PSYC 3480 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 Pregnancy.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Noreen Stuckless

Document Summary

Physical reactions during pregnancy: although individual differences are great, several common physical reactions to pregnancy include weight gain, fatigue and nausea. Emotional reactions during pregnancy: women vary greatly in their emotional reactions to pregnancy, positive emotions. Women who are characteristically optimistic are especially likely to adapt successfully to being pregnant: negative emotions. Some women report their self image declines as their body grows bigger. Concern about other people"s reactions; they are categorized as. Pregnant women , women who have no identity aside from the responsibility of a growing baby. A woman"s overall responses to pregnancy depends on a variety of factors: physical reactions to pregnancy, whether the pregnancy was planned, her relationship with the baby"s father, her economic status. The contractions move the baby down farther the vagina. This is when the woman is encouraged to push. The stage ends when the baby is born: the third stage usually lasts less than 20 minutes, is an anticlimax.