NAVIGATING OUR WAY THROUGH THE FIRST
PERIOD OF PREGNANCY
ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE
1. Some Doppler devices @ 10 wks audible
2. After 20 weeks IUP
3. Trans vag as early as 10d IUP, or US
4. Urine/Serum hCG- urine 10-14 days post missed pd. Will test +
1st:
MOTHER;?? Ambivalence
FATHER:RT AGE, ECONOMICS
2NDTRI:
MOTHER: INTROSPECTIVE, ENCORPORATES BABY INTO
HER BEING ASS’D C FM
FATHER:GIVES
MORE ATTENTION TO MOM, BUY OR MAKE FURNITURE/ COUVADE
3RDTRI
MOTHER: ANXIOUS/TENSE RE: LABOUR.DREAMS @ BABY.SPURT OF ENERGY – NESTING
FATHER:
FEELS ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE WELL BEING OF THE MOTHER AND BABY
SIBLINGS:MAY FEEL THREAT TO SECURITY OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.INVOLVEMENT!!
SEE PAGE 11 SYLABUS.KEY TERMS
Pull the data together and give 3
problem list items