General OB
Number of times a patient has been pregnant
What is gravida?
Fluctuation in fetal heart rate
What is variability?
Thinning of the cervix, measured in percentage
What is effacement?
Removal of foreskin
What is circumcision?
Uterus returning to pre-pregnancy size
What in involution?
EDD/EDC
What is estimated due date/estimated date of confinement?
Often related to cord compression
What is variable decelerations?
Fetal presenting part in relation to maternal ischial spine
What is station?
Soft spots on newborn head
What is fontanels?
Vaginal discharge after birth
What is lochia?
First pregnancy
What is primigravida
Usually related to fetal head compression
What is early decelerations?
Presenting part has entered the pelvis
What is engagement?
White protective coating on newborn skin
What is vernix?
Soft uterus that may indicate poor tone and bleeding risk
What is boggy uterus?
EGA
What is extimated gestational age?
NST
What is non stress test?
ROM
What is rupture of membranes?
Fine hair on newborn body
What is lanugo?
GTPAL
What is gravida, term births, preterm births, abortions/miscarriages, living children?
May indicate uteroplacental insufficiency
What is late decellartions?
Excessive uterine contraction pattern
What is tachysystole?
Bluish hands and feet, often normal early finding
What is acrocyanosis?
Breast infection
What is mastitis?