1 out of 1 points The umbilical arteries carry ________. Selected Answer: waste products to the placenta Answers: oxygen and food to the fetus oxygen and waste products to the fetus waste products to the placenta oxygen and metabolic wastes to the placenta Question 7 1 out of 1 points The placenta and its attached fetal membranes are collectively called the afterbirth.
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Catches You and You Fall Down starts with the traditional nurturing of the Hmong people. The most significant tradition is the burying of the placenta. The Hmong people believe that the placenta must be purposefully buried in a particular spot under the dwelling of the Hmong’s between the dirt floors when the person dies their soul travels back to where the placenta is buried. The Hmong’s are perceived by some as unclean and barbaric. They appear to me to be very proud people‚ and people of
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Their infants‚ who were usually immediately in the mothers arms‚ were taken and “…placed in a steel and Plexiglas warmer…” (p. 7). Hmong woman were rarely able to take the placenta home. Lia’s placenta was incinerated‚ as doctors assumed that they wanted the placenta to consume it‚ this was not the case for Hmong‚ as the placenta is imperative to their afterlife. Hmong traditions and beliefs seemed unimportant as‚ “…no one knew how to read‚ and no one felt deprived or inconvenienced by lack of literacy”
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orally at three hourly intervals‚ with a maximum of four oral doses. If significant bleeding occurred prior to planned admission‚ admission occurred at that time and the misoprostol regimen commenced. Manual removal of the placenta was recommended after delivery if the placenta did not deliver spontaneously. Pain relief was offered at regular intervals during the procedure according to a protocol that included morphine or pethidine given intravenously‚ in women
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germinal‚ embryonic‚ and fetal. In order to have a healthy baby at the end of the term‚ there are a few factors which have to be kept in mind by the mother. 1. Maternal nutrition Fetus gets the nourishment from maternal blood stream through placenta‚ so the mother’s diet should contain necessary nutrients‚ like proteins for tissue building and repair‚ fats to form tissues‚ etc. 2. Mental health Substances that can harmfully affect pre-natal development are called tetrarogens‚ which may either
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20 Abortion NoteCards- 1) Who’s having abortions (age)? 50% of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 33% of all abortions; Teenagers obtain 17% and girls under 15 account for 1.2%. 2) Who’s having abortions (race)? While white women obtain 60% of all abortions‚ their abortion rate is well below that of minority women. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion‚ and Hispanic women are roughly 2 times as likely.
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Available on the internet at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/medical_notes/3256615.stm. Bush‚ P.G.‚ Mayhew‚ T. M.‚ Abramovich‚ D. R.‚ Aggett‚ P.J.‚ Burke‚ M. D.‚ Page‚ K. R. (2001). Maternal cigarette smoking and oxygen diffusion across the placenta. Placenta‚ 21‚ 824-833. Challis‚ J. R.‚ Lye‚ S. J.‚ Gibb‚ W.‚ Whittle‚ W.‚ Patel‚ F.‚ & Alfaidy‚ N. (2001). Understanding preterm labor. Annals of the New York Academy of Science‚ 943‚ 225-234. Eisenberg‚ A.‚ Murkoff‚ H.‚ & Hathaway‚ S. (2002). What to
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MECHANISM OF LABOR and DELIVERY Labor and birth is physically and emotionally straining for a woman. As the patient’s body undergoes physical changes to help the fetus pass through the cervix‚ she may also feel discomfort‚ pain‚ panic irritability‚ and loss of control. Providing measures to promote relaxation is key during labor and breath. * FETAL PRESENTATION - is the relationship of the fetus to the rvix. It can be assessed through vaginal examination (IE)‚ abdominal inspection and palpation
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infections: your baby is more likely to have asthma and other respiratory diseases if you expose your bay to smoking. 6) Placenta Abruption: this condition arises when the placenta pulls the walls of the uterus either before or during labour. This requires an immediate delivery usually through cesarean operation. A smoker’s placenta is thinner making her more likely to have placenta abruption. 7) Premature birth: Smoking during pregnancy can lead to pre mature birth due to premature rupture of membranes
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adults. Average adult systolic BP increases by 11 mmHg as birth weight goes down from 7.5lb to 5.5lb. The size of the placenta may be important – average systolic blood pressure rises by 15 mmHg as placental weight increases from 1lb to 1.5lb. The highest blood pressures occur in men and women who were born as small babies with large placentas. Risk of high blood pressure in later life also increases: – as a baby’s birth length decreases – as the ratio of a baby’s head circumference
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