Environmental factors detrimental to prenatal development

All the factors mentioned here are specific to pregnant women. Accordingly, the relevant factor and its effects are given below.

1. German measles - blindness, deafness, heart abnormalities, dead births
2. Smoking - premature birth and weight loss
3. Alcoholism - mental decay, weight loss, deformed body features
4. Rays (like x-rays) - mental dense growth, distorted body parts
5. Lack of food - lose weight, slow down brain growth
6. Age over 35 years  - Increase the likelihood of Down Syndrome
7. Thalidomide - Abnormalities such as loss of limbs and limbs at birth

People with Down Syndrome are tall and low in intelligence. thalidomide is a medication given to pregnant women for morning sickness and headache. The drug is currently banned.

Periods for Postpartum Development

the following are approximately the awakening and age limits of postpartum development.

• Infancy - from birth to two years
• Early Childhood - two to five years
• Late Childhood - five to twelve years
• Adolescene - twelve years to eighteen years
• Early Adulthood - eighteen years to thirty years
• Late Adulthood - thirty years to sixty years
• Old Age - sixty years to death