GEO 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sensory Neuron, Echolalia, Language Immersion

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEO 100
• Professor: Samuel Hanes

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99% of us births in hospitals; 91% attended by a physician. Midwifery: deliver babies 8% of us births; reduction in procedures during labor, no advance outcomes. Doulas: positi(cid:448)e effe(cid:272)ts fou(cid:374)d, suppo(cid:396)t (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396)s o(cid:374) a (cid:862)(cid:271)i(cid:396)thi(cid:374)g tea(cid:373)(cid:863) Prepared childbirth/lamaze method: popularized in france; providing education to parents and mother before birth; on the procedure of birth and the complications that could arise before, during, and after birth. Cesarean delivery: 33% of births (e. g. , breech position, complications, elective) Oxygen deprivation: hypoxia: decrease in oxygen (e. g. , umbilical cord is wrapped around neck, anoxia: no presence of oxygen; worst scenario. Happens more frequently during birth, but can occur throughout the. Preterm: pregnancy: < 37 weeks = preterm, < 32 weeks = very preterm. Low birth weight: < 5. 5lbs = low birth weight, < 2. 5lbs = very low birth weight. Babies born at higher altitude typically have lower birth weights. Respiratory distress syndrome: occurs whenever the newborn has respiratory problems.