Lecture 2C Flashcards
What is Amenorrhea
Consistent levels of estrogen and progesterone produced by CL and then the placenta later
What is hyperemesis gravudarum
Severe nausea and vomiting
Enlargement of breast may be felt as early as ____ weeks
6 weeks
Hormone ______ _can cause an increased urination
HCG
Blood volume increases during pregnancy resulting in
More filtration through the kidneys
Describing stress incontinence of urinary frequency
Often caused by coughing sneezing laughing or excersise
At 10-12 weeks describe location of fundus
Just above the symphisis pubis
16 weeks where is fundus
Half way between the symphisis pubis and umbilicus
20 fundus is at
Umbilicus
36 weeks fundus is just below
Xiphoid process
What is quickening
Feelign the baby earlier on later pregnancys
2nd and 3rd felt as early as
16 weeks
_____ is porduced during pregnancy ehich can be detected in urine and blood
B hCG
Glycoprotein
what is B-hCG important for maintaining at start of pregnancy
Corpus luteum
Qualitative pregnancy test
Assecess amount of B-hCG in urine
Postitve or negative
Qauntitative assesses amount of B-hCG in
Blood
Between 3-5 weeks
Gravida means
Number of pregnancys
Twins=1
Miscarrage = 1
Includes current pregnancies
Null gravida
G0
Never pregnant
Primi gravida
G1
First pregnancy or has been pregnant once
Muti gravida
ex. G3
Has been pregnant more than once
Para means
Number of viable births
Twins and triplets count as one
Any birth over 20 weeks
Abortus means
Number of pregnancies lost for any reason
Includes abortion and miscarriages
Most pregnancies last _____ weeks from lMP
40 weeks
Any pregnancy brfore ____ weeks is considered to be premature
37
