Depression and Pregnancy Audrey Luck Psychology for Midwives 11/16/10 Depression and Pregnancy 2 For most women the period of growing bellies and growing anticipations is a joyful and exciting time and for others this time may harbor doubt‚ fear‚ and depression. “As many as 1 out of 5 women have symptoms of depression during pregnancy. For some women‚ those symptoms are severe. In pregnancy‚ women who have been depressed before are at higher risk of depression than other
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Teenage Pregnancy: A Socially Inflicted Health Hazard Bratati Banerjee‚ GK Pandey‚1 Debashis Dutt‚2 Bhaswati Sengupta‚2 Maitrayei Mondal‚2 and Sila Deb Department of Community Medicine‚ Maulana Azad Medical College‚ New Delhi‚ India 1Department of Epidemiology‚ All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health‚ Kolkata‚ India 2Department of Public Health Administration‚ All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health‚ Kolkata‚ India Address for correspondence: Dr. Bratati Banerjee‚ Department
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admitted to the hospital. The second part consists of personal comments about various articles that I looked up regarding pregnancy‚ birth‚ and postpartum. This assignment also touches a little bit on the purpose of the Association of Women’s Health‚ Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and consists of a short section about important points made in a clinical update about single-embryo transfers in IVF treatment. My Birth Plan and Pregnancy-Related Articles A birth plan is
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The government initiatives to reduce junior doctors’ hours within the NHS Plan (DH 2000) have increased the call for midwives to expand their traditional role and take on some of the tasks that in the past have mainly been carried out by junior doctors (Kings Fund 2011). Having been working within the community setting as a midwife for the past three years I was interested in extending my role in order to provide more holistic care for my caseload of clients and their babies. Holistic care for mothers
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I. INTRODUCTION PLACENTA ACCRETA The abnormal adherence of the chorionic villi (vascular fingers of the chorion‚ a part of the placenta) to the myometrium (the muscle of the uterus). Normally‚ there is tissue intervening between the chorionic villi and the myometrium but in placenta accreta‚ these vascular processes of the chorion grow directly in the myometrium. Placenta accreta occurs when your placenta attaches too firmly to the inside wall of your uterus. This is a rare disorder‚ occurring
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Chorangiopagus Parasiticus: Monsters in Utero An interesting case presentation Kristine G. Inocencio‚ MD‚ Medical Officer III Department Of Obstetrics and Gynecology Quirino Memorial Medical Center‚ Quezon City‚ Philippines Submitted for review May 2007 ABSTRACT We report a case of twin gestation (diaamnionic-monochorionic) in which one of the twins had no head and poorly developed upper trunk. The co-twin appears grossly normal and both twins were stillborn. This condition
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or Stein-Leventhal syndrome‚ is an endocrine disorder in women that has varying degrees of early and long-term reproductive and metabolic risk. PCOS is the most common female endocrinopathy during childbearing age with around 6%-10% of the population afflicted. (Palomba et al.‚ 2015). While many that have been diagnosed with PCOS have ovarian cyst‚ it is not the symptom required for diagnoses. To be diagnosed with PCOS one must be afflicted with at least two of three
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Exemplar Face Sheet Exemplar Name ! Intrapartum Care (Vol. II pg. 1255-1325) Key Concept Link ! Reproduction Pathophysiology‚ etiology and direct and indirect causes in your own words Pathophysiology: Both mother and baby begin to prepare for birth in the final weeks of pregnancy. The mother is instructed to call the health care provider and come into the birthing unit if any of the following occur. Rupture of membranes‚ regular‚ frequent uterine contractions (nulliparas‚ 5 minutes
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------------------------------------------------- Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes (or gestational diabetes mellitus‚ GDM) is a condition in which women without previously diagnosed diabetes exhibit high blood glucose levels during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes generally has few symptoms and it is most commonly diagnosed byscreening during pregnancy. Diagnostic tests detect inappropriately high levels of glucose in blood samples. Gestational diabetes affects 3-10% of pregnancies‚ depending
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For the purpose of this essay I will explore the aspects of Type I diabetes mellitus and the effect it has upon a woman and her midwife during the antenatal period. The question I intend to explore and answer is: “What is the role of the midwife in the management of the woman whose pregnancy is complicated by Type I diabetes?” The rationale for concentrating on this question is to address issues and concerns raised during a recent placement in an antenatal clinical setting. I intend to explore
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