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Three stages:
1. Germinal Stage
2. Embryonic Stage
3. Fetal Stage
1. GERMINAL STAGE
The first two weeks after conception
The germinal stage spans the time from
fertilization to implantation in the wall of the
uterus.
For the first three or four days the mass of
dividing cells moves about the uterus before
implantation.
3 LAYERS OF BLASTOCYST:
1.Ectoderm
2.Endoderm
3.Mesoderm
4 weeks
8 weeks 12 weeks
FETAL STAGE
8 to 12 weeks to birth
During this period , the finishing touches are
put on the various parts, and the body
changes in form and grows about 20 times in
length.
FETAL STAGE
16 weeks 20 weeks
20 weeks 24 weeks
ultrasound ultrasound
28 weeks 36 weeks
BIRTH
Normally begins 266 days after
conception and occurs in three stages:
1. Dilation of the cervix
2. Descent and emergence of the baby
3. Expulsion of the placenta and the umbilical
cord
FACT OR
FAKE?
HISTORY OF PREPARED CHILDBIRTH
Before
the 1920s, births took place, for most part, at
home and were attended to by doctors or midwives.
In the late ‘40s, the Maternity Center of New York
sponsored a grant to study the effect of his methods
and to allow babies to “room in”.
Intheb1960s, Dr. Robert Bradley introduced the radical
concept of fathers in the delivery room
Today, we have prepared or natural birth.
PREPARED CHILDBIRTH
B. BREECH BIRTH
The fetus lies
crosswise in the
mother’s uterus ,
so that if this
portion cannot be
changed before
the birth process,
intruments must
be used to aid the
delivery.
C. TRANSVERSE PRESENTATION
When the fetus is too
large to emerge
spontaneously or when its
position makes normal
birth impossible ,
instruments must be used
to aid the delivery.
D. INSTRUMENT BIRTH
Ifthe fetus is too big to pass
through the birth canal
without a prolonged and
difficult labor , even when
instruments are used , it is
delivered surgically by
making a slit in the maternal
abdominal wall.
E. CESAREAN
YVONNE LYN PUNO
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