affected by birth defects, at least 25 percent of those birth defects are environmentally caused (Birth Defects Statistics). Not only do birth defects affect thousands of babies, other developmental problems such as low birth weight and preterm labor also have an effect on a staggering number of children. Some developmental problems and birth defects are unavoidable, but environmentally caused issues can and should be prevented. Factors that are considered to be environmental include smoking tobacco,
each unit of life contains molecules that are full of information and instructions called DNA. Human development begins from zygote to newborn in which “prenatal development is divided into three categories: Germinal period, Embryonic period, and fetal period.” (Berger, 58) The Germinal Period appears begins during the first 2 weeks after conception. “The zygote begins duplication and division,” in which the 23 pairs of chromosomes duplicate and divide to for new cells that also go through the same
Population At Risk: Pregnant Women, Depression and High Stress So you’ve just found out you 're pregnant and are feeling ecstatic about the bundle of joy that will soon be present in your life. The first few weeks fly by as you’re making plans for your baby room decorations and all the cute toys, clothes, and accessories you plan to buy for your child. But shortly after, it’s like a dark cloud sets in. You’re feeling blue and aren’t sure why. Unfortunately, this is all too familiar with many
of Life Have you ever thought about what an absolute miracle your life is? Imagine how you came to be. Out of thousands of eggs and millions of sperm, one egg and one sperm united to produce you. Had the union of sperm and egg come a day or even a month earlier or later, you might have been every different, maybe the opposite sex or with blonde hair of longer legs. Conception occurs when a single sperm cell from the male unites with an ovum (egg) in the females’ fallopian tube in process call fertilization
Pregnancy is a naturally occurring event, and parents are responsible for providing a healthy and safe environment for the unborn child while maintaining an optimal emotional and physical health. The pregnant woman should not just ensure that the pregnancy affect her adversely, but also that she does not affect her baby’s prenatal adversely. The parent is the only route which different environmental factors can enter the fetus. Additionally, she is also the most critical environment that can severely
cook and her parents loving and caring nature, Heidi will most likely learn to love cooking and become very good at it. 2b. In Rontre’s life, an active hereditary correlation, from a genetic base, means that Rontre will seek out environments or activities that he finds compatible to his
that is primarily associated with memory and spatial navigation” (Robertson, 2014). Spatial memory is defined as the type of memory that helps one navigate or remembering the position of items (Shrager, 2007). Since more neurons are created in the fetal hippocampus during prenatal music exposure, after birth the babies exposed to music are found to have a greater spatial memory than babies who were not exposed to music before birth. (Lai,
dependent mothers. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 60 percent of women of childbearing age consume alcoholic beverages despite the fact that alcohol consumption during pregnancy is implicated in a wide range of birth defects and developmental disabilities, including mental retardation, physical abnormalities, and visual and auditory impairments. (Nevitt, 1996) Since most drug users are in the child bearing
studies asking women why they chose abortion. Only seven percent reported that their abortion was because of a health reason or a possible health problem with the baby, and less than half a percent report that their abortion was because they became pregnant as a result of rape. According to this study ninety two percent of healthy American women, with
Pregnancy and Eating Disorders Concerns about gaining weight and retaining a youthful figure are expressed by many pregnant women. When there has been a history of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, weight gain and body shape changes accompanying pregnancy can provoke extreme distress (Rand et al., 1987). Very little is known about the impact of pregnancy on women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Despite the fact that amenorrhea, the lack of menstruation, and infertility are common