During pregnancy, physiologic and physiological changes occurs: State the importance of providing pregnant women information about these normal changes?

Explain why the adolescent gravida is at greaterrisk of complications of pregnancy.

How can the decisions women make during pregnancy impact the health of their developing offspring? Identify the structure responsible for the passage of materials between mother and child during pregnancy and the process for how this exchange takes place.

List two different classifications of drugs used for pain relief during labor and birth, and include potential side effects of the drugs on the fetus

Diagram the key anatomic and physiological changes that occur with each body system during pregnancy.

Discuss the signs and management of postpartum depression in new mothers.

Describe the changes that happen in the human uterus during the uterine cycle (if no embryo implants), including the specific cells, structures and hormones involved.