Normal Pregnancy and Antenatal Care

Question 1

What can uncontrolled HT lead to in pregnant mothers?

Answer 1

Strokes and seizures

Question 2

What is pre-eclampsia?

Answer 2

Multi-system disorder characterised by increased BP and proteinuria

Question 3

What can uncontrolled pre-eclampsia cause?

Answer 3

Renal and liver failure

Question 4

Trimester separations?

Answer 4

0-12 weeks
13-27 weeks
27+ weeks

Question 5

How long is trimester 2?

Answer 5

13-27 weeks

14 weeks

Question 6

How long is trimester 1?

Answer 6

0-12 weeks

12 weeks

Question 7

When is term?

Answer 7

After 37 weeks

Question 8

What is post term?

Answer 8

After 41 weeks

Question 9

What foods to avoid and why?

Answer 9

Blue cheese, unpasteurised milk
(Listeria containing foods)
-Can cause stillbirths/miscarriages

Question 10

Which vitamin can be terratogenic?

Answer 10

Vitamin A (avoid eating liver/pate etc)

Question 11

Warfarin can affect what?

Answer 11

Limb development

Question 12

Types of baby positioning?

Answer 12

Breech
Transverse
Cephalic

Question 13

What does breech mean?

Answer 13

Bum first

- Potential head entrapment after body is delivered

Question 14

What is transverse position?

Answer 14

Lying sideways

-Contraindication for vaginal birth

Question 15

What is cephalic position?

Answer 15

Head first

-Normal

Question 16

Which head positions would you recommend a C section for?

Answer 16

Breech?

Transverse

Question 17

Which birth position is normal?

Answer 17

Cephalic

Question 18

What group has a higher risk of conceiving a child with down syndrome?

Answer 18

Older women

Question 19

Prenatal diagnosis of DS technique?

Answer 19

CVS/amniocentesis:

Medical procedure used in prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities

Question 20

Term for death in first 4 weeks of life?

Answer 20

Neonatal death

Question 21

Term for death in first year of life?

Answer 21

Infant mortality

Question 22

What should be offered to all infants immediately after birth?

Answer 22

Vitamin K

• Because babies have an immature liver (leads to decreased level of Vitamin K dependant clotting factor)
• Single IM dose helps prevent haemorrhagic disease