HEALTH 8

2ND QUARTER LESSON

(SUMMARY)
UNIT 2:

FAMILY LIFE
FAMILY
INTRODUCTION
FAMILY IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. IT HELPS US
IN IMPROVING OUR PERSONALITY. IT ALSO HELPS US IN SHAPING OUR
LIFE. IT TEACHES US THE VALUE OF INTEGRITY, LOVE AND HONESTY AND
PROVIDES US WITH TOOLS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS.

- FAMILY IS CONSIDERED A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BE YOURSELF

- FAMILY ENCOURAGES YOU WHEN YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY
PROBLEMS
LESSON 1:

COURTSHIP, DATING AND MARRIAGE

LOVE AND INFATUATION ARE BOTH INTENSE
EMOTIONS THAT ONE FEELS FOR ANOTHER PERSON. THESE
FEELINGS ARE MOST OFTEN CONFUSED FOR EACH OTHER BY
MANY PEOPLE. BUT THE TWO FEELINGS DIFFER IN THEIR
ACTUALITY OF LOVE, INTENSITY, AND FINAL OUTCOME.
 INFATUATION OR CRUSH

INFATUATION OR CRUSH IS THE STATE OF BEING

COMPLETELY CARRIED AWAY BY UNREASONING PASSION OR LOVE;
ADDICTIVE LOVE. INFATUATION USUALLY OCCURS AT THE BEGINNING
OF RELATIONSHIPS WHEN SEXUAL ATTRACTION IS CENTRAL.
 LOVE
LOVE CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A FEELING OF
INTENSE AFFECTION FOR ANOTHER PERSON. IT IS
MOST OFTEN TALKED ABOUT AS AN EMOTION
BETWEEN TWO PERSONS.
Comparison Infatuation Love
Category
Definition Infatuation is the state A decision to commit oneself to
of being completely another and to work through
carried away by conflicts instead of giving up. A
unreasoning desire. deeper understanding or care.

Associated Selfish, Uncontrollable Decision to devote yourself to

desire another person for better or for
with: worse.
Sub- Urgency, intensity, Faithfulness, confidence.
sexual desire, anxiety, Willingness to make sacrifices
Categories high risk choices, for another. Working at settling
reckless differences. Able to compromise
abandonment of what so that either both win or at least
was once valued give the other person's opinion a
chance
Comparison Infatuation
Category
Feels like: All consuming euphoria
similar to recreational drug
use(addictive chemical
reactions in the brain),
stupidity (cupidity); Can risk
everything for the next hit of
adrenalin
Love
A deep affection,
contentment, confidence.
Partners communicate and
negotiate appropriate
expectations. Requires a lot of
selflessness and polite
assertiveness.

Person to Reckless commitment to

satisfy one's all-consuming
Commitment to
another
Person: lust
Effect: Being controlled by brain
chemistry; loss of ability to
Steadfast decision to commit
yourself to another person.
make rational evaluations.
 COURTSHIP
COURTSHIP IS THE PERIOD IN A COUPLE'S RELATIONSHIP
WHICH PRECEDES THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGE OR IT IS
AN ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AGREED RELATIONSHIP OF A MORE
ENDURING KIND. DURING COURTSHIP A COUPLE GETS TO KNOW
EACH OTHER AND DECIDE IF THERE WILL BE AN ENGAGEMENT
OR SUCH AGREEMENT. A COURTSHIP MAY BE AN INFORMAL
AND PRIVATE MATTER BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE OR MAY BE A
PUBLIC AFFAIR OR A FORMAL ARRANGEMENT WITH FAMILY
APPROVAL.
 TRADITIONAL FORMS OF
COURSHIP
VS
COURTSHIP AT THE AGE OF
TECHNOLOGY
 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209
THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
July 6, 1987
Marriage is a special contract of permanent union between
a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the
establishment of conjugal and family life. It is the foundation of the
family and an inviolable social institution...
<Source: www.chanrobles.com/executiveorderno209.htm>

The Family Code of the Philippines sets eighteen (18) as

the age of majority of the Filipinos. However, for marriages
between the ages of 18-21, the written consent of the parent is
required. Without the written consent, the marriage is voidable.
 RECIPE / INGREDIENTS OFA
SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE
• 1.LOVE • 6.COOPERATION
• 2.UNDERSTANDING / • 7.GROWTH
RESPECT • 8.INVOLVEMENT
• 3.CARE • 9.SHARING AND GIVING
• 4.LOYALTY • 10.COMMUNICATION
• 5.A SHARED PHILOSOPHY
LESSON 2: PREGNANCY-
RELATED CONCERNS
AND PRE-NATAL CARE
NORMAL PHYSICAL CHANGES AND SYMPTOMS THROUGHOUT
PREGNANCY
ALTHOUGH THEY CAN RANGE FROM MILD TO • PELVIC ACHE AND HIP PAIN
SEVERE, THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE
• HEMORRHOIDS AND CONSTIPATION
COMMON DURING PREGNANCY:
• NOSEBLEEDS AND BLEEDING GUMS
• FATIGUE
• STRETCH MARKS, ITCHINESS, AND OTHER SKIN
• MORNING SICKNESS CHANGES
• SLEEP PROBLEMS • HAND PAIN, NUMBNESS, OR WEAKNESS
• HEARTBURN (CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME)
• BREAST CHANGES • CHANGES INVAGINAL DISCHARGE. A THIN,
MILKY-WHITE DISCHARGE (LEUKORRHEA) IS
• VARICOSE VEINS
NORMAL THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY. ALSO,
• HAIR CHANGES THE TISSUE LINING OF THEVAGINA BECOMES
• LEG CRAMPS THICKER AND LESS SENSITIVE DURING
PREGNANCY.
• BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA
• THE PASSAGE OF A BABY FROM ITS MOTHER’S UTERUS TO THE OUTSIDE
OF HER BODY IS CALLED BIRTH. DURING BIRTH, THE UTERUS
CONTRACTS MANY TIMES AND PUSHES THE BABY THROUGH THE
VAGINA AND OUTSIDE THE MOTHER’S BODY.

•LABOR IS THE PROCESS THAT LASTS FROM THE TIME

CONTRACTIONS START UNTIL THE DELIVERY OF THE CHILD AND THE
PLACENTA. LABOR LASTS A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR EVERY
WOMAN AND EVERY PREGNANCY.
THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT STAGES OF LABOR:
• 1ST STAGE –BEGINS WITH THE FIRST CONTRACTION AND LASTS UNTIL THE
CERVIX HAS OPENED ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE BABY TO PASS THROUGH.
CONTRACTION HAPPENS EVERY FEW MINUTES AND LASTS A MINUTE.

• 2ND STAGE – STARTS WHEN THE CERVIX IS COMPLETELY OPEN AND LASTS
UNTIL THE BABY IS DELIVERED. DURING THIS PERIOD, CONTRACTION HAPPENS
EVERY 2-3 MINUTES. AFTER THE BABY IS BORN, THE DOCTOR CUTS THE UMBILICAL
CORD. HEALTHY BABIES BREATHE AND CRY ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

• 3RD STAGE –THIS IS THE FINAL STAGE OF LABOR. IT IS WHEN THE PLACENTA IS
DELIVERED. IN THIS STAGE, THE MOTHER’S UTERINE CONTRACTIONS PUSH THE
PLACENTA OR “AFTERBIRTHS” OUT OF HER BODY. AT THIS TIME, THE BIRTH IS
COMPLETED.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9288
AN ACT PROMULGATING A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND A
NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ENSURING NEWBORN SCREENING

NEWBORN MEANS A CHILD FROM THE TIME OF COMPLETE DELIVERY TO 30 DAYS OLD.
NEWBORN SCREENING:
NEWBORN SCREENING (NBS) IS A SIMPLE PROCEDURE TO FIND OUT IF THE BABY HAS A CONGENITAL
METABOLIC DISORDER THAT MAY LEAD TO MENTAL RETARDATION OR EVEN DEATH IF LEFT UNTREATED.

IMPORTANCE OF NEWBORN SCREENING:

MOST BABIES WITHMETABOLIC DISORDERS LOOK "NORMAL" AT BIRTH. BY DOING NBS, METABOLIC DISORDERS MAY
BE DETECTED EVEN BEFORE CLINICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ARE PRESENT. AND AS A RESULT OF THIS, TREATMENT
CAN BE GIVEN EARLY TO PREVENT CONSEQUENCES OF UNTREATED CONDITIONS.

WHEN IS SCREENING DONE?:

NEWBORN SCREENING IS IDEALLY DONE ON THE 48TH TO 72ND HOUR OF LIFE. HOWEVER, IT MAY ALSO BE DONE
AFTER 24 HOURS FROM BIRTH.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7600

THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AS "THE ROOMING-IN AND BREAST-

FEEDING ACT OF 1992.”
THE STATE ADOPTS ROOMING-IN A
NATIONAL POLICY TO ENCOURAGE, PROTECT, AND SUPPORT
THE PRACTICE OF BREASTFEEDING. IT SHALL CREATE AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE BASIC PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL,
PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF MOTHERS AND INFANTS FULFILLED
THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF ROOMING-IN AND BREASTFEEDING.
REMEMBER:
THE ADVANTAGES OF BREASTFEEDING ARE:
• IT IS ECONOMICAL AND NUTRITIOUS.
• IT PROMOTES EMOTIONAL BONDING BETWEEN THE CHILD
AND THE MOTHER.

• MOTHER’S MILK HAS AN ANTIBODY THAT PROTECTS THE

INFANT FROM CERTAIN DISEASES.
ACTIVITY: SYNTHESIS

LISTEN TO THE SONG “SA UGOY NG DUYAN” (LEVI CELERIO)

AND WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT:

• HOW YOU FELT WHILE LISTENING TO THE SONG

• WHAT YOU WILL DO TO BE A RESPONSIBLE PARENT IN THE FUTURE

(MINIMUM OF 150 WORDS, MAXIMUM OF 300)