Directions: Visit the main internet link http://www.babycenter.com/fetal-development-week-by-week to view the pregnancy video clips (or their individual links) to answer the related questions. Each video is approximately two minutes long.…
Nearly 750,000 teenagers get pregnant in a year. In The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez, is a 17 year old girl who decides for her senior project she is going to fake a pregnancy. While only telling a total of 5 people from her school and family. “I’m not surprised. Does she know that she just ruined her life?” (Rodriguez 141); Gaby wanted to hear all of the gossip that would be said about her. I believe this book was written for a good reason, to fight stereotypes and gossip gets around. While reading this small portion of Gaby’s life, I can see that it had made a big impact on her and many other lives. After reading how this book touched the lives of so many; I can say I truly enjoyed reading this book.…
Gaby Rodriguez’s The Pregnancy Project is a memoir that focuses on the high rate of unexpected teen pregnancies in low income, poverty-ridden areas. Rodriguez’s personal experiences with teen pregnancies through her family inspired her to encourage a change. Her mother and her siblings each became a teen parent, and Rodriguez became a witness to the hardships and struggles faced when teens experience an unintended pregnancy, and struggle to financially support their child(ren), often due to being unable to continue their education. Rodriguez, although many - including her siblings - believe she will make the same mistakes as her family, does not want to be seen as “... just another pregnant teen statistic with no future”…
You may begin by asking “what is Premarin?” This is a female hormone replacement drug taken by menopausal women (women that have reached the age where their menstrual period ends) to help alleviate symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness (Pfizer). It is a vaginal estrogen medication that can be substituted by a plant-based drug rather than this horrific drug. Now you may be thinking that this may actually be a good drug. Well, there is a dark side to this drug that the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and popular drug company Pfizer, doesn’t want women to know about. One of those things is the fact that the name Premarin, actually stands for Pregnant Mares Urine. Women are really ingesting horse’s urine. The goal of…
“Why do people give into stereotypes other people give them? Why would you ever let someone else's negative thoughts dictate how you’re going to live your life?”(Rodriguez 143) A memoir called The Pregnancy Project is an inside look in daily life of Gaby Rodriguez faking her pregnancy for a school project. The novel is full of heartbreak, some humor, break-downs, and especially drama. The memoir has a good insight and it contains many details in the beginning but it seems like she just gave up with details near the end. Even though the book lacks detail, I recommend this book to teen girls that are in high school or even college because it is very inspiring.…
If you think the first trimester is the hardest part of pregnancy due to the morning sickness you experienced, think again. You were just getting started.…
Traditionally, childbirth has emphasized the joy of bringing a new life into the world. However, with the McDonaldization of healthcare, childbirth seems to be more about standardization over nature. Hospitals have begun to copy procedural ideas of major corporations and childbirth has begun to be centred on efficiency, predictability and control.…
The planned parenthood action fund is a non-profit organization that provide both men and women with sexual health care, education and information. Margaret Sanger opened the first birth-control clinic in the U.S. She founded the American Birth Control League in 1921, which changed its name to "Planned Parenthood" in 1942. Planned Parenthood reports that it consists of approximately 174 affiliates and 700 health clinics in the United States and aboard.…
or them felt they were ending a life. They are wise enough to know how they…
Planned Parenthood, as an organization, has to be seen in everyone’s eyes that it performs wicked and dishonorable murders because their acts are truly unjust and immoral no matter what aspect is deciphered. Planned Parenthood’s goal, in their point of view, is to preserve women’s rights including the power of their bodies. Since the establishment of the organization, Margaret Sanger wanted the extermination of infants because of her own personal experiences. The leaders of Planned Parenthood are very strong and powerful people who cannot be persuaded to change their way of thinking easily which also makes Planned Parenthood seem indestructible. The enemy of Planned Parenthood would…
The most eye-opening statistic to me is that our country spends three times as much money on births, yet we aren’t receiving better outcomes than other countries that perform births much differently. (“Business of Being Born, 2008”) In this industry a lot of mothers don’t know enough about the different types of births. I think the best options for individuals are whatever that family decides that it is. I don’t think Dr.’s or midwifes should persuade either way. The lack of knowledge is what needs to be addressed in the nation, I think more information needs to be explained to mothers that are just finding out about being pregnant, and so they can make their own decisions early…
Abortion should be allowed in the United States because a fetus could have a life threatening or life debilitating birth defect, it could be an unplanned pregnancy, and lastly, women who receive abortions are less likely to suffer mental health problems than women denied abortions.…
The agency previously placed all children born to the birth mother in the custody of the agency. Birth mother was offered visitation, parenting classes, housing assistance, and drug screenings. Birth mother failed to complete any court ordered services and has not complied with the court order to submit drug screens on the color peach. Birth mother did not test consistently; she reported participating in parenting classes but has not provided a certificate.…
Do you know what a PMU farm is? PMU stands for pregnant mare urine. Urine from a pregnant mare is used in the drug called premarin. Premarin is used to replace hormones in women. PMU farms are small, cruel, and harsh.…
Abortion has long been a controversial issue over the past decadeds in the United States. In 1973, the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade had lead to regulation and reduction of abortion level in screening under what circumstances abortion is allowed in the US. However, in 2007, the Supreme Court has banned abortion by criminalizing abortion in the second trimester of pregnancy.…