Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Answers to Selected Questions from Selected Groups

Questions on How people get pregnant, birth control, abortion and adoption:

Q- How available is birth control to people of all ages?
A- "There is no legal age you can begin taking birth control when you begin your period you can start because that is the time you can start to have babies. Keep in mind, though, that while there may not be legal prohibitions on birth control in young women, there are mental and physical health risks to birth control methods and to early sexual activity. Talk to your doctor, parents, or other trusted adult."
(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_legal_age_to_start_taking_birth_control)

Q- What percentage of pregnant women had abortions?
A- "Summary: It is estimated here that, as of 2008, about 28% of U.S. women ages 15-64 have had abortions. This figure has risen from 2.8% in 1973 to 11% in 1980, 19% in 1987, 24% in 1994, and 27% in 2001. In 2008, of women ages 40-55, about 40% have had abortions in their lifetimes.From 1967 to September 2008, approximately 50,200,000 abortions occurred in the United States; of these, about 30,260,000 or 60% were to women with no prior abortions [1,2]. In other words, 30,260,000 different women had one or more abortions from 1967 to the present in the U.S.Given that there were 101,314,000 women ages 15-64 in the U.S. in 2007, this implies about 25-28% of women ages 15-64 in the U.S. today have had at least one abortion in their lifetime."
(http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/uslifetimeab.html)

Q- What is the average age of pregnancy?
A- "Over the last three decades, women have been waiting longer to become moms. In 1970, the average age for a first-time mother was about 21. In 2005, the average age of first-time moms was 25.2 years."
(http://www.babycenter.com/0_17-surprising-facts-about-birth-in-the-united-states_1372273.bc)

Questions on Professionalism & Techniques/Technicalities of Birthing Process

Q- What complications can arise from pregnancy/labor?
A- "Low Birth Weight- Caused by poor nutrition and substance abuse,Gestational Diabetes- Can happen during pregnancy when the woman's body isn't making enough insulin,Preterm Labor- When the mother's body is trying to deliver the baby before she has reached full-term (37 weeks) ,Group B Strep- Group B Strep is the leading cause of infections in newborns. Not group A strep (strep throat),Rh Negative Disease- Rh factor is determined by the presence of a protein surrounding red blood cells. Without the protein, a woman is considered Rh negative, Ectopic Pregnancy - # Ectopic pregnancies can be caused by an STD, such as chlamydia, or an infection, such as pelvic inflammatory disease. Women who have undergone sterilization procedures or have been diagnosed with endometriosis or other female reproductive disorders are also at risk. If the fallopian tube is getting tighter, or more narrow, the egg is fertilized outside the uterus, and in the tube, thus the name: 'Tubal pregnancy.'."
(http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/commoncomplications.html)

Q- How much do doctors (gynocoligists) get paid per birth?
A- "Obstetrics-Gynecology $350,455" it didn't say how much they get per birth it only recorded a ballpark figure.
http://mmdoe.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-much-do-doctors-get-paid.html

Q- Can a doctor force you to get an abortion if your baby will be disabled?
A- "Legally, no one can force you to have an abortion" Doctors can influence you greatly to make this choice but thats about it.
http://yorkpregnancy.accountsupport.com/choices.php

Q-What percentage of woman develop gestational diabetes?
A- "Almost 9 percent of women in the US have diabetes, but about one third of them do not know it. Women with diabetes have an increased risk of pregnancy complications. In addition, 2 to 3 percent of women develop diabetes during pregnancy, called gestational diabetes."
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_hrpregnant/gesdia.cfm

Ways of Giving Birth Questions

Q- What percent choose to take drugs during pregnancy?
A- "The survey found that an estimated 113,000 white women,75,000 African-American women, and 28,000 Hispanic women used illicit drugs during pregnancy." Im not sure if this is what the question meant but this is what google gave me.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol10N1/NIDASurvey.html

Q- Where do they give birth squated?
A- "some of the indigenous people in Central and South America have a tradition of giving birth standing up or sitting."
http://www.daddytypes.com/2008/07/14/true_story_they_give_birth_standing_up_in_panama_peru.php

Q- what is the percent of women that give birth at home?
A- "In the period 2005–2008, 29 percent of deliveries in the Netherlands occurred at home, as against 35 percent in the period 1997–2000."
http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/gezondheid-welzijn/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2009/2009-2696-wm.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublishedmethodenmethodenmethodencijferspublicatiescijferscijferspublicaties

Q-What is the most common method of bith?
A-"Doctors and midwives should recommend natural child birth as part of an NHS drive to reduce the number of births using epidurals and caesarean sections, according to the Government’s health watchdog."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1564248/What-is-the-best-way-to-give-birth.html

Q-What percentage of C- sections are elective?
A-"About 36 percent of women were delivered prior to 39 weeks, electively by Caesarean,"
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_73577.html

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