SOC 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reproductive Rights, Fetal Viability, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill
27 Feb 2017
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Ellen the midwife : culture & mating, mortality & morbidity. Laboring: stories of a new york city hospital midwife. 8. 3% of total births & 13. 5% vaginal births. 11 thousand certified midwives - master"s degree. 35 sttdoates recognized - prescribe medicine, request sonogram. American mothers are now expected to avg 1. 9 children, compared w/3. 7 children in 1960. Infant mortality: deaths during 1st year of their life. Cdc definition: pregnancy related death is the death of a woman while pregnant or w/in 1 year Pregnancy associated deaths due to violence are Black women are 3-4 times more likely than white women to die of pregnancy related causes, irrespective of education or income level. Doula - labor support ~ physical & emotional/during & after pregnancy. Pregnancy is divided up into trimesters - 40 weeks long. Most people don"t know that they"re pregnant until week 5-8. Miscarriage may seem like a heavy period. 2nd trimester - 13 to 27 weeks.
