Question

A woman has just received the news that she is pregnant. She is ambivalent about the pregnancy because she had planned to go back to work when her youngest child started school next year. What developmental task of pregnancy must the woman accomplish in the first trimester of pregnancy?
a. Recognize her ambivalence.
b. Accept that she is pregnant.
c. Prepare for the birth of the baby.
d. Recognize the fetus as an individual separate from the mother.

Answer 1

Answer: c. Prepare for the birth of the baby.

Explanation:

The tenure of the pregnancy lasts for 40 weeks. This tenure is distributed into three trimesters. The first trimester is the tenure in which the fertilization takes place by the sperms to the egg till the fetus development which ends 12 weeks of the pregnancy.  

This period is initial and crucial period for the development of the fetus.  The women has make up her mindset according to the situation that she has conceived and she has to prepare herself for the child birth.