Pregnancy-Related Concerns

(Pre-During-Post Pregnancy)
• In this lesson you will be made aware of
pregnancy-related concerns and prenatal
care. This will also help you know how to
become a responsible woman or a
mother to best support the health of your
future child.

• At the end of the lesson, you are expected

to identify and discuss the different
pregnancy-related concerns, analyze the
effects of unplanned or planned
pregnancy, and explain the importance of
healthy practices during the phases or
stages of pregnancy.
Activity 1: Familiarization
Choose a word and give a short explanation
about it or share your idea about the word
• After marriage, a
couple’s desire is to
build a family. Humans
are reproduced
through sexual
reproduction. In this
kind of reproduction,
the man and woman’s
reproductive cells
unite to make a new
human cell and this
process was called
fertilization.
• Fertilization is a reproductive
process where the genes of the
father and mother merge to form a
single cell; the new cell divides,
then forms more cells. The ball of
cells enters the uterus and attaches
itself to the uterine wall. It is where
the developing cells were attached
and is called implantation.
• Pregnancy is the time when a new cell is
formed during fertilization, grows, and
develops into a baby in the woman’s uterus.
From the time that the ovum and the sperm
cell unite until the end of the eight weeks,
the developing human are called embryo.
From the eight weeks until birth, the
developing human is called the fetus. A
normal pregnancy lasts until 38-40 weeks or
9 months.
 • Teenage pregnancies are
unplanned and unwanted
pregnancy that can cause
emotional suffering or
Teenage Pregnancy pain, possible health risks,
(Mccoy and and even death.
Wibbelsman, 1992: • This occurs in mothers
235-236) who are too young and or
immature to satisfactorily
care for a child and even
endangering the
pregnancy of the young
mother.
 Changes in the Mother’s
Body
• During pregnancy, a woman’s body
undergoes many changes. The
mother’s uterus releases special
hormones during implantation.
These hormones are only released by
the woman’s body during pregnancy.
This hormone produced makes a
pregnant woman nauseated, also
known as “morning sickness” that
usually last for 3 months. The same
hormones enlarge the woman’s
breast and prepare to produce milk.
Nourishing the Baby
• Almost everything that goes into the mother’s body enters her
bloodstream and goes to the placenta. During pregnancy, the placenta
grows in the woman’s uterus and allows nutrients, gases, and wastes to
be exchanged between the mother and the fetus. From the mother’s
membrane to the fetus, nutrients, fluids, and oxygen flows while carbon
dioxide and waste products flow across the placenta from the fetus to
the mother.

• The fetus gets its nutrition from the food that mother’s take during
pregnancy. The mother needs to eat healthy foods and take special
vitamins to ensure the health of the fetus. Pregnant mothers must get
regular medical check-ups to protect her health and the health of the
growing fetus.
Normal physical changes and symptoms throughout pregnancy
Although they can range from mild to severe, the following
conditions are common during pregnancy:
 • The first trimester of pregnancy occurs
from week 1 to week 12 and missed
menstrual period will be your first sign of
pregnancy.
• The second trimester of pregnancy is from
Phases of week 13 to week 27. In this period most
women start to look pregnant and begin to
Pregnancy wear maternity clothes. The easiest part of
pregnancy.
• The third trimester lasts from week 28 to
birth. During this period most pregnant
women have sleep problems and felt
discomfort as their belly gets bigger.
Asynchronous Activity
• Learning Task 4: Read the situation carefully. Reflect on the focus
questions. Copy and write your answers to the questions in your
answer sheet. PAGE 18