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Abortion
Definition
The abortion is defined as the expulsion or extraction from the womb of an embryo or fetus weighing 500 grams or less (corresponding to 20 to 22 weeks of gestation). An early abortion is one that occurs before 12 weeks gestation and delayed between 12 and 20 weeks gestation. The abortion may be spontaneous or induced .
Causes
The causes of abortion are many, among them are:
* Factors Fetal abnormalities and abnormalities of the embryo that are not compatible with life
* Maternal factors: anatomical abnormalities of the uterus, cervical incompetence, uterine scarring, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, uncontrolled diabetes, lupus, heart disease, kidney or malnutrition.
The infections are also causes of abortion: syphilis, rubella, toxoplasmosis, herpes, among others.
* Environmental factors: smoking, alcohol, caffeine use, radiation.
Psychology: Your Emotional State
For a woman, pregnancy is much more than a fact that compromises your body. It is not only of biological, physical, hormonal, but there is a revolution in psychological and emotional.
For most psychologists pregnancy is an important event in women caused mixed feelings. On the one hand, is a source of great joy, and secondly, the cause of many fears. Emotional changes were already apparent during the first month of the quarter. There’s no physical signs that show evidence of pregnancy, but possibly you are very tired, sleepy, somewhat confused by how the pregnancy will develop more sensitive … It seems that the action of hormones has much to do in that mood. Read the rest of this entry »
Abortion and Health of Pregnant Women
Many of the voices calling for the life of an unborn seem to ignore the risk to life and health that every pregnancy carries with women. In our country, maternal mortality has not declined in 30 years. 30% of deaths are from clandestine abortions. The other 70% is delivered in multiple diseases and birth of the third quarter mainly affecting healthy women who began the pregnancy, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, postpartum hemorrhage.
Each woman risks her life and health with each pregnancy, the desire to bring another life into the world. Nobody should be forced to hazard their lives to bring another to the world. Those who raise their voices saying that giving a child for adoption, do not know if arriegrían their lives so easily. We see defenderese with all legal means diponsibles when sentenced to prison for pedophilia, for example .. and just about lose my freedom!
Caffeine Increases Risk of Spontaneous Abortion
In a study published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, pregnant women who consume two or more cups of coffee a day have a higher likelihood of spontaneous abortion than those who eat few products with caffeine.
The research was based were 1063 pregnant health plan members of Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, USA. The participants did not change their level of consumption of caffeine during pregnancy.
Among the most striking results, we found that women who ate two or more cups of coffee or five cans of soda with large doses of caffeine per day were twice as likely to miscarry the baby than women who avoided eating it.