Exam 3: Prenatal Development and Birth

The 24th week is often set as the legal upper limit for medical abortion. At this point in time, the milestone that is reached by the developing fetus is

EMOTIONAL BONDING is to ENGROSSMENT as ____ is to ____.

The proper place for the blastocyst to implant itself is at the

Don and Louise attended "natural" childbirth classes, and Don was present throughout Louise's labor and delivery of their son. During labor, Don served as a coach, helping Louise relax as much as possible and control her breathing, and reminding her not to push until it was time to deliver the baby. During delivery, Don stood at the head of the table and gave Louise emotional support. After their son was born, Don was allowed to carry him down the hall to Louise's room. Later, Don described the overall experience as thoroughly profound and joyous, and he became fond of relating how he felt when he first gazed into his son's wide-open and inquiring eyes. (a) Discuss Don's feelings in terms of engrossment. (b) What long-range effects might this have on Don's interactions with his son? (c) How might medication and traditional childbirth procedures have interfered?

The proportion of infants born with a defect is about _____ percent.

After giving birth, Britney took part in a study in which she saw her baby briefly after delivery, visited with him six to 12 hours later, and had half-hour feeding sessions every four hours thereafter for the remainder of a three-day hospital stay. Another mother in the study was in an "extended contact" group of women who were permitted five "extra" hours a day to cuddle her baby, including an hour of skin-to-skin contact that took place within three hours of birth. What might the implications of this difference in "contact" be for the emotional bonding of mother and baby? Discuss related findings from the text.

At a prenatal clinic, expectant mothers are advised, "While pregnant, you must be most careful to avoid exposure to teratogens during the ____ period."

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is suffered by children

Women today are advised that during the entire pregnancy, for a healthy baby, the mother should

PRENATAL is to PERINATAL as ____ is to ____.

Discuss the implications that a woman's age has for childbirth.

The unborn child is resilient and is unlikely to show harmful aftereffects to the mother's stress

Recently, researcher Janet DiPietro uncovered that

Exposure to heavy metals (mercury, antimony, lead, or zinc) is known to yield all of these effects EXCEPT

Which two obstetrical tools are applied to help pull the fetus through the birth canal during delivery?

The teratogen thalidomide is a mild tranquilizer that was sold over the counter as a remedy for

The correlation between birth weight and the likelihood of infant death is

Contemporary research indicates that the short-term effects of perinatal complications such as low birth weight can typically be overcome by environment; discuss what aspects of environment have been found to be effective in this respect.

Uterine contractions spaced at 10- to 15-minute intervals occur

Developmental injuries were caused by thalidomide to each of these organs EXCEPT the