Parity - answer- number of pregnancies carried to 20+ weeks or delivery of infant weighing
500+ g, regardless of outcome
/// description of pregnancy outcomes
Nullipara - answer- no births (a woman who has not given birth to a viable offspring)
Primipara - answer- a woman who has borne one viab...
Quickening - answer- the first movement of the fetus in the uterus that can be felt by the mother
Approx 20 weeks for nullipara
, 17-18 weeks multiparous ppl
Braxton hicks contractions - answer- intermittent painless uterine contractions that occur with
increasing frequency as the pregnancy progresses
Starts after 16+ weeks
Promotes uterine blood flow
Usually ceases with walking
Lightening/fetal drop - answer- -->descent of fetus into pelvis in third trimester
Nulliparous-occurs 2 weeks before labor
Multiparous-occurs at the start of labor
Chadwick's sign - answer- deepened violet-bluish color of cervix and vaginal mucosa do to inc
vascularity 6-8 weeks
Leukorrhea - answer- white discharge from the vagina due to inc estrogen (or sti or yeast
infection)
Goodell's sign - answer- softening of the cervix
Occurs by 6 weeks
Operculum - answer- a mucus plug in the cervix during pregnancy
Ovarian changes during pregnancy - answer- cease ovum production
Hcg maintains corpus luteum
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