Pregnancy Signs
This is the earliest category of pregnancy signs and includes symptoms only experienced by the pregnant person.
What are presumptive signs?
Stretch marks that commonly appear on the abdomen and thighs are called this.
What is striae gravidarum?
This rule is used to estimate the expected date of delivery (EDD).
What is Naegele's Rule?
An Rh-negative person lacks this blood antigen.
What is the Rh (D) antigen?
Ph Protein
This treatment uses blue light to reduce severe neonatal jaundice.
What is phototherapy?
A positive pregnancy test, Goodell's sign, Chadwick's sign, and Hegar's sign are all examples of this category of pregnancy signs.
What are probable signs?
This dark vertical line develops on the abdomen during pregnancy.
What is linea nigra?
Using Naegele's Rule, if the first day of the last menstrual period was January 10, what is the estimated due date?
What is October 17?
This maternal blood test detects antibodies in the mother's plasma.
What is the Indirect Coombs Test?
Why is maternal blood type and Rh factor determined early in pregnancy?
To identify mothers at risk for Rh incompatibility and prevent fetal complications through timely treatment with RhoGAM.
This probable sign occurs when the cervical tip softens due to increased vascularity.
What is Goodell's sign?
This facial hyperpigmentation is often called the "mask of pregnancy."
What is melasma?
Using Naegele's Rule, if the LMP was June 5, what is the EDD?
What is March 12?
This test is performed on fetal or umbilical cord blood after birth.
What is the Direct Coombs Test?
This bacterium can be passed from mother to baby during labor and is a leading cause of neonatal sepsis.
What is Group B Streptococcus (GBS)?
This positive sign of pregnancy is considered definitive because it directly demonstrates the fetus.
What is visualization of the fetus by ultrasound?
A pregnant client complains of constipation, slowed digestion, and acid reflux. Which hormone is primarily responsible for these symptoms?
What is progesterone?
A patient's LMP was September 20 2026. Calculate the estimated due date.
What is June 27 2027?
This blood incompatibility can cause jaundice in the newborn.
What is Rh incompatibility?
A pregnant woman tests positive for GBS at 36 weeks. What intervention during labor significantly reduces the newborn's risk of infection?
What is IV penicillin (or another appropriate antibiotic) during labor?
Name all three positive signs of pregnancy.
A 12-week pregnant patient has:
Which findings are probable signs and which are positive signs?
Probable Signs
Positive Sign
Describe Naegele's Rule.
Subtract 3 months, add 7 days, then add 1 year.
When is RhoGAM administered during pregnancy and after delivery?
A pregnant client is Rh-negative, and the father is Rh-positive. Name four nursing priorities.