 2009). The research shows that teenage pregnancy has been growing since...
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...Gestational diabetes happens when your body can’t make enough insulin during pregnancy. According to the website during pregnancy, your body makes more hormones and goes through other changes, such as weight gain. These changes cause your body’ cells to use insulin less effectively. My advice or action that are needed to help a woman with Gestational Diabetes reduce the risk of having these complications in her pregnancy would be, to lose some extra weight and increase physical activity levels before getting pregnant. She would also want to continue with activity during pregnancy. She would also want to eat healthy during pregnancy and not a lot of junk food. If she is unable to maintain the desired blood sugar levels with meal planning and...
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...Diabetes When a woman first receives the news of being pregnant from a home pregnancy test many things run through her mind. One of the most important thoughts should be who the obstetrician will be. Finding one a she likes and trust is also very important. Early and regular prenatal care is crucial to a healthy pregnancy. Between 24 and 28 weeks you will receive a glucose test which will be used to test for gestational diabetes. Women who have had gestational diabetes in previous pregnancies should be tested between 16 and 18 weeks. This test will consist of an initial 1 hour test and depending on the results you may have to do a longer 3 hour test. If the results come out positive, you will be diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes....
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...will be presented to the clinical board for the ASU-NMHC, as well as financial supporters for the unique position they are in to drive this cost effective program to improve the health of future generations. These CHM encounter women of childbearing age during clinical visits and can begin to provide preconception education during clinical visits. They can be proactive in identifying those whom are at high risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Education about the effects of high risk health behaviors early before pregnancy and the effect on future children will reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes. Women who are appropriately informed with evidenced-based education will be empowered to make better choices about their health. They will be more likely to adapt positive health strategies to reduce a BMI greater than 30 with improved nutrition and physical activity, as well as decrease high risk behaviors. CHMs can also be proactive in providing information about appropriate weight gain, physical activity, stress management, and nutritious eating during pregnancy. The CHM can help clients’ structure meal plans, and exercise goals, and follow their progress during each visit. By addressing high risks during preconception care with positive health behavior changes, can set a pattern for a lifestyle by women...
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...1. Teen pregnancy rates have lowered in the United States as more teenagers who are sexually active are using contraceptives and condoms. Certain races continue to have higher rates of teen pregnancies than others. It is imperative to understand what social determinants place certain adolescents most at risk of becoming pregnant. The social ecological model multiple level approach is a great health model used to explain how outside factors, beyond the individual, put adolescents more at risk. At the intrapersonal level, common pregnancy myths such as “you will not get pregnant the first time you have sex” continue to believe by teenagers. Limited knowledge on reproductive health position the individual at higher risk. At the interpersonal level...
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...life for Americans. 2. Cancer- Research and advancements in cancer treatment have seen a decrease in both occurrence and morbidity. Healthy People 2020 advocate the development in cancer research to assess the advances made in decreasing cancer in the United States. 3. Diabetes- One of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the United States. More than 57 million Americans have a high glucose reading or levels that can increase the chances of Diabetes Mellitus (DM). With proper education, and effective therapy prevention; can delay the chance of DM and improve the quality of life for Americans. 4. Family Planning- Education and improvement in pregnancy planning can prevent many unwanted or unplanned pregnancies. For countless women, these clinics are their source and support to health care The estimated costs of these pregnancies were $11 billion in...
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...It's very common at this time, the pregnant women are going to have shortness of breath or to breathe faster, which is very uncomfortable. The blood flow increased and may lead to unpleasant pregnancy signs of sickness, such as bleeding gums, nosebleeds, or nasal stuffiness. Having a baby developing inside the body may also feel like you're spinning around and almost falling because of the changes to their blood and blood tubes in the body. During the fifth month is when women usually feel unborn-baby-related movements for her first time. This feeling I wonderful for them, because they feel more in contact with the baby. It may feel like flaps moves unsteadily or butterflies in the stomach. This is called quickening -- spring to life; become...
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...Opportunity Commission issued an reinforcement guideline on pregnancy discrimination, the new guideline is to enhance all old compliance guidelines for pregnancy discrimination for broader protection. Previously mentioned, the language of the PDA says all pregnant employees are to be treated the same as an employee who are not pregnant and have similarities in their ability or inability to perform their responsibilities, if the employee is not capable; she is obligated to the same benefits as other employees. The new guideline expands upon the definition of pregnancy, medical coverage, and reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Definition- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission now defines pregnancy as the entire reproductive process, this covers the acknowledgement to conceive or use of contraceptives such as birth control, childbirth, decision of pregnancy termination, post labor conditions (ex. breastfeeding) and past pregnancies. (Silverman, 2014) The coverage of past pregnancies creates a safeguard for employees after giving birth, within a time period an employer cannot terminate the employee as for she is no longer considered...
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...Unit 4 development stage-Describe physical, intellectual, emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual [P1,M1,D1 Then 7 different stages are shown below, the life stages: * Conception * Pregnancy * Birth and infancy * Adolescence * Adulthood * Older Adulthood * Final Stages Conception Conception is the action of conceiving a child or of one being conceived, everyone is conceived in the same way, they develop from the moment the sperm penetrates into the egg which is found in the ovary of a women, once this occurs the egg is dropped, and the egg starts to develop. A fertile women usually produces one egg cell each month, roughly two weeks after the last menstrual cycle. The cell travels from the ovary along the fallopian tube towards the uterus. If sexual intercourse has been taken place while the egg is in the fallopian tube there can be a possibility of conception. Just one sperm can fertilise the egg. Many eggs are lost without a women knowing that fertilisation ever happened. Each month inside the ovaries a group of eggs start to grow small fluid-filled sacs called filicides. Eventually one of the eggs erupts from the follicle (ovulation) it usually happens 2 weeks before the period. Pregnancy Pregnancy starts when the sperm infiltrates an egg, balanced and a half days change the single treated egg cell begins to isolate. Following a couple of days there are sufficient new cells to make to make the treated...
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...Health Care: Teen Pregnancy One of the most life altering experiences for teens is Teenage pregnancy which affects teenagers ranging from the ages of 15-19. A life altering experience such as this can cause the following: interruptions in education, family unit may break down, and inability to follow through with plans for the future. "Family First Aid: Help For Troubled Teens" (2002-2004), "Thirty-four percent of young women become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20 -- about 820,000 a year ” (Teen Pregnancy statistics, facts, and prevention). “The NSFG is a nationwide survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Data were collected in collaboration with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research by trained personnel, from January 2002 to March 2003, through an in-home interview process that included Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI). Overall information collected included basic demographics; knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding family planning issues; and self-reported sexual behavior and previous diagnoses of STDs” (Kohler, Manhart, & Lafferty, 2008, para. 7). The problem the study was conducted to resolve was the problem of teenage pregnancy. The reason that the problem of teenage pregnancy is important for health care administrators to study is that the commencement of sexual activity and risk of teen pregnancy and sexually...
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...CARDIAC CONDITIONS INCIDENCE: 1% or 1 in every 100 pregnancies. Over 75% of heart disease in pregnancy is valvular, often Rheumatic Fever or RHD. Effects of pregnancy on heart disease: Increased blood volume and cardiac output Cardiac output and blood volume increase about 50% more during pregnancy (increase workload to the heart) During labor and delivery, cardiac workload increases even more (every time the uterus contracts about 1 or 2 units of blood are autotransfused from utero-placental to maternal circulation. When contraction stops, this volume returns to uteroplacental and the heart may not be able to compensate with such rapid shifting. After delivery, the uteroplacental blood returns to maternal circulation increasing once again blood volume. A woman who receives epidural or spinal anesthesia, her blood vessels dilate and blood pressure decreases that results to decreased venous return which prompts the heart to compensate to meet body’s needs by pumping harder Excessive blood loss during second stage of labor. Systemic vascular resistance drops by 25% during pregnancy lowering blood pressure. Gravid uterus can dramatically affect venous return in some positions compressing IVC and can lead to hypotension. FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF HEART DISEASE: CLASS I/ uncompromised– Patient is asymptomatic with no limitation of physical activity, no angina pain or discomfort with ordinary activity. Perinatal mortality is 5% CLASS II/ slightly...
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...Pregnant Women” Introduction This paper is to critique a study of adherence to walking or stretching during pregnancy in high-risk women who were sedentary and had previously experienced preeclampsia. The purpose of the study was to compare a walking exercise to a stretching exercise program during pregnancy in high-risk women who were sedentary and had previous history of preeclampsia. This five-year study investigated the effects of walking or stretching on the incidence of preeclampsia and reports on adherence to the intervention and on the secondary outcomes of changes in resting heart rate (HR), resting blood pressure and weight gain (Yeo, 2009). Statement of the Problem The problem was clearly stated and was a sufficient researchable problem. The researcher does a good job of stating why the problem is important, but there was no mention of the number of people who are affected by preeclampsia and complications of the disease itself. Yeo (2009) identifies the following research question for this study as: 1. Will previously sedentary pregnant women adhere to an exercise program for 40 minutes a day 5 times a week in the latter half of pregnancy (Yeo, 2009)? 2. Is there a difference in adherence to a walking program or a stretching exercise program (Yeo, 2009)? 3. How does adherence to walking or stretching change with the advance of pregnancy (Yeo, 2009)? 4. Which exercise is more effective in reducing the risk of preeclampsia? (Yeo, 2009). The title...
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...Kaisha Killion Professor Salmond Developmental Psychology 27 Sept. 2013 Substance Abuse and Pregnancy Women are incredible creatures. Women have the incredible ability to aid in the development of a new life within a matter of months. Whether a pregnancy is wanted or unplanned the process of development for the young zygote nestled within the mother’s womb is still phenomenal. The developing bundles of cells are very vulnerable from the very start to the end of a pregnancy. The progress of development for the zygote is a delicate one than can be interrupted or slowed down by many internal and external forces. The forces that can interrupt development can range from biological to environmental. The woman carrying the child is responsible for not only her life but the life of her unborn child. Many activities a mother engages in, the unborn child engages in as well. Activities that the mother participates in can be harmless such as listening to music or enjoying a healthy snack. Unfortunately, some activities are not beneficial for the new life. A mother who participates in substance abuse is putting herself and her child at risk. Substance abuse during pregnancy can have adverse effects on the mother, the unborn child, and raises an ethical dilemma. The online Merriam Webster dictionary states that “Autonomy is self-directing freedom and especially moral independence” (Merriam-Webster). Autonomy is a freedom that many individuals can exercise but it takes...
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