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• Do you think it is important for kids to learn about sex education? Where should they learn it? What age? Why or why not should kids learn about it in school?

Signs of Pregnancy

Early Signs of Pregnancy

1. Missed Period

2. Ache or feeling of fullness in lower abdomen

3. Fatigue, drowsiness, faintness

4. Urinate more frequent

5. Discomfort or tenderness in breast

6. Morning nausea – 1st indication for some

To confirm pregnancy - blood or urine testBlood test- 3 days after conceptionUrine or Pregnancy test from store two weeks after missed period.

Obstetrician- OBGYN– Doctor who specializes in pregnancy– Examination includes

1. Blood pressure, pulse, respiration, weight2. Pelvic measurement 3. Analysis of urine- condition of kidneys4. Blood Test- check for anemia5. History of illness and operations

Medical Visits

• Medical Visits– First 5 months - Once a month– 6 or 7th month – Every other week– 9th month – Every week

Presumptive VS Positive Signs of pregnancy

Presumptive Signs Positive Signs

Amenorrhea ( Missed Period)

Internal Changes – softening of the cervix, Uterus is enlarged

Leg cramps

indigestion

HCG (Human Chronic Gonadatrophin)Hormone found in the blood and urine of pregnant women

Fetal image – May be seen with ultra sound scaning

Duration of Pregnancy

– 280 days– 40 weeks– calculate due date

• take first day of last period• count back 3 months• add 7 days

Prenatal TestsUltrasound

• high frequency sound waves bounce off

• woman’s internal structures

• this gives “map” of fetus

• actual picture is called a sonogram

– chorionic villi sampling

• an instrument inserted through cervix, takes a

• small sample of the tissue from the amino -

• chorionic membrane

• 8th-10th week of pregnancy

• amniocentesis

– amniotic fluid is drawn out through the stomach

– 14th-16th week of pregnancy