Capella University Prenatal and Postnatal Development Complications Paper

Capella University Prenatal and Postnatal Development Complications Paper

Your text describes the effects of teratogens on prenatal development, and also reviews some of the postnatal development complications that can occur as a result of factors such as low birth weight.

Based on your unit readings and your own independent research, respond to the following prompts:

• What counseling would you offer to someone considering pregnancy, or in the early stage of pregnancy, about things that can affect prenatal development, such as teratogens and other factors?
• How might your counsel change, based on demographic factors such as age or ethnicity of the woman?
• What counseling would you offer to help lessen the effect of postnatal complications, such as low birth weight or preterm birth?