FRHD 2260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Palmar Grasp Reflex, Clogging, Cortisol

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2260
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Infertility & new beginnings: newborn infants (chapter 4) Poor sperm quality due to disease or defects in sperm production. Low motility (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t s(cid:449)i(cid:373) well: age, genetic, smoking, alcohol. Inability to ovulate caused by: disease, drug use prescribed/illegal, alcohol, smoking, extremely under/overweight, age, hormonal imbalance. Teratogens environmental conditions that will affect birth of baby. Fetal alcohol syndrome (fas: caused by excessive alcohol use. Mental retardation, facial deformities, premature births: moderate drinkers (1-2 drinks/day) No physical defects but cognitive problems occur. Smoking through second-hand smoking as well: birth complications, learning, low birthweight. Occurs last several weeks of pregnancy: contractions. Usually starts far apart, and becomes more frequent: braxton-hicks contractions false labour, widening cervix (dilation, movement of fetus closer to cervix. Position 4% are breeched: many breech positions. 8-14hrs ~primiparous mothers 1st time mothers. Contractions are 40-60 sec for every 3-4min. Crowning (cid:271)a(cid:271)(cid:455)"s head sho(cid:449)s through (cid:272)er(cid:448)i(cid:454) Birth of placenta (afterbirth) 1hr after birth.