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Showing 1 to 20 of 81 for “"Unborn"”.
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Maternal Descriptions of their Unborn Children During Pregnancy
… pregnant women use to describe their unborn children. Futuristically, these descriptions may be utilized as one indicator of the affiliation the mother feels for her unborn child during the pregnancy. Although this affiliation has been described as a bi-directional relationship between …
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Obstetric-risk objects: a multi-site, feminist ethnography of private-sector obstetric, maternal and unborn, caring concerns in Cape Town
… configurations and articulating knowledge of the unborn. By adopting multiple perspectives on childbirth as a socio-cultural event, I argue that obstetric professional practices are active forces, shaping how pregnancy, childbirth and the unborn become known. Furthermore, a view of both social …
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Are movement and dance effective methods for improving maternal mental health and wellbeing and emotional availability toward the unborn baby?: a pilot study
… would improve mothers' connection with their unborn baby, mental health, and overall wellbeing. A total of 22 participants completed one of the two intervention arms: a dance-only intervention (n = 12) or a dance + psychosocial intervention (n = 10). Outcomes were assessed using paired-samples …
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Women's experience of pregnancy when post-birth surgery is indicated : a phenomenological study
Background: Pregnant women who are told their unborn babies require postnatal surgery following the 20 week scan are likely to be distressed. There is a small body of research in this area that suggests pregnancy experience is fundamentally changed and that pregnancy expectations may play a part in …
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Analysis of the design of a car seatbelt : a study of the invention and a proposal to minimize the risk of injuries during pregnancy
… ignore the damage that can be caused to an unborn baby. In fact, the automotive seat belt has undergone almost no change since it was first patented in 1958. The forces from the seat belt against an expectant mother's abdomen leads to the tearing of the placenta (known as placenta-abrupto) …
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Physical Abuse During Pregnancy: A Prevalence Study
… women to better protect themselves and their unborn children by providing them with additional information about community resources for survivors of battering during pregnancy.
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Medical Developments and Religious Belief with Special Reference to Europe in the 18th and 19th Centuries
… materialized. The value given to the life of unborn children was a source of genuine conflict between the medical profession - which regarded the fetus as disposable - and the Roman Catholic church - which regarded all life as valuable, even that of the unborn. Debates occurred over induced …
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Psychological well-being, maternal-foetal bonding and experiences of Indian surrogates
… of the bond formed between surrogates and the unborn baby and establish whether this prenatal bond contributes to their psychological problems, and (iii) to explore the experiences of surrogates during and post-surrogacy. Fifty surrogates were compared with a matched group of 69 expectant …
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Psychological Well-Being, Maternal-Foetal Bonding and Experiences of Indian Surrogates
… of the bond formed between surrogates and the unborn baby and establish whether this prenatal bond contributes to their psychological problems, and (iii) to explore the experiences of surrogates during and post-surrogacy. Fifty surrogates were compared with a matched group of 69 expectant …
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The views and perceptions of maternity patients on domestic violence
… during the growth and development of their unborn children, during all the phases, which include conception as well as the embryonic and fetal development phases. Unfortunately being pregnant does not exclude women from being subjected to violence
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Emerging Parental Sensitivity: the Transition to Parenthood Through the Lens of Family Systems Theory
… mind-minded and coherent descriptions of their unborn infants during pregnancy. However, there was no evidence that these prenatal constructs had a direct or indirect effect on parents’ sensitivity during infancy. These results were added to the second meta-analytic study that showed expectant …
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Music therapy for pregnancy: A phenomenological inquiry of the experiences of pregnant women engaging in music therapy
… 2008). These themes included bonding with the unborn child, managing pregnancy related stress, pain management during labor and delivery, and creating partner intimacy. This topic would benefit from further research studying the experiences of pregnant women participating in music therapy for …
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Fetus: An Exploration of Human Nature Through the Issue of Abortion
… that life begins at conception, and to abort an unborn fetus is an act of murder. The supporters of the Pro-Choice movement, however, believe that a woman has the right to choose what happens with her body, and this takes precedence over other considerations. This work of fiction uses the above …
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Mommy's Tired
… on the world she will create with Agnes, her unborn child. Although Odette's rich interior world reveals disturbing glimpses of narcissistic tendencies, double standards, and violent desires, things are not so straightforward when mommy's tired.
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BALANCING COST, HEALTHCARE QUALITY, AND ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN PREGNANCY, LABOR AND DELIVERY
… able to provide optimal care for the mother and unborn child throughout the entire course of pregnancy. Even though technology has helped to increase successful deliveries and maternal and fetal outcomes, it does give rise to several ethical issues involving policies and priorities within …
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The Art of Self-Making: American Modernist Fiction and the Performances of Identity and Authorship
… gender relations, the legacy of dead and unborn children--all stem from and gesture back towards an irreconcilable, phallogocentric vision of American fiction.</p>
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The inconsistent application of the status of the foetus under South African law: Comparative insights from the UK, Kenya and Colorado
… provisions that offer recognition to the unborn. Notably, the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act 92 of 1996 (CTPA), the Births and Deaths Registration Act 51 of 1992 (BDRA), Intestate Succession Act 81 of 1987 (ISA) and the Wills Act 7 of 1953 contain provisions that, while not …
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Rail and Tie
… seem to shake. Cameron loses his girlfriend, his unborn daughter, and his legs in the accident and tries to quell the pain of their absence with drugs. Finally, Jessica, just out of high school, loses her parents in the crash and must move in with her brother. Cameron proves an effective …
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Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Changes in the Onset of Disease
… the effect of the maternal immune activation on unborn offspring, and how these changes could cause later mental illness. The insights we made into these diseases may lead to future therapies.
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Questing the Beast: From Malory to Milton
… produces a barking noise most often made by her unborn young. Of these four signs, the last is the most prevalent and identifiable. Using these traits and exploring the impact of Malory's <em>Le Morte d'Arthur</em> on post-Medieval authors, three developmentally important Renaissance Beast can be …
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