Psychological and physiological changes in Pregnancy Flashcards
(78 cards)
give 4 PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF PREGNANCY
Cultural Influences
Social influences
Family influences
Individual Influences
view pregnancy as a time of health.
EBP caused complications of pregnancy
Social Influences
give examples of
Cultural Influences
➜beliefs that lifting your arms over your head will cause the cord to twist
➜ that watching a lunar eclipse will cause birth deformities
supporting beliefs, tradition, and culture
Cultural Influences
how can a woman have positive attitude toward her pregnancy
If she and her siblings were loved and seen as the pleasant outcome of a happy marriage
she will not be overjoyed to find herself pregnant if all she has heard
stories about excruciating pain and endless suffering in labor
when will a woman have difficulty loving and accepting fetus
If a woman has difficulty loving others because she did not receive love as a child,
A woman’s ability to cope with or adapt to stress plays a major role in how she will resolve conflict and adapt to the new life contingencies that are coming.
Individual Influences
ability to cope with or adapt to stress plays a major role in how she will
resolve conflict and adapt to the new life contingencies that are coming.
examples of Individual Influences
taking away her freedom.
she will lose her looks.
rob her financially and ruin her chances of job promotion
Woman and partner both spend time recovering from shock of learning they are pregnant and concentrate on what it feels like to be pregnant. A common reaction is ambivalence, or feeling both pleased and not pleased about
the pregnancy
First Trimester Task: Accepting
the pregnancy
A common reaction in First Trimester Task: Accepting
the pregnancy
ambivalence
what is ambivalence
feeling both pleased and not pleased about
the pregnancy.
Woman and partner move through emotions such as narcissism and introversion as they concentrate on what it will feel like to be a parent. Roleplaying and increased
dreaming are common
Second Trimester Task: Accepting
the baby
what is common in Second Trimester Task: Accepting
the baby
Roleplaying and increased
dreaming are common.
Woman and partner the baby and end of pregnancy
prepare clothing and
sleeping arrangements for the baby but also grow impatient with pregnancy as they ready themselves for
birth.
Third Trimester
Task: Preparing for the baby and end of pregnancy
when does anticipation and concern related to fears and fantasies about the pregnancy occur?
First Trimester: Accepting the Pregnancy
usually increased maternal feelings of physical and emotional well-being
Second trimester - ACCEPTING THE BABY
mother is often described as self-absorbed and introverted
Second trimester - ACCEPTING THE BABY
the first moment a woman feels fetal movement.
Quickening
what would happen until the woman experiences for herself this quickening or proof of the child’s existence
she may think of the life inside her as an integral part of herself rather than as a separate entity
how to accept the baby?
Quickening
when will the baby be welcomed as an addition to the family?
until labor has begun or after several hours of labor
the moment a woman first
hears her baby’s cry or first touches or feeds her newborn
possible new fears related to labor and delivery
Third Trimester: Preparing for Parenthood
