FINAL EXAM Flashcards
Gestational diabetes
Occurs in pregnant women only
Reduced insulin synthesis
7 fold higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Premature birth
Live infant before 37 weeks
Stillborn
fetus in-utero death or during delivery
___% of optimal ‘fertile’ cycles lead to live birth
30%
Abortion
Termination before 28 weeks
Spontaneous abortion
Miscarriage before 20th week
2 kinds of induced abortions
Theraputic (mother’s life in danger)
Elective
1st state to liberalize abortion laws
Colorado
Year Rove v Wade went into effect
1973
FACE
Freedom of Access to Clinical Entrance 1994
Drug abortion
7 wk. 2 pills: first one reduces blood supply to uterus, blocking P4 from interacting with endometrium, the second contracts the uterus to expell the embryo
Dilation and curettage
6 wk pregnancy. Embryo is scraped off the uterine wall
Manual/Electric vacuum aspiration
12 wk. embryo is suctioned out of the uterus
Dilation and extraction
2nd trimester: fetus is chopped up and extracted
Abortion method developed in nazi camps
Injection of concentrated salt solution into amniotic sac
Hysterotomy
removal of the amniotic sac pre-birth
Abortion complications
- Bleeding
- Infection
- Infertility
- Death
Coitus obstructus
intentional retrograde ejaculation
Margaret Sanger
Coined the term ‘birth control’
Mother of reproductive freedom, founded American Birth Control League
Bill Baird
‘father of contraception’, landmark ruling changed accessibility to contraception
Modern birth control pills:
flood system with P4 which impedes ovulation, thins endometrium, removes secretory phase, and thickens cervical mucus. 21 day hormone, 7 days placebo
