History taking in Obstetrics

Question 1

Obstetric BIODATA

______
_______
________
___________

Answer 1

Gravidity and Parity
Last Menstrual Period (LMP)
Expected Date of Delivery (EDD)
Estimated Gestational Age (EGA)

Question 2

Possibile presenting complaints

___________
____________
_______________

Answer 2

Booking visit
Routine antenatal follow up
Attended for concerns

Question 3

Past obstetric history

Occurrences in previous pregnancies may have impact on current pregnancy.
Put pregnancies in date order

Enquire about _________,_________ and the __________.
Ask about the previous child (ren) : ________,_______, and _________

Answer 3

antenatal period, intrapartum

puerperium

breast feeding, immunization and development

Question 4

Puerperium

the period of about ___________ during which the ______________________

Answer 4

six weeks after childbirth

mother’s reproductive organs return to their original non-pregnant condition.