Prenatal care

Mary Breckinridge: Pioneering Rural Prenatal and Birthing Care Kescia L. Belbin MCPHS University Mary Breckinridge: Pioneering Rural Prenatal and Birthing Care During the early 1900’s, the healthcare system for families in rural areas was virtually nonexistent. Mary Breckinridge noticed a need for more healthcare access in these areas, which led her to create the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS). Through her work, Breckinridge was able to provide thousands of families with the healthcare that they

The Effect of Prenatal Care on Preterm Labor Background Prenatal care is widely accepted as a beneficial way to identify and monitor maternal and fetal health during the course of pregnancy in most societies. By initiating prenatal care before the second trimester and continuing care until delivery, the early detection and management of abnormalities as well as nutritional and educational interventions is permitted to occur (Cox, Zhang, & Zotti, 2011). Studies have shown that women who have very

drugs and prosecute from there. (NAPW, par 33-35) “Screening for alcohol and drug use in prenatal care is widely promoted in the United States as a public health strategy for reducing alcohol and drug use during pregnancy.” (Roberts, par 1) I think that they’re promoting drug and alcohol testing in prenatal care to help the mother get help, not punish her for doing them. Reading through a few articles on prenatal testing, I realized that most women see it as the doctor is going to turn over her information

Prenatal care is an important part of insuring the wellness of a baby. In the early 20th century, prenatal care was just starting to become an emphasized area of health for women. High infant mortality rates were starting to raise questions as to what could be done to help protect the fetus and insure a healthy childbirth and baby. Kansas attempted to raise awareness of the importance of prenatal care to the general public starting in the early 1900s with “The Kansas Mother’s Manual.” Many women

Organization reports that “81 percent of women in developing countries have one prenatal visit, but only 36 percent have the recommended four visits”. Prenatal care is important for both mother and fetus. In most countries midwifes are the ones that take care of the expecting mothers and deliver their babies. In the United States however midwifes have become less and less used, due to the rise of OB-GYN’s. Deciding which care provider would be the best for each pregnancy is hard question to answer. Although

As I attempted to search for an article on how prenatal care is associated with child’s health I initially did a google search and typed “prenatal care”. I was overwhelmed with the number of articles and websites available to choose from. I thought it was necessary to be specific in what exactly I wanted to research and that’s when I typed in “prenatal care” and “health” into the search bar. Once I found a website that looked resourceful and appealing I made sure that it was published by an educational

Title: Everyone Planning to Start a Family Should Do Prenatal Testing Pregnancy is a time, filled with both wonderful and exciting moments of anticipation. Most pregnancies result in healthy babies while a small percent of all babies are born with birth defects regardless of mother’s history, exposure to toxic carcinogenic substances, and mother’s age. The decision to have any prenatal testing is usually up to the parents. Prenatal testing is done for many reasons. In this paper, I endeavor to

In Improvements in Prenatal Genetic Testing Raise Ethnic Issues, R. J. Crayton produced an article about prenatal testing and whether or not parents should be allowed to have these tests done. First the situation of a high risk baby who will have a disability or defect after birth, so the parents decide to abort the child is being viewed as an inequality to the disabled community. Secondly, certain adoptions are put on hold since the biological parents chose to not carry the unborn child through

draw some understanding on this hot topic. Golden commences his article with a brief story of a mother and father who have been through prenatal testing. They tested for Down syndrome and an inheritable neuromuscular disease. While it was a straightforward procedure that was deemed valid by their doctor, Blue Cross (their insurance

Prenatal Testing and the Disability Community The dream of every expectant mother is to give birth to a healthy baby when the nine months elapse. However, the culture of uncertainty among eager mothers has engulfed their thoughts of the possibility of giving birth to children with disabilities. As a result, they have turned to clinics for prenatal screening with a hope of getting a clean bill of health from medical practitioners about their current situation. All these efforts are not in vain in