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This is the longest labor stage
What is the first stage?
This assessment is done by tissue imaging using high frequency sound waves that are deflected by organs and return as echoes
What is an ultrasound?
This is how to calculate Nagele’s rule
What is last menstrual period subtract 3 months and add 7 days?
This is where the oxytocin hormone is secreted
What is the posterior pituitary?
This hormone is responsible for increasing uterine size, increasing breast development, increasing blood
flow, and preventing further follicular development during pregnancy
What is estrogen?
Lochia serosa appears in days 3-10 and appears in this color range
What is pale serosanguinous (pink) to light brown?
Ptyalism means this
What is excessive salivation?
This is the term for the blue/purple discoloration caused by increased vascularization which is a result of hypertrophy and engorgement of the vessels below the growing uterus
What is Chadwick's sign?
This is the term for the softening of the lower portion of the uterus (isthmus) which is a pregnancy symptom that may occur as early as 7 weeks
What is Heger’s sign?
FSH stands for this anterior pituitary secretion
What is the follicle stimulating hormone?
This is a systematic way to evaluate the maternal abdomen, determining fetal position by palpation, but may be difficult to perform on obese women or
on a woman who has excessive amniotic fluid
What is fundal height/Leopold’s maneuvers?
This is used to prevent Rh immunization
What is rhogam?
Pregnancy-induced hypertension is a warning sign known by this technical term
What is epigastric pain?
Amenorrhea is the term for this
What is the absence of menstruation?
A choanal atresia means this
What is a blocked nostril?
This is when vaginal and rectal swab for group beta strep status should be done
What is at 36 weeks?
These are the developmental tasks of pregnancy
What is acceptance of the pregnancy, identifying with the role of mother, evaluating relationships between self and mother, self and partner, ensuring safe passage for herself and her child through pregnancy, labor, delivery, prenatal fear of loss of control and self-esteem in labor?
This is the name for when the rectus abdominis muscle separates, caused from the pressure of the enlarging uterus on the abdominal muscles
What is diastasis recti?
Leukorrhea is the term for this
What are vaginal secretions?
Goodell’s sign is when this happens in the cervix
What is softening of the cervix caused by increased vascularization which is a result of hypertrophy and engorgement of the vessels below the growing uterus?
This diagnostic for chromosomal abnormalities is used in third trimester to determine fetal lung maturity when delivery prior to 38 weeks is being considered
What is Amniocentesis?
There is a risk of fetal limb reduction if this test is done before 9 weeks
What is CVS (chorionic villus sampling)?
These are the labs done during the first prenatal visit?
What are blood type and Rh status, HIV (optional), rubella, VDRL (syphilis), CBC, HbSAg, pap test, cultures for STI’s, and TB test (PPD)?
This is the schedule for return prenatal/postpartum visits
What is every 4 weeks until 28 weeks; every 2 weeks from 28 weeks until 36 weeks; every week from 36 weeks until delivery; and 6 weeks postpartum?
This is McDonald's Rule, while this is McDonald's Sign
What is fundal height in cm = gestational age between time period of 22 weeks and 34 weeks and an ease in flexing the body of the uterus against the cervix?