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Maternal Changes In Pregnancy Flashcards

1
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What are the reasons for changes in pregnancy?

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→ High levels of fetal steroids
→ Mechanical displacement
→ Fetal requirements

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2
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What kind of an event is pregnancy?

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→ Physiological

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3
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What can pregnancy do physiologically to existing conditions?

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→ Exacerbate an existing condition

→ uncover a hidden or mild condition

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4
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What are 6 changes that occur during pregnancy?

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→ Increase in uterus size
→ Increase metabolic requirements of the fetus
→ Structural and metabolic requirements of the fetus
→ Removal of fetal waste products
→ Prevision of amniotic fluids
→ preparation for delivery and puerperium

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5
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In what systems do pregnancy changes occur?

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→ Respiratory system
→ Cardiovascular system
→ GI 
→ Urinary 
→ Endocrine
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6
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What are the three placental peptides?

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→ hCG, hPL, GH

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7
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What takes over progesterone production?

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→ Corpus luteum

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8
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What is the corpus luteum kept alive by?

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→ hCG

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9
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What are the placental and fetal steroids?

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→ Progesterones
→ Estradiol
→ Estrogen

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10
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What 4 hormones induce insulin resistance?

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→ Growth hormone
→ Corticotropin releasing hormone
→ Estrogen
→ Human placental lactogen

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11
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Why do you want the myometrium to be quiescent?

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→ Contractions would cause miscarriage

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12
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What is the total weight gain during pregnancy?

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→ 12.5 - 13kg

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13
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What is the breakdown of the weight gain during pregnancy?

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→ Fetus + placenta - 5kg 
→ Fat and protein - 4.5kg 
→ Body water 1.5kg 
→ Breasts - 1kg
→ Uterus 0.5-1kg
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14
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Where is fat mainly laid down?

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→ Anterior abdominal wall

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15
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What does the basal metabolic rate rise by in mid and late gestation?

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→ 350kcal/day - mid

→ 250kcal/day - late

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16
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How does glucose get to the fetus?

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→ Facilitated diffusion across the placenta

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17
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Where does the fetus store glucose?

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→ in the liver

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18
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Describe what happens to maternal glucose reserves in the first trimester

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→ Pancreatic ß cells increase in number
→ plasma insulin increases
→ Fasting serum glucose decreases (laid down as stores and used by muscle)

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19
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Describe what happens to fetal glucose reserves in the second trimester

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→ hPL causes insulin resistance
→ less glucose into stores
→ increases availability in serum glucose so more crosses the placenta

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20
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Describe how gestational diabetes occurs?

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→ Hormones antagonise the effects of insulin
→ Insulin increases
→ Beta cells become hypertrophied
→ Glucose is going into cells to be stored
→ insulin resistance gets higher due to hPL
→ The body makes more insulin to overcome the resistance
→ if you are already obese and insulin resistant you get gestational diabetes

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21
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Describe how water gain occurs in pregnancy

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→ Estrogen and progesterone activate the RAAS system
→ Sodium is retained
→ Plasma volume increases by 40-50%
→ A litre of amniotic fluid is made

22
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Why do you breathe quicker and deeper during pregnancy?

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→ Estrogen and progesterone increase respiratory sensitivity to CO2

23
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What does the minute volume increase by?

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→ 40%

24
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What is gas transfer like between mother and fetus

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→ high O2 in mothers blood it favors transfer to the fetus

→ high CO2 in fetus it goes to the mother

25
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What does the plasma volume increase by?

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→ 40-50%

26
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How does Hb concentration change in pregnant women?

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→ it decreases

→ Red cell count goes up by 20% but the plasma goes up by 40% so the Hb is more diluted

27
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How is more iron absorbed?

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→ Transferrin

28
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Why do you become hypercoagulable?

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→ clotting factors increase

29
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What does smoking do to fetal blood?

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→ Increases maternal carboxy-Hb which reduces binding of O2

→ fetal hypoxia

30
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How is blood transferred from the mother to the fetus?

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→ Fetal blood has increased Hb
→ Increased O2 binding
→ Oxygen is given up by maternal Hb

31
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How much does cardiac output increase by?

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→ 40-50%

32
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What is preeclampsia?

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→ High blood pressure

33
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What is blood pressure like during pregnancy and why?

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→ Blood pressure = peripheral resistance x CO
→ if CO goes up by 40-50% the blood pressure must go down
→ peripheral resistance must decrease
→ HIGH VOLUME AND LOW PRESSURE

34
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Where does blood flow increase?

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→ Uterus
→ Placenta
→ Muscle
→ Kidney and skin

35
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Why does neoangiogenesis occur?

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→ Extra capillaries in skin to assist with heat loss

36
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How does acid reflux occur?

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→ in the third trimester the LOS tends to relax

37
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What does progesterone do to the GI tract?

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→ Increases appetite
→ Smooth muscle relaxation throughout the whole gut
→ a common side effect is constipation

38
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What does deficiency of folic acid lead to?

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→ Spina bifida - neural tube defect

39
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How much folic acid should be taken?

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→ 5mg/day upto week 12

40
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Why do pregnant women get UTIs?

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→ If you ultrasound a pregnant woman’s kidneys they are dilated
→ You may not void everything and get static urine and get UTIs

41
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How much does the filtrate increase by and why?

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→ 40-50% because all the cardiac output goes through the kidney as well

42
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Why is there increased frequency in urination during pregnancy?

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→ Baby’s head is pressing on the bladder in very late pregnancy

43
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What does the uterus hypertrophy in response to?

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→ Estrogen

44
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Where is the incision for a C section done?

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→ Just above the symphysis

45
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When does the cervix tissue soften?

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→ From 8 weeks

46
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What is the function of the cervix?

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→ To retain the pregnancy

47
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What happens to the glands in the cervix?

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→ Great increase in mucus production

→ Anti-infective

48
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What happens when the placenta is delivered?

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→ Rapid fall in steroids

49
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What happens to the uterus after delivery?

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→ Rapidly loses oedema but contracts slowly

→ Never returns to pre-pregnancy size

50
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What enables prolactin?

A

→ Removal of steroids

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