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Negative Influences on the Developing Fetus

The purpose of this posting is to discuss the maternal / paternal, environmental, and teratogenic factors that have a negative influence on the developing fetus. This information will be related to how it concerns the practice of mental health counseling.

Maternal and paternal factors both affect the developing fetus. According to the reading in Broderick and Blewitt 23 of the 46 chromosomes were contributed by the father so his part can not be down played. With personal experience under the belt of having to boys. It can honestly be stated that during labor and delivery, kind thoughts about their father's role, especially during the painful part, did enter into the equation. Hereditary diseases, according to Broderick and Blewitt, are passed on from parents to children, and the blame could either be a function of normal hereditary processes, or because something went wrong during the production of the ova or the sperm.......

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