Many things can go wrong in the forming of a baby. One thing that could go wrong is an ectopic pregnancy. That is when the fertilized egg gets stuck in the fallopian tube or outside the uterus (womb). This is a serious problem. It most commonly happens in the fallopian tube. The fallopian tube connects the ovary to the uterus. Some symptoms are signs of being pregnant, stomach pain down on one side, bleeding, brown watery discharge, pain in the tip of a shoulder, or discomfort whilst using the restroom. These signs aren't always signs of an ectopic pregnancy. But, if a woman has multiple symptoms while pregnant, she is urged tp call an ambulance or go to an emergency room immediately. The very bad symptoms are sharp and sudden pain in one side of your stomach, feeling dizzy or faint, fainting, feeling nauseous, and looking very pale. This most likely means that the fallopian tube has ruptured. When an ectopic pregnancy happens, it can be fixed. The three options are management, medicine, or surgery. Management means that the doctors watch over you until the egg dissolves. If the egg does not dissolve, one of the other methods is used. Surgery requires keyhole surgery, which is where they make little slits into the skin, and push the utensils through. The fallopian tube may have t be removed, or if it is ruptured, doctors repair it. Sadly, the early life form cannot survive.
Another thing that can happen is a miscarriage. This is when the baby dies, before the 24th week after the egg is fertilized. www.nhs.uk, says that it is thought that “1 in every five pregnancies are miscarriages”. A woman can tell if she has an ectopic pregnancy or a miscarriage, if the woman starts her period again. A woman does not have a period if she is pregnant. When a mother gives birth to a dead child, it is called a stillbirth. If the baby is unstable but alive after birth, it may die soon after birth. This is called a neonatal death. An unborn child may have serious abnormalities. This is called foetal abnormalities. These cases need to be terminated, at or before 12 weeks after the to-be mother becomes pregnant. This means taking pills that stimulate the womb, making it contract. The baby is terminated by being born naturally. The mother has a choice – seeing and holding the baby, or not seeing the baby. If they do not wish to see the baby, the hospital staff will take a picture, just in case the mother changes her mind
Other bad things can happen though, from Down syndrome and cleft problems to spinal bifida and a bifid uvula. There are multiple types on Down syndrome. The one that affects the most people is Trisomy 21. It affects 95% of people with Down syndrome. “Each cell in the body has 3 separate copies of chromosome 21instead of the usual 2” says www.cdc.gov. The next type is Translocation Down syndrome, which affects about 3% of the people with Down syndrome. Then there is Mosaic Down syndrome. Mosaic Down syndrome attacks 2% of the people with Down syndrome. For people with this disease, some of their chromosomes have three and others have two. A cleft lip is caused when the intermaxillary segment and the maxillary prominences fail to fuse. If the secondary palate fuses, it creates a uvula (dangly thing in the back of the throat), but sometimes it splits. If the secondary palate doesn’t fuse, it creates a cleft palate. A cleft palate is when you have a hole in the roof of your mouth. The uvula would be on the side.
A fourth thing is spina bifida. There are three types of spina bifida. The least sever is spina bifida occulta.