Trauma in Pregnancy

Regarding the mother's health she may face; anaemia, hypertension, eclampsia, depressive disorders if she decides to go through with the pregnancy, the child is at a high propensity to be born preterm and with a lower birth weight (Teen pregnancy, 2012). ... Pregnancy will also include all pregnancy outcomes; births, abortions, and miscarriages. ... This particular limitation was also discussed in the articles "Post Trauma Moderators in the Childhood Sexual Abuse- Teenage Pregnancy/ Teenage Childbirth Relationships.... All of the literature reviewed lack frequency and severity (CITE...

• Word Count: 2834
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Adolescent pregnancy is something that is seen as normal, because it is happening everywhere. ... This is when pregnancy is seen as the only outcome of wanting to feel loved and like they are needed. ... Looking at the traumas they go through it is significant to study whether or not does it have a negative outcome on adolescent girls, but as well as adolescent boys too. It is seen that adolescent girls react differently than boys do in certain trauma. Adolescent girls are likely to let their trauma experience be the effect of their bad decisions. ...

• Word Count: 1806
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

Besides the physical implications pregnancy brings, the mother as well has a responsibility in the future of that fetus. ... Several parents even say that openly to their children, causing disproportional trauma and an eternal feeling of not belonging and poor self-esteem." Unwanted pregnancies can have lots of negative outcomes, more often involving the future of the child. ... The lack of reproductive healthcare, prenatal care and advisement lead to the same concurring issue of an over produced number of unwanted or unplanned pregnancies. ... Wade established constitutionally based limi...

• Word Count: 1511
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A victim may experience sexual dysfunction, can be exposed to Sexually Transmitted Disease ( Aids, herpes, gonorrhea, and syphilis), unwanted pregnancy, and other effects such as death, if the assault is severe enough. ... They may include post-traumatic stress syndrome and rape trauma syndrome. ... Treatment includes any potential for pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, offering information to those possibilities, and providing care for the immediate physical and emotional trauma occurred.(1 Up Health) Rape is the act of forcing sexual actions on anyone without their permis...

• Word Count: 782
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Eight in ten of these births resulted from unintended pregnancies. ... Although the onset of pregnancy may occur in any teenager, some teens are at higher risk for unplanned pregnancy than others. ... With more and more teens having casual sex, the risks of pregnancy goes up. ... Society as a whole seems to have a negative view of teenage pregnancies. ... They face greater health risks than older mothers, such as anemia, pregnancy induced hypertension, toxemia, premature delivery, cervical trauma, and even death. ...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Most countries allow pregnant women to abort within the limit of 12-14 weeks into pregnancy. Within 12-14 weeks a baby's heart has already began to function (starts beating on the twenty first day of pregnancy); the shape of the body has already taken form (brain, lungs, intestine and stomach). ... No term can precisely express the heartbreak that abortion causes, some call it Post-Abortion Trauma. Common feelings associated with Post-Abortion Trauma include guilt, grief, anger and regret. ... Many who suffer from Post-Abortion Trauma experience flashbacks, nightmares, and varying degr...

• Word Count: 462
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Although the onset of pregnancy may occur in any teenager, some teens are at higher risk for unplanned pregnancy than others. ... Teenage pregnancy comes with not only a child, but also many consequences. Teen mothers face greater health risks than older mothers, such as anemia, pregnancy induced hypertension, toxemia, premature delivery, cervical trauma, and even death. ... Teenage pregnancy does cause many problems for the mother, child, and economy. ... Staying in school may help prevent teenage mothers from having a second pregnancy. ...

• Word Count: 1949
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Teen Pregnancy Although the rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States has declined greatly within the past few years, it is still an enormous problem that needs to be addressed. ... Although the onset of pregnancy may occur in any teenager, some teens are at higher risk for unplanned pregnancy than others are. ... Teenage pregnancy comes with not only a child, but also many consequences. Teen mothers face greater health risks than older mothers, such as anemia, pregnancy induced hypertension, toxemia, premature delivery, cervical trauma, and even death. ... school may help to p...

• Word Count: 1941
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

Psychological effects depend on the wantedness of the pregnancy. For instance, a woman who terminates an unwanted pregnancy might find the abortion psychologically advantageous instead of continuing the pregnancy (Zabin et. al.). On the other hand­­­­­, a mother who might be longing for a baby tends to have a prolonged severity of post-abortion trauma due to the coercions -- partner, family, society, or even the government, to undergo an abortion. ... It can cause much more suffering when a woman has a late termination of pregnancy. ... In this case, the mother is experiencing post-aborti...

• Word Count: 891
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate