Little is known about the rates, correlates, and consequences of depression among a sample of first time mothers. Mothers were administered the Beck Depression Inventory prenatally and 6 months postpartum. Measures of maternal and child behaviors were taken at 8 months. Further, teen mothers were significantly more likely to become depressed after their babies were born than low resource or high resource adult mothers. As depression increased, mothers scored less favorably in maternal warmth and sensitivity, contingent responsiveness, and general verbalness; children scored less favorably in warmth seeking toward their mothers. Findings signify the need for counseling and nurse-based intervention and prevention services geared at preparing pregnant teens for motherhood.
Lauren B. Sixty-eight percent of patients whose pregnancy diagnosis was missed had no documentation of their menstrual or sexual history in the chart. The differential for first-trimester vaginal bleeding is broad but includes benign nonobstetrical causes vaginitis, cervicitis, trauma , bleeding in a viable intrauterine pregnancy threatened abortion , spontaneous abortion miscarriage , and ectopic pregnancy. An intrauterine pregnancy on ultrasonography requires the presence of both an intrauterine gestational sac and yolk sac.
Metrics details. Postpartum depression PPD is a mood disorder that affects 10—20 percent of women, and can begin any time during first year after delivery lasting for months. Social support may decrease risk of depression during pregnancy for women. However, literature shows that the amount of social support received during and after pregnancy is different for teen mothers and adult mothers.
Articles in the December issue discuss various health issues affecting school-aged children, including acne, eczema and growth disorders. Volume 45, No. The aim of this article is to review current evidence on the epidemiology and clinical care of teenage pregnancy and parenting, and provide recommendations around management of these young people in Australia. Teenage mothers may have experienced family, sexual, and partner violence, family disruption, and socioeconomic disadvantage. Outcomes on a range of peripartum measures are worse for teenage mothers and their babies.