During the period of my placement, I was assigned Mrs M who was diagnosed with Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD). During my break period, I walked with my colleague through the hallway to the cafeteria and we were engaged in a discussion about my patient’s diagnosis and the prognosis. I told her that according to the discussion the doctor had with the nursing team, she had minimal chances of survival from the disease. Unknown to us, the patient’s son was following us at the back. When my break
to be worried about, and looking at these stats it is well worth getting pregnant younger in order to have a better chance of getting pregnant and also having good quality eggs still. Health risks to the mother Chronic health problems such as gestational diabetes, kidney problems and high blood pressure can be harmful to the mother and her baby are much more common in older mothers around their late 30s or early 40s. In fact, the risk of high blood pressure for women over 35 are double that of younger
physical consequences that mothers could face are per partum cardiomyopathy, cardiopulmonary arrest, magnesium toxicity, severe hypoxemia/acidosis, massive embolism, increased intracranial pressure, brainstem infarction, molar pregnancy, gestational trophoblastic disease (like a pregnancy-induced cancer), malignant arrhythmia, circulatory collapse, placental abruption, obstetric fistula. With the help of prenatal vitamins and the help of a midwife or OB they help to keep the mother and fetus physically
consultations (accounting for about 60%) with a prevalence of about 15% in Nigeria.3 According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (ICMART), infertility is defined clinically as a disease of the reproductive system characterized by a failure to achieve successful pregnancy after twelve months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.4 Reproduction either in vivo or in vitro is dependent on the presence of viable gametes (sperm