Jaymie TicknorDevelopmental Psychology 3620 Sect. 85320 September 2013Lecture #9Fetal activity more of a reflex (unconscious movement); nervous system is developed first; 20 weeks is where the baby is most active, conscious movementPregnancy: three trimesters; 40 weeksFirst 3 months: morning sickness due to hormonal changes; fatigueSecond 3 months: woman feels the baby moving (“quickening”); prenatal activity level predicts activity level of the baby after birthFinal 3 months: fatigue and discomfort; fetus “drops” to get into position for birthTeratogens Forty: agents that can disrupt prenatal development and cause malformations or termination of the pregnancyAlcohol: fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)Tobacco: (including 2nd hand smoke): asthma and other respiratory problems; SIDS; ADHD and learning disabilitiesPrescription drugs: even aspirin is linked with bleedingIllegal Drugs; Maternal disease and stress; FASD (fetal alcohol spectrum/syndrome disorder)Startle all throughout the pregnancy if consume one glass of red wine a weekMental retardation, born with diseases (heart, lungs)Risks after the Birth:“Baby blues”: postpartum depression should be treatedSudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)Prematurity: birth that occurs before a gestational age of 37 weeksLow birth weight: full-term newborn weighing less than 5 pounds, 4 ouncesOccur more often to male babies; seasonal more if born in the fall and winter times; 99% happens between 1 month to 6 months (rarely before 1 month and after 6 months)Linked to having the baby sleep on its stomach (very dangerous); no
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