Health and pregnancy

Question 1

What are two things important for good health?

Answer 1

• Healthy body. working properly no diseases.
• Healthy mental state. able to cope with ups and downs in life
  > have balanced diet and do enough exercise
  > not abusing drugs

Question 2

What is the placenta?

Answer 2

lets blood of foetus and mother get very close to allow exchange of blood and food waste

Question 3

What happens if the mother drinks alcohol, smokes or take drugs while she’s pregnant

Answer 3

Harmful chemicals in her blood cross the placenta and affect the foetus

Question 4

Give an example for what happens to the foetus when the mother was pregnant and drank alcohol, soke or take drugs while pregnant?

Answer 4

Foetus may not develop properly and gain health problems after it’s born