Genetics, Birth, and Pregnancy

Description

create a fictional case study

The paper should follow this outline and answer these questions:

Introduction

Genetics:

What role has genetics played in your life?
Do you have a family history of inherited conditions that you are aware of? (The Family Health History would be considered an outside resource that you can use here.)
Do you personally know anyone impacted by a genetic condition?

Prenatal Care:

How old was your mother when you were conceived? Was her age lower, average, or higher than the average age of a mother in her culture at her time? (Use this website
(Links to an external site.)
to find average ages of US mothers from 1970-2000, p. 6)
Did your mother find it difficult to conceive? Any special circumstances to mention (surrogacy, IVF, etc.)?
Did your mother take prenatal vitamins? Did she have a birth plan?
Did your mother have physical, emotional, psychological, social, or cultural support during her pregnancy? (Tie in appropriate research here. You can use your textbook as a resource.)
What was your original due date? Were you early, on time, or late compared to that due date?
What was your mother’s experience of being pregnant? Were there any concerns or complications?

Birth:

Where and when were you born?
Were you born in a hospital, birthing center, or at home? (Was this the typical experience in the culture that you were born in & at the time you were born?)
Did your birth go as your mother had planned or expected? (If there were surprises or complications, what were they and how frequently did those issues happen during the place and time you were born?)
Were other family members present for your birth or soon after?
Did your mother receive physical, emotional, psychological, social, or cultural support during your birth?
What was your birth order in your family? (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th…?)
Is your family considered big or small for the place and time your were born?

Conclusions