Pregnancy and Labor Questiosn and Answers

Technique and Professions
1) What is the percentage of women who die during child labor?
According to UNICEF, there are around 1400 girls and women die each day from causes related to child birth. 99% in developing countries. (cite: UNICEF)
2) How does the abortion process work?
An abortion is when they get rid of the fetus from the uterus before it has fully developed. One way is using medication and another way is surgically. When getting rid of the fetus medically they give the women a pill that dilates the cervix and with a contraction in the uterus , expels the fetus. When doing it surgically they also dilate the cervix and using a curette, they scrape the uterine lining and the embryo out. (Cite: heath-dictionary.com)
How effective is abortions?
It is 95% effective.
4)What are the types of pain relievers used during child labor?
One way is called "regional nerve blocks" which is blocking the nerves and preventing pain. Another way is "Epidural block" which is to alleviate actual labor pains. The 3rd is known as "Pudenal Block" which is to alleviate labor pains in the second stage of labor and alleviates pain in the vaginal area, this method is usually used during most of the delivery. (Cite: AC- Associated Content)
5)What is the percentage of babies that get circumcised?
US: 56%
Midwest: 75%
Northwest: 65%
South: 56%
West: 31
5)What can cause medical malpractice or defects caused by birth?
-Lack of oxygen can caused brain damage to the baby. -Fetal distress causes brain damage, - Too much oxytain, a drug used to stimulate labor cause lack of oxygen. -Drug known as prostaglandin gel which causes lack of oxygen. (cite: Hovermale Law)
6) What are risks of getting a C-section?
Since this procedure is a major surgery there is a high chance of an infection and complications than if a women got vaginal delivery. C- sections can be found to have more overall pains causing longer stay at the hospital. Although death is extremely rare, there is a higher risk of death from women who get C- sections than from women who go through vaginal delivery. (cite: heatlhatoz.com)
Other
7)What is the teen pregnancy rate in America?
Before the age of 20, one third of girls get pregnant. Anually there are 750,000 of teen girls who get pregnant. Eight out of en of the pregnancies are not intended and 81% of the teens are also obviously unmarried. (cite: livestrong.com)
8)What is the most effective form of birth control as well as all the types?
There are basically two main types of effective birth controls. The first is abstinence, which is not to have sex at all which is the first and far most effective. The second is surgical methods of birth control. The third most effective is hormonal types of birth control which for example is the pill, the patch, the shot, the ring, etc.(cite: wisegeek.com)
9)What is the birth rate in the United States now compared to the last 50 years?
The US has a population of over 291 million people, it has the highest birth rate of all industrial countries. There is approximately 4 million births in the US each year and 2.4 million deaths. During most of the 1970s and 1980s women gave birth to fewer than 2 children on average. In 2000, births increased 3% over births in 1999 and the third straight increase following nearly a decade of decline from 1990 through 1997. (cite: susps.org)
10)What is the percentage different raise of women who place there child up for adoption over the years?
-2% of unmarried women at any age place their child up for adoption.
-Less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of Black unmarried women.
- Of Black women with premarital births:
From 1952 to 1972, 1.5% placed their children for adoption.
From 1973 to 1981, this percentage fell to .2%
From 1982 to 1988, it rose to 1.1%.
-Of White women with premarital births,
From 1952 to 1972, 19.3% placed their children for adoption.
From 1973 to 1981, this percentage fell to 7.6%.
From 1982 to 1988, it fell further to 3.2%. (cite: adoptioin.com)