Vocab
Opening of the cervix
Dilation
Baseline FHR greater than 160 beats/min that lasts 2 to 10 minutes or longer
Fetal tachycardia
A complex disorder where clot formation and anticoatulation occur simultaneously throughout the body
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
The wider area that is formed where the sutures of the infant's skull meet
fontanelle
A cervix that opens when the growing fetus pressess against it
Incompetent cervix
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
20 weeks' gestation
The spontaneous (miscarriage) or intentional termination of a pregnancy before the age of viability (20 weeks' gestation)
An increase in blood pressure that occurs after 20 weeks' gestation with proteinuria in a woman who had normal blood pressure before pregnancy
Preeclampsia
Large infant (greater than 4000 g or about 9 lb.)
How the fetus is oriented to the mother's spine
Lie
Thick mucus mixed with pink or dark brown blood that may begin a few days before labor
Bloody show
The acronym TORCH describes infections that can be devastating to the fetus or newborn
TO = toxoplasmosis
R = rubella
C = cytomegalovirus
H - herpes simplex
Termination of pregnancy after 20 weeks' gestation
Preterm labor
Excessive amniotic fluid
When a preeclamptic woman starts having convulsions
Eclampsia
Suturing an incompetent cervix
Cerclage
The average fetal heart rate (FHR) that occurs for at least 2 minutes during a 10 minutes period and is averaged over 30 minutes - 110 to 160 beats/min for at least 2 minutes
Baseline fetal heart rate
The shaping of the head as it comes through the birth canal
Molding
The strong connective tissue that separates the bones of the fetal head
Sutures
When fetal Rh-positive blood leaks into the Rh-negative mother's cirulation, and her body responds by making antibodies to destroy the Rh-positive erythrocytes
Isoimmunization
When the maternal anti-Rh antibodies cross the placenta and destroy fetal erythrocytes
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Substance that causes an adverse effect on the developing embryo or fetus
Teratogen
Fluctuation or constant changes to the baseline FHR above and below the baseline in a 10-minute window
Baseline variability
Thinning of the cervix
effacement
The level of the presenting part (usually the head) in the pelvis
Station
FHR less than 110 beats/min for 10 minutes or longer
Fetal bradycardia
Determining the fetal position and presentation by abdominal palpations
Leopold's maneuver