1. Pregnancy and Preparing for Birth
By: Michelle Memnon

2. Pregnancy-
The fertilization and
development of one
or more offspring,
known as an embryo
or fetus, in a woman's
uterus.

3. Pregnancy is a life changing experience. Once a
woman becomes pregnant she then has to share
her body with someone else; her unborn baby
which is a beautiful experience. Pregnancy can
also present many challenges; pregnancy
complications and high risk.

4. Challenges
• Weight Gain
• Physical & Emotional Changes
• Depression
• Gestational Diabetes
• ECT.

5. Healthy Pregnancy = Healthy Baby
A healthy pregnancy and delivering a
healthy baby consist of finding the right
provider, proper prenatal care, and
having the right support from family and
friends.

6. Quote
“Pregnancy is a
natural process. A
new life develops
inside you without any
conscious work on
your part.” (text p.
360)

7. A woman is normally pregnant 9 to 10 months /
40 weeks depending on the woman and her
body.

8. Preparing for Labor
Natural Birth Pain Management
• Childbirth with no • Narcotic Medications
medication • -Epidural Anesthesia

9. Planning for pain management is important to
some women because not all pregnant women
are able to bear the intensity and pain of labor
and birth. Women have a choice to deliver their
babies naturally without any pain medication or
with medication to ease the pain.

10. Preparing for Birth
Vaginal Birth Cesarean Section
• A vaginal birth is delivering • A cesarean section, also
a baby through the vaginal known as a c-section is a
canal surgical method of birth
where the baby is born by a
surgical cut in the abdomen
and uterus

11. Some women have a preference of delivering
vaginally verses having cesarean. On the other
hand many women have complications with
their pregnancies that they don’t have a choice
they have to have a c-section. Women who have
c-sections have a longer recovery.

12. Question:
Would you be able to deliver a baby
naturally without any pain
medication?