Adaptation to Pregnancy for Concepts Flashcards
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What is the capacity increase of the uterus?
10 mL to 5 L
Weight increase for uterus in pregnancy
From 2 oz. to 2.2 lbs.
What happens to the uterine wall in the first half of pregnancy?
Thickens
What causes the uterine wall to thicken?
Estrogen
When do you start experiencing Braxton-Hicks?
4 months on
What happens to the mucous lining of the cervix?
It thickens
Proliferation of glands near the external os
Mucous plug
What happens to the cervix during pregnancy?
Shorter, softer, more elastic, and larger in diameter
What causes the cervix to become shorter, softer, more elastic and larger in diameter?
Estrogen
What sign is it when cervix becomes bluish in color because of an increase blood supply?
Chadwick’s
Lump or softening of uterus probably where the implantation occurred
Hegar’s sign
What causes mucosa to thicken and connective tissue to loosen in the vagina?
Progesterone
What happens to the pH in the vagina and why?
More acidic to decrease growth of bacteria
What produces milk?
Acini
What hormone tells the breasts to make milk?
hPL
Breasts grow because of…
Estrogen
Glands of the breasts are changed by…
Progesterone
First milk but not true milk
Colostrum
When do you start to make colostrum?
By the third month
Secrete lubricant to keep nipple supple for baby
Montgomery tubercles
What happens to oxygen consumption?
Goes up 15%
What happens to airway resistance?
It is lowered
Switch from abdominal to what kind of breathing?
Thoracic
Mucous lining of the nose thickens causing?
Nasal stuffiness
What happens to the blood volume in pregnancy?
Increases 30-50% (hypervolemic)
What is the RBC range?
38-42%
What do RBC have to drop below to be truly anemic?
34%
What is the hemoglobin cut off to true anemia?
11 mg/dL
What hormone maintains pregnancy?
Progesterone
What hormone makes things grow?
Estrogen
Plasma volume increase is greater than RBC increase
Dilution anemia of pregnancy
Easier to make clots
Hypercoaguable
What happens to WBC’s?
Increase
What is the normal WBC count and the pregnancy count?
Normal: 5,000-11,000 Pregnancy: 12,000-15,000
What is the WBC count postnatal?
25,000
What happens to the cardiac output and HR?
Increase