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Describe the psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy for mother, partner, sibling(s) and other caregivers Maternal/paternal adaptation: accepting the pregnancy → identifying with the mother/father role → reordering personal relationships → establishing a relationship with the fetus → preparing...

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  • August 27, 2024
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BSNC 5000 OB Final Exam Questions
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Describe the psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy for mother, partner, sibling(s) and
other caregivers ✅Maternal/paternal adaptation: accepting the pregnancy →
identifying with the mother/father role → reordering personal relationships →
establishing a relationship with the fetus → preparing for childbirth
Sibling adaptation: concerns about losing their place in the family hierarchy
Other caregivers: grandparents can act as a family historian, experienced caregivers
can act as resource persons who share knowledge, any caregivers can provide support
to strengthen the family system and widen the circle of nurturance

Describe the stages of a healthy pregnancy and normal growth and development.
✅Ovum/pre-embryonic: conception until day 14
- Covers cellular replication, blastocyst formation, initial development of the embryonic
membranes, and establishment of the primary germ layer

Embryo: day 15 until 8 weeks after conception
- Most critical time in the development of the organ systems and the main external
features. Developing areas with rapid cell division are the most vulnerable areas to
malformation caused by environmental teratogens
Membranes, amniotic fluid, yolk sac, umbilical cord, placenta

Fetus: 9 weeks until pregnancy ends
- Refinement of structure until fetus reaches viability

Teratogens ✅Something that is going to affect the anatomical or the physiological
development of the embryo during the embryonic stage and/or the fetus during the fetal
stage

It can cause the termination of the pregnancy before it even happens (depends on type
of teratogen and severity of exposure, typically occurs during early days of pregnancy)

Examples: alcohol and tobacco products; environmental toxins, chemicals, radiation;
some prescription medications; maternal medical conditions; infections (TORCH)

Causes of developmental malformations ✅20-25%: genetic anomalies

5%: environmental factors (intrauterine infections, maternal metabolic disorders,
environmental chemicals, drugs, medications, radiation, etc.)

65-75%: multifactorial or unknown (ex. genetic + environmental)

,When is exposure to teratogens most severe ✅week 5 (embryonic period, weeks 3 to
8) as this is when all organ systems are being laid down

prior to embryonic period, there are no organ systems developing yet (just cellular
division), so there are no structural defects (however exposure can prevent implantation
to uterine wall)

List TORCH infections ✅Toxoplasmosis
Other symptoms such as syphilis, parvovirus, and Hep B
Rubella
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Herpes simplex virus (HSV)

Modes of transmission of TORCH infections ✅VERTICAL TRANSMISSION (mother to
baby in utero):

- transplacental transmission (maternal circulation --> placenta --> fetal blood supply)
(all except Hep B)

- contact with cervical or vaginal secretion during birthing process (syphilis, CMV, HSV,
Hep B)

- By breastmilk in premature and IUGR infants (CMV)

- During c-section where child is exposed to blood

Toxoplasmosis ✅a parasite acquired through undercooked meat or spores from cat
litter

treatment helps prevent passage through placenta, reducing rate of infection by up to
60%

Often causes hearing loss

Syphilis ✅bacterium

can cause hydrops fetalis

if mom is not treated: still birth 25%, neonatal death 14%, congenital syphilis 41%

if syphilis during pregnancy is untreated, 70-100% of neonates born will have
symptomatic congenital syphilis (hydropic and anemia with enlarged liver and spleen),
with fetal demise occuring in 40% of these pregnancies

Parvovirus B19 ✅Virus

, vertical transmission rate of 25-50%

Can cause hydrops fetalis, 13% spontaneous loss before 20 weeks gestation


transplacental transmission is approximately 30% and fetal death occurs in about 9% of
those affected

Hepatitis B ✅Virus

Too large to cross placenta, infection occurs via microtransfusion during labour, SVD or
C-section (contact with infectious secretions), 70-90% of time

Often no congenital effects on fetus... if fetus is exposed, shots are given to prevent
infection

Rubella ✅Virus

unvaccinated mother/mother with low antibody titre

first trimester infections cause congenital rubella syndrome in up to 85% of neonates
(heart defects, hearing loss, cataracts, developmental delays) --> non reversable

the risk for congenital abnormalities varies with the fetus's gestational age at the time
maternal infection occurs, ranging from diabetes mellitus, hearing loss, miscarriage, or
stillbirth

At what rubella titer # would the postpartum client receive an MMR or MMRV vaccine?
✅Anything less than 10

Cytomegalovirus ✅Virus

Transplacental, SVD, breast milk

Leading cause of non-genetic congenital hearing loss, can also cause defects to CNS,
GI, heart, placenta

can result in miscarriage, stillbirth, or congenital illness, yet most infected infants are
asymptomatic at birth and develop symptoms after the first year of life (hearing loss,
microcephaly, cognitive impairment, neuromuscular deficits, tooth enamel defect,
chorioretinitis)

Herpes Simplex Virus ✅Virus

Vertical transmission during SVD when mother has active infection/sores

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