Study Five Fenech and Thomson studied how women utilize defense mechanisms after a traumatic birth. Analysis of 13 studies involving 388 women who either self-reported a traumatic birth experience or were diagnosed with PTSD following childbirth. Several defence mechanisms were identified; repression‚ suppression‚ avoidance‚ undoing‚ sublimation‚ reaction formation‚ displacement‚ turning against the self‚ regression and somatisation. The way women use the defense mechanisms varies and can be difficult
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One reason of the depression during pregnancy is mood disorders. According to a study by British Medical Journal‚ almost 25% of postpartum depression cases are start during pregnancy (Harvard Mental Health Letter‚ 2002). Pregnant women are easy to be lost in various fancies and disorderly conjectures because they always stay alone and nothing to do at home. This situation may result them focusing on numerous negative factors and worrying obsessively about the baby. They often anxious and afraid the
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CC Taylor is an 18-year-old female here today to discuss her menstrual cycles. HPI The patient tells me her menstrual cycles are "not great". She says that she is noticing that they are very heavy. They are lasting about a week to a week and a half and she is having a lot of dysmenorrhea as well. In addition‚ they are not regular. She said this is they way they have been since she was 13. We have talked about this in the past and it one point‚ she was placed on birth control using Tri Sprintec
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Introduction Shoulder dystocia is when a baby’s shoulders get stuck at the opening of the vagina after the head is delivered during labor. Shoulder dystocia is a medical emergency. It can cause serious injury to both the baby and the mother. Who is at risk for shoulder dystocia? This condition is more likely to develop if: The mother has diabetes. The mother has a very small pelvis. The mother has a deformed pelvis. The mother is obese. The mother is of advanced age. The mother has a history of shoulder
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What is an omphalocele? By Jonas Wilson‚ Ing. Med. Omphalocele‚ which is also referred to as exomphalos‚ is a rare congenital defect of the abdominal wall. The defect manifests as a protrusion of the infant’s bowels‚ liver and various abdominal organs through an opening in the muscles near the umbilical cord. As a result‚ these babies tend to have a belly button that sticks out. Omphalocele is estimated to occur in approximately 1 in every 4000 – 7000 births and more than 6 out of every 10
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1. The prepregnancy BMI of Samantha is 24.3. According to an article “Position of the American Dietetic Association: Nutrition and Lifestyle for a Healthy Pregnancy Outcome” from Journal of the AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION‚ the amount that Samantha should gain during her pregnancy is 25 to 35 lbs. Therefore‚ her ideal weight during pregnancy is 172 to 182 lbs. 2. Samantha is currently weighted 155 lbs‚ and it is below 172 lbs. Therefore‚ she is not gaining the appropriate weight yet. There are
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When I was 18 years old I was diagnistig with a congenital abnormality call double uterus or bicornuate uterus. At that time the doctor explain me that get pregnant will be dificult because the probably of miscarrige or premature birth is hight. I move to USA and I get married and with my husband we try to get pregnant without suscess. I start visit diferent doctors and every doctor I visited said “You will need a surgury for reconstruccion” other doctor said “you probably need to visit a fertility
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For a teen or young woman in financial or personal strife and faced with an unplanned pregnancy‚ considering placing the child for adoption may be the right choice. If the young woman does decide to become a birth mother‚ there are some things she needs to know to have a healthy‚ happy pregnancy. Being a birth mother requires the utmost care and attention physically and mentally. Pregnancy is a life-changing experience‚ especially for the birth mother‚ but also for the adoptive couple. For the
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Achondrogenesis Description Achondrogenesis is a group of complex disorders that occurs as the most severe form of congenital chondrodysplasia (malformation of cartilage and bones). These conditions are characterized by a small body‚ short limbs‚ and other skeletal abnormalities. As a result of serious health problems‚ infants with achondrogenesis are born prematurely‚ stillborn or die before birth‚ are stillborn‚ or die soon after birth from respiratory failure. It at all they survive‚ it is for
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Turner Syndrome is when a baby girl is born with only one complete X chromosome instead of two X chromosome. Scientist are not really sure what causes the other X or Y chromosome disappears but‚ they are certain that it disappears when the baby is conceived inside the womb. Girls with Turner Syndrome are usually diagnosed at a young age or at birth. When baby girls are born with a webbed neck‚ a broad chest‚ widely spaced nipples‚ or heart problems they are tested for TS. Girls with TS only
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