Hormones
What is the hormone produced by trophoblast tissue, typically found in early embryos?
HCG - human chorionic gonadotropin
The top part of the uterus measured to determine fetal growth in pregnancy and involution in the postpartum period
What is a fundus?
This monthly visitor no-shows
What is amenorrhea?
A definitive sign of pregnancy, this test can visualize the fetus in the uterus.
What is an ultrasound?
This substance causes facial abnormalities and cognitive delays.
What is alcohol?
This hormone, made by the ovaries and placenta, stimulates the thickening of the uterine lining during pregnancy
The lower part of the uterus that must open in order for a baby to be delivered
What is the cervix?
When there is a particular food you just have to eat
What is a food craving?
A softening and velvety appearance to the cervix at about the 6th week of pregnancy
What is Goodell's sign?
Accodring to the March of Dimes, this is the amount of alcohol safe to consume during pregnancy.
What is none?
This hormone, usually made in the ovaries, helps to maintain a healthy pregnancy.
What is estrogen?
The medical term for the opening of the cervix during labor
What is dilation?
When that food craving isn't sitting well with you.
What is nausea?
A bluish coloration of the cervix, often occurring around the 6th week of pregnancy
What is Chadwick's sign?
This substance causes vasoconstriction of the maternal blood vessels, and therefore can result in fetal growth restriction.
What is nicotine (tobacco)?
This hormone is produced by the pituitary gland and promotes milk production and the development of mammary glads within the breast tissue.
What is prolactin?
The medical term for the thinning of the cervix during labor
What is effacement?
When you just can't do anything
What is fatigue?
What is an indicator of pregnancy characterized by the compressibility and softening of the uterine isthmus
What is Hegar's sign?
This substance is found in seafood and fish, and is the reason pregnant women are advised to limit or avoid eating these items.
What is mercury?
This hormone is made by the placenta and promotes nutrition to the fetus and stimulates milk glands in the breasts for breastfeeding.
What is human placental lactogen or human chorionic somatomammotropin?
An infection within the uterus that occurs during labor.
What is chorioamnionitis?
Finish the rhyme:
If you're feeling broody,
You're most likely also __________
What is moody?
A change in skin coloration that occurs along the midline abdomen
What is a linea nigrae?
This agent is responsible for IUFD's, and is the reason pregnant women are instructed to avoid deli meats and soft cheeses.
What is listeria?