PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Apgar Score, Umbilical Cord, Cerebral Palsy
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If there are complications during birth, where is it safest to give birth. It is typically less expensive at home: more comfortable at home, there are drawbacks to home birth. Sometimes the process of delivery is very fast. Infant mortality across cultures: there are less infant mortalities in more developed countries. Assessing the newborn: baby"s viability is assessed, apgar test. Is the newborn able to control body functions: breathing, body temperature, motor, can the baby control their body movements. Social: ability to identify a face or recognize a familiar face. Slide 50: usually taking in information in their environment, waking activity, they are awake, but they aren"t taking in information. Slide 51: basic cry, occurs when baby is hungry or tired, mad cry, more intense, greater level of discomfort, pain cry, begins with a sudden shriek, more out of the blue. Swaddling helps babies calm down and fall asleep. Slide 53: as time goes on, their sleeping schedules shift.
