Maurissa Benton
English 150 TE
Profess. (Cross)
Lost bundle of Joy
There are millions of babies born a year. Most babies are born healthy, but women also run into problems like miscarriage, premature, and also stillbirth. Most people are familiar with miscarriage, and premature babies, but when we bring up stillbirths the expression of shock and sadness appears. People know so little about stillbirths because it’s a topic that’s not always talked about.
The three major causes of stillbirths are Problems with the placenta and/or umbilical cord. Because the fetus gets its blood, oxygen and nutrients through the placenta and umbilical cord, problems in either will interfere with fetal development. Maternal medical conditions and lifestyle choices. Certain illnesses in the mother, or their treatments, sometimes cause stillbirths. Some of these conditions include chronic hypertension (high blood pressure), preeclampsia, diabetes, lupus, heart or thyroid disease and certain viral or bacterial infections. Older mothers are usually at increased risk for these conditions, as well as for stillbirths. Smoking, drinking alcohol, and using certain recreational drugs during pregnancy are also associated with higher rates of stillbirth, and birth defects. In about one-fourth of stillborn babies, one or more birth defects are responsible for the death. Many are found only after a thorough examination of the baby and an autopsy. Unfortunately, more than half of stillbirths are unexplained, which only adds to parents' grief.(Emax Health) In more than half of stillbirths, the pregnancy has proceeded to 28 weeks or longer, and about {draw:frame} 5,000 stillbirths each year involve full-term fetuses.”(Miss Foundation)
50% of stillborn cases are from unknown causes. Most mothers that have a stillbirth want to know what went wrong. Most of the time there isn’t an explanation but in some cases there is. A women name Sari Edber went in labor three weeks before her due...