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Having
a baby can be a joy. It signals the start of family life. The baby
serves as the carrier of the bloodline and legacy of the parents. More
than that, a baby is a very important individual who will someday grow
up and make a difference in this world.
Creating a baby involves
sexual reproduction. This can occur when a couple has sexual intercourse
and both the egg cell from the woman and the sperm cell from the man
unites into one fertilized cell. This cell quickly duplicates and
matures within just hours and turns into a zygote. The zygote then
attaches itself to the uterus lining where it further matures into a
fetus. This fetus has the physical appearance of a human being as early
as 6 weeks old. This developing group of cells can come to know as the
woman’s baby. The period of holding this baby inside her womb and until
the baby is born is called the pregnancy period.
The pregnancy
period lasts for approximately 9 months or specifically 36 to 40 weeks
of gestation. During this period, there are countless changes involving
the baby’s growth and development inside the mother’s womb. The mother
is also affected with these changes, having some changes of her own too
in order to accommodate the baby’s needs. Together the mother and her
baby form a bonding relationship as well as a physical connection with
each other.
To know if a woman is really pregnant, there are
numerous signs and symptoms which give out clues to alert the people if
there is or there is no pregnancy. First, there are possible signs of
pregnancy which can be felt and experienced by the woman. Next, there
are probable signs of pregnancy which can be felt by the nurse or
examiner. Lastly, there are positive signs of pregnancy which can be
derived from running tests and examinations through which the final
verdict is revealed of whether or not the woman is pregnant.
As
the baby matures, there are a lot of possible signs and symptoms a
mother will feel. There are nausea and vomiting episodes more commonly
known as morning sickness. She will have missed monthly periods or will
not menstruate in the succeeding months. The mother will have changes in
libido and may feel less inclined to having sexual intercourse. She
will feel her breast engorging and swelling. As the baby gets larger,
the woman will have increased frequency of urination. She will also have
food cravings or in some cases pica, which is the unusual consumption
of usually non-edible food. The mother will be easily fatigued and
experience skin changes and stretch marks. She will also feel fetal
movement inside her which is termed as quickening.
Having
experienced the possible signs and symptoms mentioned above, the woman
will be inclined to go to a clinic to be examined. There are probable
signs and symptoms which are noted by the nurse or examiner. The nurse
performs a thorough assessment on the woman’s body. The nurse notes an
increased abdominal girth on the mother. The nurse observes that the
mother has bluish discoloration on her vagina along with the presence of
a softening cervix. The nurse observes that the mother is having
Braxton Hicks contraction which is a series of false labor contractions.
The nurse can also note that the baby can be palpated on the mother’s
abdomen.
To validate all of these signs and symptoms, there are
positive signs of pregnancy to look out for. Among the three, positive
signs are the most reliable indicators of pregnancy. These involve being
positive in four tests, namely, the hearing of fetal heart tones
through Doppler sound or stethoscope, ultrasound detection, x-ray
visualization, and movement of baby as detected by the examiner.
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