作者: Jill Ward , Christopher Walker
关键词: Physical therapy 、 Fertility 、 Family medicine 、 Quality care 、 Pregnancy 、 Postpartum care 、 Breastfeeding 、 Medicine 、 Spinal cord injury 、 Reproductive health
摘要: In 2008 there were an estimated 259,000 people living in the USA with spinal cord injuries (SCI). The majority of these are their reproductive years, and over 19% to be women. Advances medical management have allowed many women live successfully congenital defects or resulting SCI that even a few years ago would been fatal. Although may classified as ‘disabled’, fertility is not usually affected desire children own. It important counsel regarding range issues related pregnancy. These include conception issues, parenting disability, emotional concerns family, nutrition exercise pregnancy, risks labour delivery, postpartum care, breastfeeding. For health-care providers it know understand your patient’s disability able provide best patient-centred quality understanding each patient...