Pregnancy and Menopause: Impacts on Women's Lives

This assignment examines the significant impacts of pregnancy and menopause on women's lives. It delves into the physical, mental, and social changes associated with both events, highlighting their diverse effects on individuals. The assignment also considers the implications for care workers and professionals involved in supporting women through these life stages.

Significant Life Event-
Task 1

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
Impact of pregnancy and menopause on a service user..............................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Possible response of their family and friends about pregnancy and menopause........................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
Impact of pregnancy or menopause on care workers or professionals.......................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In an individual life ,there are occurred many events that may have positive impact or
negative impact on the individual 's life. Life events may have many types like
pregnancy ,marriage ,accidents etc (Lin, Dean and Ensel, W.M. 2013). This event is positive for
a one person and same event may be negative for another person at the same time .This project is
based on direct health that deals in pregnancy and menopause related problems and provides
home care services . This project will explain the impact of pregnancy and menopause on the
service user and response of the family members after knowing these problems.
TASK 1
Impact of pregnancy and menopause on a service user
Menopause is an event that occurs in every women life in the age of 40 to 50 . In this
event , women loose their monthly periods permanently and stops to become pregnant. It affects
the women's life negatively because after occurring it ,women can't get pregnancy and other
negative health issues which are as follows-
1. Osteoporosis - It is like a condition that affects the bones of women which means it
weak the bones of women and decrease bones strength and increases the risk of breaking
the bones. This can occur in shoulder ,wrist or hip etc.
2. Skin problems – If any women have menopause problems then they have many
problems like itching ,dry skin ,oily skin ,tingling or pricking sensation etc.
3. Lower sex drive – If any women have menopause problem then they don't want to do
sex.
4. Heart disease – If any women are facing these problems then their oestrogen level falls
that increase the heart disease. In this case mostly women are dying by breast
cancer ,heart attacks and it increases the Diabetes ,cholesterol ,high blood pressure etc. It
is also known Coronary artery disease (Hogue and et.al., 2013).
5. Vaginal dryness – In this case , women's vagina dry and occurs itching problems in it. It
makes the sex uncomfortable and painful. Most of the women is facing these problems.

It is not necessary that it affects the women negatively ,it can also affects positively. Mostly
myths fosters misunderstanding that say that it only affects negatively.
Impact of pregnancy on service user- Pregnancy affects the women's life in many possible
ways. It can be positive effect or negative effects which are as follows-
1. Physically – A child affects the body of women like she is going to gain weight , her
breast can be swelled ,her lungs may be crapped and so on. For some women it is a
positive affects and for another it is negative impact on body.
2. Emotionally – Getting pregnancy is wonderful for most of the women but it affects the
mood of them like some women has good mood and some irritates on the small topic and
so on. It is just happened because of the hormonal changes that affects the mood of
women (Peng and et.al., 2012).
3. Acne and mild skin problems – In this time ,most women get glow on skin and some
women get dullness or acne or pimples on the face .
4. Diseases or other problem- If any women is getting pregnancy the it may be possible
that they have hair loss ,breast problems ,swelling in joints ,bleeding gums, higher blood
pressure etc.
5. Mood swings and brain changes – At this time, women 's mood changes at every
minute like sometime they are happy and other time they are getting irritation. At this
time every women are very much excited for their baby and have low level of patient.
6. Financially – Baby is more expensive from the day when they are conceived. People
have to spend their money when they are in womb like regular check up , medicine
doctor fees ,deliver etc.
7. Socially – it also affects socially because parents have to know about responsibilities
towards the baby and there are new friends to be made (Folkman, 2013).
8. Professionally – If any lady is doing job or running business and if she is expecting then
It stops the career of that lady because lady have to give all focus on the pregnancy.
TASK 2
Possible response of their family and friends about pregnancy and menopause
If any women is getting pregnancy then family and friends gives the following response
which are as follows-

1. If teenager girl is getting pregnancy for the first time then her mother will take care of
and will monitor the daughter health time to time and give advise to her what to eat or
not.
2. If that pregnancy is expected by all family member or friends then they will be happy
after listening this news and say congratulation to them.
3. It's news might be result that her mother will communicate with daughter about sex and
contraception with other children. This news compels the mother to tell everything to her
daughter (Diener, Inglehart and Tay, 2013).
4. At this news ,mostly people get happy and remove all stress in the life of pregnant lady.
5. This news affects the family member emotionally such as they will afraid of related to the
pregnancy or will be happy.
6. If this baby is not expected by anyone then no one will be happy.
Response of family related to menopause- In this situation, family members can give positive
or negative response to the lady. Responses of family members are as follows-
1. After knowing this news ,family member may support or help her for facing this problem
and give advice that what should be done or what not to done.
2. Family can do rudely or bad behave with her and may want to get rid of her from the
house.
3. Husband may not support or want to take divorce from her and may do wrong behaviour
like mentally or physically torture to her.
4. It will increase the stress all over the family and friends.
5. It will affects the brain of family and friends or herself also and demotivate to everyone
for doing right things.
6. If menopause is occurred at early stage of life then it breaks the expectation of the family
that result will be change in behaviour of everyone.
7. In this situation ,husband may support to her and remain faithful towards her (Mueller
and et.al., 2011).

TASK 3
Impact of pregnancy or menopause on care workers or professionals
These events also affects the care workers or professional who are dealing with these
problems. These can be affected in the following way which are as follows -
Impact of menopause – Impact of these situation on professionals is as follows-
1. It creates the stress for care worker if this situation is very critical for them.
2. If this situation is not be handled by the care workers then it decreases the value of brand
name in the market.
3. If critical situation is easily managed by care workers then it effects the professionals
positively (Bevan, Gomez and Sparks, 2014).
4. It increases the revenue or customers if they are good professionals.
5. They do treatment of their problems and give advise to them what should be done in this
situation or what should not be.
6. They suggest the precaution that should be taken by every women who are facing this
problems.
7. They take care of them properly and find outs the reason or causes of that problem.
8. It emotionally impact the care workers and ruins the relationship with patient if condition
is not managed.
Impact of pregnancy on care workers -
1. It increases the work pressure of the care workers if situation is critical.
2. It increases the experiences of the care workers and reduce the emissions or errors.
3. If they are dealing in good way then it increases the relationship with patients and their
family member that result will be increasing revenue or market share (Hogue and et.al.,
2013).
4. All patients believes that doctor will do right everything. It's result is that it increases the
responsibility of professionals or care workers.
5. Care workers have to take care of pregnant lady strictly and have to provide all
precaution that should have to take by all pregnant lady.
6. Care workers or professionals have to check up the pregnant ladies timely according to
the requirements.

7. It have to provide information related to the pregnancy and gives medicine to them that is
required (Peng and et.al., 2012).
Conclusion
Pregnancy is a wonderful event for every women and all women want to be a mother in
her life and on the other hand menopause is a critical situation for every women because it stops
the monthly periods and pregnancy. Both events may affects the women 's life positively or
negatively . If one event is positive for a person then same event may be negative for other
person. It depend only the situation. From the above study , it concluded that pregnancy or
menopause both affects the women life such as it affects the women
mentally ,physically ,socially and so on. As well it also affects the care workers or professionals
in terms od responsibility ,financially ,goodwill etc.

REFERENCES
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