Alessandra Piontelli

Development of Normal Fetal Movements (eBook, PDF)

The First 25 Weeks of Gestation

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Produktbeschreibung

This work aims to provide a detailed reasoned map of fetal behavior by describing its features and evolution from 10 to 25 weeks gestation. Each behavioral event is described, measured in seconds and presented as it occurs in its natural sequence, thus providing a 'real-time' picture of fetal behavior. Links between events become clear, and events are connected to the changing anatomy and physiology of the nervous system and of the fetal body in general. Transient behaviour with its underlying structures and possible functions is carefully distinguished from anticipatory functions heralding post-natal life. Furthermore, phenomena of physiologic significance during prenatal life, but which can acquire pathological connotations for the premature infant having to meet the different requirements of the post-natal environment, are also outlined. Finally, various prenatal 'myths' are discussed, in order to give scientific information on issues;that are particularly relevant, given the heatedpro-life versus pro-choice debate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Milan
• Seitenzahl: 133
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788847014022
• Artikelnr.: 37412980

Autorenporträt

After graduating in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Milan, Italy, Alessandra Piontelli qualified as a specialist in Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Parma. For more than a decade she worked at the Tavistock Clinic, London, where her responsibilities included teaching child neurology and psychiatry. In 1983 she was appointed Visiting Professor by the Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Milan. Since 1990 she has worked at the First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Milan, where she is involved in research into fetal and neonatal behavior and physiology and maternal behavior during pregnancy and the early post-partum period. In 2007 she was Visiting Professor at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and, in 2011, Visiting Professor and Master in Pre-Natal and Peri-Natal Education at the University of Valencia, Spain. Her previous books include Backwards in Time: a Study in Infant Observation (Karnac Books, 1986), From Fetus to Child (Routledge, 1992), Twins: From Fetus to Child (Routledge, 2002), and Twins in the World (McMillan-Palgrave, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

General Movements.- Startles, Twitches and Clonuses.- Hiccups, Yawning and Gasping.- Fetal Breathing Movements.- Swallowing, Sucking, and Handedness as Inferred from Fetal Thumb Sucking.- Localized Movements.- Facial Expressions.- Rest-activity Cycles, Clusters and the Ontogeny of Sleep.- Twin Fetuses and Twin Myths.- Conclusions: Movement is Life.