Pregnancy and Childbirth
...ese may be diabetes, asthma, and current infections. The doctor should fully exam the expectant mother. She should let the doctor know if she has ever had any sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s). A pregnancy is divided into trimesters, the first, the second, and the third. In the first trimester the egg arrives in the uterus. This is the most critical time in the pregnancy. At about twelve weeks you should be able to identify the sex of the baby. Throughout the entire pregnancy expectant mothers should not consume alcohol or any kind drugs. The expectant mother should feel the embryo moving by the eighteen week. By the twenty-eighth week the baby should be eighteen inches long. When a woman decides to have a cesarean section there is an anesthetic given. This is a major surgery. The expectant mothers abdomen has to washed and sterilized. When it is time for the baby to be born first the head will come out, then the shoulders and the rest of the baby. When the baby is born for the cord to be wrapped around the baby is normal, this happens ¼ of the time. When choosing how to feed your baby, the expectant mother will have to choose breast or feed the baby using a bottle. If the mother ch...