Normal Pregnancy Flashcards
What constitute Low Risk Midwifery led care during pregnancy?
- Booking appointment – before 12+6 weeks gestation
- Dating Scan – 12 weeks gestation
- 16 week appointment
- 20 week gestation – anomaly scan
- 25 week gestation – nulliparous
- 28 week gestation – start fundal height measurement
- 31 week gestation
- 34 week gestation
- 36 week gestation
- 38 week gestation
- 40 week gestation – primips only – offer membrane sweep
- 41 week gestation – offer membrane sweep and consider planning induction of labour
Antenatal growth scans - how are scans differentiated from fundal height measurements?
X fundal height measurement
o scan measurement
High Risk ANC pathway: Maternal characteristics
BMI > 30 kg/m2 BMI<18 KG/m2 Smoking Age> 40 Teenage mothers
High Risk ANC pathway: Past medical History
- Cardiac disease
- Renal Disease
- Endocrine disease, Diabetes
- HIV
- Hematological disease
- Autoimmune disorders
- Epilepsy requiring treatment
- Severe asthma
- Recreational drugs
High Risk ANC pathway: Obstetrics Issues
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Preterm birth
- Eclampsia, preeclampsia
- HELLP
- RH isoimmunization
- Significant blood group antibodies
- APH, PPH on 2 occasions
- > 6 pregnancies
- Stillbirth/neonatal death
- SGA < 5TH centile
- LFGA < 5 th centile
- Birth weight <2.5 kg,>4.5 kg
- Fetal congenital anomaly: structural, chromosomes
widest diameter of pelvis
inlet - transverse is widest
outlet - anterior posterior is widest
Shape of fontanelles on infant
- Anterior fontanelle-bregma (diamond)
- Posterior fontanelle- Occiput (triangle)
- Area between the two- vertex
Mechanical Factors of labour- 3 Ps
- Power ( force expelling fetus: uterine contractions)
* Passage : Pelvic dimensions, Soft tissue resistance • Passenger ( diameters of fetal head)
Important factors on Power in mechanism of labour
- In established labour contraction for 45-60 seonds every 2-4 minutes.
- This leads to cervical effacement and dilatation aided by pressure of head
- Poor contractions common in nulliparous and induced labours but rare in multiparous.
Mechanism of labour: Passage Bony pelvis
3 planes
• Inlet: Transverse 13cm wider that AP 11 cm
• Mid-cavity: Round ( Transverse and AP similar)
• Outlet : AP AP 12.5 > Transverse 11 cm
• Ischial spine is the palpable landmark to assess descent
• Station 0 : Head at level of spines.
Mechanism of labour: Passage: Soft tissue
- Cervix: Dilatation depends on contractions, Pressure of fetal head on cervix
- Vagina ( tear, episiotomy)
Mechanism of labour steps
Engagement – Head enters the pelvis in occipito transverse postion
Descent of flexed head
at ischael spines internal rotation to AP
delivery by extension of head
shoulders turn to AP
Restitution - Head rotates back to 90 degrees to the same position in which it entered the inlet to enable delivery of shoulders
delivery by lateral flexion
Mechanism of labour: Passenger factors
- Presentation: Cephalic/Breech ( part of the fetus that occupies the lower segment)
- Presenting part: Lowest part of fetus palpable on vaginal examination
- Attitude of head describes the degree of flexion- vertex/brow/face
Fetal skull - what is Atitude of fetus
Attitude is degree of flexion of the head on the neck.
Maximum flextion- vertex presentation
- Vertex: Presenting diameter 9.5 cm
- Brow: 90 degree extension Presenting diameter 13 CM • Face: further 30 degree extension
- Extension makes the fetal presenting diameter larger
Movements of the head in labour
- Engagement ( head enters pelvis) in occipito-transverse as it is oblong and transverse diameter of pelvis is longer
- Descentandflexion
- Internal Rotation 90 degrees to occipito-anterior OA
- Descent
- Extension to deliver
- Restitution and delivery of shoulders
Signs of placental separation
gush fresh blood
cord lengthening
First stage of labour
Average 8 hours nulliparous, 5hours multiparous Latent ,4m, active 4-10 cm
Cervix dilates
Head remains flexed during descent
90 degree rotation from OT to OA
Second stage of labour
Contractions continue, Full dilatation to delivery Head descends, flexes and rotation completed
Pushing starts when head reaches levator ani (active second stage)
Delivery: Head extends as it delivers over the perineum
Head restitutes, rotating back to transverse before shoulders deliver.
Third stage of labour
average 15 minutes, Placenta delivered by controlled cord traction to prevent uterine inversion
Physiological management or Active management (to reduce blood loss in women at risk of PPH - overstretched uterus such as twins, polyhydramnos)
How long is postnatal period?
up to 6 weeks
still at risk of DVT, PE, eclampsia, infection