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BACKGROUND : Pre term labour is the major cause of preterm birth that affects 12 – 18 % of all births in India. Cervical shortening (effacement) is one of the first steps in the parturition process, preceding labor by several weeks. As cervical length decreases in the second trimester, the risk of spontaneous preterm birth increases , especially when effacement occurs early in the second trimester . Because effacement begins at the internal cervical os and progresses caudally , it is often…

An extra seven pounds can keep you from accomplishing a lot of things at an early age in life. At an early age, teenagers are mostly thinking about graduating high school or what colleges are out there for their future. While carrying extra pounds, teenage mothers can not accomplish graduating on time and have to think about their kid’s future instead. Teenage pregnancy is a serious problem because there should be ways to prevent teen pregnancy, teenage pregnancy programs should be taught to…

Birth Control: Doing More Bad Than Good for Women and Young Teens Everyone thinks of birth control as a way to have sexual intercourse without any worries or consequences. Those people are wrong. There are so many things that can go wrong even while on the pill, and some women don’t realize that. Part of that problem is that doctors now prescribe it just like they would prescribe medicine for a sick child. Not only are women using these common contraceptives for the wrong reasons, but they…

A Happy Day That Turned Gray I remember that it was a very hot day. It was the kind of hot day that made your clothes stick to your skin and made the thought of jumping into a tub full of ice seem inviting. Although the air was thick and sticky I couldn’t help, but be excited for what would come later that day. It was the day that I had been hoping for ever since I could remember. I just couldn’t believe that it was finally here! I felt like everything would turn out okay, but I couldn’t have…

Planned Parenthood and Federal Funding Headlines have torn Planned Parenthood apart because of recent scandals. The federal government and politicians have considered bills that would cut funds supporting the largest reproductive health care provider in the world. Following suit, other organizations have cut ties with planned parenthood as well. There has been a huge outcry from the younger populations as well as religious groups. Many want to defund Planned Parenthood, while the opposing…

How can we define Infertility? Infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant after having unprotected sex for at least a year, or in some circumstances, six months. Infertility can also be defined as a woman that can get pregnant, but keeps having miscarriages or stillbirths. There is no exact cause for infertility, it may be due to a cause in either you or your partner. Or in some cases, a combination of both people. It is said that infertility affects approximately 10-15% of couples…

In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, women in most of the world dealt with huge changes. They were able to gain access to education as well as the right to vote. Birth rates were even reduced due to the new freedom that women were given. It can be debated that many societal roles of men began to slow down with the rise of women. This caused a vast change for the human condition. In some cases, men negatively reacted towards the new rights women were given. Some places made the…

years of age gave birth to 249,078 babies in 2014. Therefore, reducing the birth rate 24.2 percent per 1,000 females within that age bracket. In the year 2013 it was reported the birth rate was at 26.5 percent per 1,000 females within 15-19 age group. These babies were close to 89 percent of unwed mothers. Teenagers conceiving babies without being married is an all too common factor in this country. According to the (www.cdc.gov about Teen pregnancy). In return, making the U.S. birth rates at…

1. Case Summary: Miss X, 16y/o Chinese young teenager visited her GP for a simple UTI treatment. However, she was recommended by her GP to visit the family planning (FP) clinic for advice regarding contraception. Miss X had started a relationship with her boyfriend early this year and they had been sexually active since then. Miss X reported that she sometimes had unprotected sex but said that she had always been careful and not having sex during her ‘fertile’ period. She is currently well, with…

The Benefits of Birth Control Birth control is available to everyone, anyone can go to the store and get a type of birth control. Except for the more complex kinds of birth control, people have to go to the doctor to get a prescription. Without birth control, many women would become pregnant at a young age when they don’t want or can’t afford a baby. Often times this can lead an to abortion, which is the killing of an innocent baby for absolutely no reason. Birth control prevents sexually…