HS 015

any agent that causes a birth defect, teratology field--looks for birth defects

drugs that act on the nervous system to alter states of consciousness, midify perceptions, and change moods

• harmful effects on the fetus and infant are considered;
• -Adolescence
• -35 years and older

• 1.Uterine Contractions
• -15-20min apart can last 6-12 hours

2.Baby's head begins to come out, baby is now out lasts 45min

3.Afterbirth--umbilical cord+placenta are now out of womb

Ø Low birth-weight

Ø Respiratory problems

Ø Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Ø ADHD

Ø FASD

Ø Facial deformities & defective limbs, face and heart

Ø Mentally Retarded

Ø Impaired Memory

• A caregiver who provides continuous physical, emotional, and educational support
• for the mother before, during, and after childbirth

• Germinal Period--first 2 wks after conception
• -Fertilized egg (zygote) attaches to uterine wall
• --_{Blastocyst--inner layer of cells soon form embryo}
• --Trophobalst--outer layer of cells, provide nutrition and
• support for emryo

attachemnt of the zygote to the uterine wall, takes place about 11-15 days after conception

• Embryonic Period (occurs 2-8 wks after conception
• --Cell differentiation intensifies, support systems form and organs appear

Fetal Period--2 months and birth

One cell fussing with another cell in fertilization

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• Refers to a point in fedal development at which the fetus may survive outside the womb

Baby's position in the uterus that causes the buttocks to be the first part to emerge fromt the vagina

Weigh less than 5_1/2 pounds

used to relieve pain

used in late first-stage labor and during delivery to block sensation in an area of the body or block consciousness

• Asses health of newborn
• -Heart
• -Respiratory
• -Muscle Tone
• -Body Color
• -Reflex Irritabliity

Characteristic of women who have feelings of sadness, anxiety, despair of having trouble in daily tasks

About 70% of new mothers in US. Depressed, Anxious and Upset. Last only 1 or 2 wks after, usually occurs about 3 to 5 days after birth

The formatoin of a close connection, especially a physical bond, between parents and their newborns in the period shortly after birth.

Treatment for preterm infants that involves skin-to-skin contact

an arrangement in a hosptial whereby a newborn infant id kept in a crib at the mothers bedside instead of a nursery

the product of the interaction between information and the sensory receptors--the eyes, ears, tongue, nostrils and skin.

The interpretation of what is sensed

• Children perceive in order to move and move in order to
• perceive. Perceptual and motor
• development do not occur in isolation from each other but instead are coupled

• Ø During the last two months of pregnancy, the fetus can hear
• sounds such as the mother’s voice and music.

growth occurs at the top to bottom

growth from center of the body and moves outward

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• Average
• height is 20 inches long

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• Weight is
• 7 pounds

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• Visual
• Preference Method-- >studying whether infants can distinguish one stimulus
• from another by measuring the length of time they attend to different stimuli

decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentation of the stimulus

recovery of a habituated response after a change in stimulus

built-in reactions to stimuli that govern new borns movements

a wasting away of body tissues in the infants first year, caused by severe protein-calorie defiency

Severe protein deficiency in which the childs abdomen and feet become swollen with water