Adoptive Parents Often Experience the "Post-Adoption Blues" After They Adopt

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True/False

Adoptive parents often experience the "post-adoption blues" after they adopt, a condition similar to the feelings experienced by parents of their own biological newborns.

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Definitions:

Cheyne-Stokes Respiration

An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by progressively deeper and sometimes faster breathing, followed by a gradual decrease that results in a temporary stop in breathing called apnea.

Respirations

The process of inhaling and exhaling air for gas exchange between the internal body environment and the external environment.

Apnea

A temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep.

Hyaline Membrane Disease

A respiratory disorder primarily affecting premature infants, characterized by the formation of a glassy membrane in the lungs, leading to breathing difficulties.