Pregnancy Is The Best News For Individuals - 3563 Words

Having a baby is one of the most wonderful feelings, and moments for most women’s, couple’s, and family’s lives. Many women are excited to get pregnant, and expect their life to change for better by giving birth (Hoffenaar, 2009). Becoming a family, carrying on the family name or bloodline, or only the love for children make people want to have babies. When the first child comes, his or her arrival redefines people from a couple to a family. It bonds people for life in many inexplicable ways that are too big to be apparent right away after the birth. Most individuals, and couples want to plan the timing and spacing of their childbearing, and also want to avoid unintended pregnancies, for a range of social, economic and psychological†¦show more content†¦It is important to mention that pregnancy has a public health impact as well. Births resulting from unintended or closely spaced pregnancies are associated with adverse maternal, and child health outcomes . According to Finner (2011), women who have an unintended pregnancy are at risk for unintended childbearing, which associates with a number of adverse maternal behaviors and child health outcomes, including inadequate or delayed initiation of prenatal care, smoking and drinking during pregnancy, premature birth and lack of breastfeeding, as well as negative physical and mental health effects on children. Once the person gets pregnant there are three options on how to proceed: 1- continue with the pregnancy and raise the baby, 2-continue with the pregnancy and create an adoption plan to allow someone else to raise the child, 3- end the pregnancy by having an abortion (acog.org). Finner and Zolna demonstrate that, based on National Center for Health Statistics’ findings on pregnancies; in 2006, 3.2 million (nearly