Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Preterm Birth, Infant Mortality, Unnatural Causes
3 Mar 2016
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Guiding questions for film: when the bough breaks from the series unnatural causes . Racism has become a risk factor in pregnancy. High education is often a good predictor of healthy lives and pregnancy, but racism has led to risks of babies being born significantly earlier than usual and being at very low birth-weights. Chronic stress caused by living with discrimination, constant. Stress not only affects you psychologically or emotionally, but also physically. Creates wear and tear on the body, as your systems and organs are overloaded with stress hormones and work over time begin to decline in function. A pregnant woman with a great deal of stress will be releasing a lot of stress hormones, and she may reach a tipping point for labor to begin sooner. Stress can also restrict blood flow to the placenta, which could limit fetal growth and lead to premature delivery. Stress can trigger serious inflammation inside uterus, which can trigger premature labor.
