Maternal Changes
Nausea and vomiting in early stages of pregnancy:
Morning Sickness
The fetal scalp is visible:
Crowning
This is expelled from lungs as the baby squeezes through the birth canal:
fluid
Breathing between 30-60 breaths per minute:
Normal respiratory rate
The umbilical cord emerges before the presenting fetus:
prolapsed umbilical cord
Limp, some flexion, active movement:
Activity
A pregnant women should be placed in this position to facilitate circulation with a hypertensive emergency along with other pregnancy emergencies:
Left Lateral Recumbent
This may be lower during the first two trimesters but returns to normal in the third:
Blood pressure
It begins with the onset of regular contractions and ends when the cervix is completely dilated:
Stage One
A common cause of hypotension in the third trimester of pregnancy:
Supine Hypotensive Syndrome
Immature temperature regulations, high respiratory rate, less fat and large body surface put the neonate at risk for this:
Hypothermia
To control excessive postpartum bleeding, you should perform this action:
massage (fundus) uterus
Greater than or less than 100:
Pulse
When a fertilized ovum is implanted and begins to develop somewhere other than the endometrium in the uterine cavity:
Ectopic pregnancy
These three things are affected in combination with musculoskeletal changes in the mother:
Balance, posture, and gait
Late in pregnancy intense but painless tightening of the uterus:
Braxton Hicks
The umbilical vein passes through this organ where some of the blood enters hepatic circulation to deliver nutrients:
Liver
The bones of the skull are thin and separated by a membrane:
Baby's shoulders are larger than head and become lodges between pelvic bone and sacrum:
Strong cry:
Respirations
This often occurs after 20 weeks. Signs are pregnancy with altered mental status:
Gestational Diabetes
This hormone causes the joints to loosen. Sprains and joint injuries occur more rapidly and should be anticipated according to mechanism of injury:
Relaxin
Thinning of the cervix is called:
Effacement
The medical term for a woman who has delivered previously:
Multiparous
A waxy substance that protects skin from amniotic fluid:
Vernix Caseosa
When the uterus is pulled inside out and comes through the cervix:
Uterine Inversion
No reaction to stimuli, cries:
Grimace
Pregnancy terminated spontaneously after 20 weeks without survival of fetus:
Still birth