Health

• Fertilization - the reproductive cells of man and woman join together to make a new human cell
• Pregnancy is the time when a new cell is formed during fertilization, grows and developed a baby in the woman's uterus
• from the time that the ovum and sperm cell unite until the end of the eight week, the developing human is called embryo
• from the eight week until birth is called the fetus
• a normal pregnancy lasts until 9 months or 38-40 weeks
• the attachment of the developing cells to the uterus is called implantation
• Teenage pregnancy are premature because they occur in mother who may be too young or immature to care for a child adequately
• some of the hormones produced by the pregnant woman's body makes her nauseated, this situation is called morning sickness and usually last for 3 months
• Placenta is an organ that grows in the uterus during pregnancy and allows nutrients, gases, and wastes to be exchanged
• The phase of pregnancy have three trimester
• the first trimester of pregnancy lasts from week 1 through week 12. The first sign is missed of menstrual period
• the second trimester of pregnancy from week 13-27 is the time when most women start to look pregnant and begin to wear maternity clothes
• By 16 weeks the top of your uterus called the fundus will be about halfway between your pubic bone an your navel
• the third trimester last from week 28 to the birth
• the passage of a baby from its mother's uterus to the outside of the body is called birth
• labor is the process that lasts from the time contractions starts until the delivery of the child and the placenta
• There are three stage of labor
• 1st stage begins with the first contraction and last until the cervix has opened enough to allow the baby to pass through. Contraction happens every few minutes and lasts a minute
• 2nd stage - starts when the cervix is completely open and lasts until the baby is delivered. Contraction happen every 2-3 minutes. After the baby is born, they cut the umbilical cord
• 3rd stage - this is the final stage of labor. It is when the placenta is delivered. In this stage, the mother's uterine contraction push the placenta or afterbirths out of her body
• In some cases, doctors have to deliver a baby by caesarian section
• Maternal nutritional status affects the offspring's health development significantly during early embryogenesis, pregnancy, birth and lactation, and subsequently determines health during growth and adulthood
• Pre-conception nutritional status not only influences fertility, but also embryogenesis and life long health
• 4 body building foods: fish meat poultry, milk, eggs, and dried beans & nuts
• 4 energy giving foods: enriched rice, root crops, sugar, fat
• 3 regulating foods: green leafy & yellow vegetables, vitamin C rich foods, and other fruits & vegetables