My Group: 1.What tools do doctors use? Backhaus Towel Clamp Buxton Uterine Clamp Clark Artery Forceps Davajan Cannula Keyes Dermal Punch http://www.thomasmedical.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=26
2.What happens to babies after birth? (what do nurses do with them) The cord is cut by the father or significant other. The nursery nurse has turned on a timer and begun to assess the baby. With a warm blanket, the baby is dried of blood and amniotic fluid, heart rate and breathing effort assessed with a stethoscope while observing baby's tone, response to us, and color. Each of these five areas is assigned a value of 0-2 at one and five minutes of life. http://www.helium.com/items/1036792-what-nurses-do-with-newborn-babies-immediately-after-birth
3.When do doctors decide to have a cesarean? Doctors often perform a cesarean as a matter of course when the baby is in a breech position. A breech is when the baby's feet or bottom enter the birth canal first instead of the head. This makes a vaginal delivery particularly risky because there are more chances of a prolapsed cord or fetal injury. http://www.indiaparenting.com/articles/data/art06_005.shtml
4.What drugs to people take during, after and in-between labor? The two types of medications commonly used to encourage labor are prostaglandins and Pitocin (oxytocin). Both of these are copies of hormones naturally produced by the body.Once labor actually starts, women have a new set of needs. Above all else, they may need some help coping with the pain. The most popular choice for pain relief during delivery is an epidural block, also called simply an epidural. In this procedure, an anesthesiologist injects a numbing medication such as ropivacaine (Naropin) or lidocaine (Xylocaine) near the nerves in your lower back. This will block the pain but keep you alert and able to participate in the baby's birth. http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/drugslabor
5.What percent of woman get diabetes during pregnancy? Diabetes that develops during pregnancy is called gestational diabetes, a condition in which a woman without previously diagnosed diabetes exhibits high blood glucose level during pregnancy. This condition develops when the body is unable to meet the extra insulin demands of the pregnancy. Two to four percent of all pregnant women have gestational diabetes. http://www.hipakistan.com/articles/art227.html
Abortion/ Adoption group: 1.What percentage of women got pregnant on purpose? 10 to 20 percent chance http://parenting.ivillage.com/ttc/0,,toniw_469k,00.html
2.What percentage of pregnant women had abortions? Nearly half of pregnancies among American women are unintended, and four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion. Twenty-two percent of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion. Forty percent of pregnancies among white women, 69% among blacks and 54% among Hispanics are unintended.Each year, about two percent of women aged 15-44 have an abortion; 47% of them have had at least one previous abortion. http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html
3.How available is birth control to people of all ages? I couldn't find any facts but from personal experiences and stories that I have heard from my friends Birth Control is handed out like complementary candy. I know people of all ages that say how easy it is to get a hold of birth control these days.
4.Percentages of teen pregnancy? How has it changed? Nationally, nearly one million young women under age 20 become pregnant each year. That means close to 2800 teens get pregnant each day.( Facts in Brief: Teen Sex and Pregnancy, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 1996). Approximately 4 in 10 young women in the U.S. become pregnant at least once before turning 20 years old.( Facts in Brief: Teen Sex and Pregnancy, The Alan Guttmacher Institute, New York, 1996). Teen childbearing alone costs U.S. taxpayers nearly $7 billion annually for social services and lost tax revenues. (Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy, Prebecca Maynard (ed.), The Urban Institute, Washington, DC, 1997).
5.What are the reasons for abortion? In 2000, cases of rape or incest accounted for 1% of abortions. Another study, in 1998, revealed that in 1987-1988 women reported the following reasons for choosing an abortion: 25.5% Want to postpone childbearing 21.3% Cannot afford a baby 14.1% Has relationship problem or partner does not want pregnancy 12.2% Too young; parent(s) or other(s) object to pregnancy 10.8% Having a child will disrupt education or job 7.9% Want no (more)children 3.3% Risk to fetal health 2.8% Risk to maternal health 2.1% Other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_States#Reasons_for_abortions
Ways to give birth? 1.What percent of people have cesarean? Preliminary data for 2005 indicate that 30.2% of all live births in the United States were cesarean deliveries, marking the highest U.S. total cesarean rate ever reported. Since 1996, the total cesarean rate has increased by 46%, driven by both an increase in the percentage of all women having a first cesarean and a decline in the percentage of women delivering vaginally after a previous cesarean. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5615a8.htm
2.what percent choose to take drugs during pregnancy? As labor progressed, fewer than 22 percent of the women requested supplemental epidural doses of more concentrated local anesthetic. http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=3157
3.What percentage of women have duals? SF General is the only one of its kind to offer this service free of charge. Of the total births at the hospital, 30-40 percent have been assisted by a labor coach. http://www.journalism.sfsu.edu/www/pubs/prism/may95/help.htm
4.What percentage of women squat? Prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted on 412 pregnant women to study advantage of modified squatting position, over conventional lithotomy position during delivery. Trial showed shortened second stage of labor in modified squatting. Ventouse was applied only in 3.43 percent of women in squatting versus 7.73 percent in lithotomy. http://medind.nic.in/imvw/imvw14436.html
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