The Pregnant Adolescent


Teen pregnancy isn’t a new phenomenon. Traditionally, it was common for ladies to wed while very young and have a first baby during puberty. In the present society nevertheless, wedding in the teen years isn’t encouraged. Therefore, teen pregnancy isn’t inspired. New tutorial programs on the seriousness of delaying pregnancy have reduced the quantity of births in the US to girls under age eighteen years by three percent to 6%, leading to a rate of fifty five / a hundred. Though reduced, this number is still higher than that of other developed nations. A mix of factors makes a contribution to the incapacity to exterminate teen pregnancy. [Read more...]


Events during Childbirth


As fast as the head of the fetus is distinguished, the surgeon or nurse-midwife may place a sterile towel over the colon and press forward on the fetal chin while the other hand is pushed downward on the occiput. This helps the fetus achieve extension, so that the head is born with the littlest diameter presenting. This also controls the rate that the head is born. Pressure should not be applied to the fundus of the uterus to effect birth, because uterine rupture may happen. The girl is asked to resume pushing till the occiput of the fetal head is forcibly at the pubic arch. Then the head is born between contractions. [Read more...]