OB (PART 2) Flashcards
SIGNS INDICATING COMPLICATIONS
- Vaginal Bleeding
- Persistent Vomiting
- Chills and Fever
- Sudden Escape of Clear Fluid From the Vagina
- Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension
- Increase or Decrease in Fetal Movement
- 8th to 12th week AOG
- Non pathological uterine contractions
Braxton Hicks Contractions
- protozoan infection
- spread most commonly with uncooked meat/ through handling cat stool in soil or cat litter
Toxoplasmosis
normal occurrence in pregnancy so long as no proteinuria
Ankle Edema
if the infection crosses the placenta = could lead to____
CNS damage
tx for toxoplasmosis
sulfonamides or Pyrimethamine
- causes only a mild rash and mild systemic illness in a woman
- but the teratogenic effects on a fetus can be devastating (hearing impairment, cognitive and motor challenges, cataracts, cardiac defects)
Rubella
- member of the herpes virus family, is another teratogen that can cause extensive damage to a fetus
- no treatment for the even if it presents in the mother with enough symptoms to allow detection
- infant may be born severe neurologically challenged
Cytomegalovirus
tx for herpes simplex virus
Intravenous or oral acyclovir (Zovirax)
virus spreads into the bloodstream (viremia) and crosses the placenta to a fetus posing substantial fetal risk
Herpes Simplex Virus (Genital Herpes Infection)
tx for syphilis in first trimester
benzathine penicillin
if syphilis left untreated beyond the 18th week of gestation
hearing impairment, cognitive challenge,
osteochondritis, and fetal death are possible
total calorie for pregnant
2500
total protein for pregnant
71 g daily
indian sit that stretches perineal muscles without occluding blood supply to the lower legs
Tailor Sitting
also stretches perineal muscles. useful position for second-stage labor
Squatting
tighten the muscles of perineum strengthen the pubococcygeal muscles and bulbocavernosus
Kegel Exercises
- helps relieve backache during
- pregnancy and early labor
- making the lumbar spine more flexible.
- increases flexibility and helps relieve back pain
- otso otso
Pelvic Rocking
is the best for maintaining
cardiovascular fitness without stressing the body since the buoyancy of the water lessens the impact on joints and ligaments
Water exercise
is the settling of the fetal
head into the inlet of the true pelvis.
Lightening
used to describe the release of the cervical plug
Show
Color change of the vagina from pink to violet
Chadwick’s sign
Softening of the cervix
Goodell’s sign
Softening of the lower uterine segment
Hegar’s sign
lower uterine segment is tapped on a bimanual examination, the fetus can be felt to rise against abdominal wall
Ballottement
Periodic uterine tightening occurs
Braxton Hicks
Preliminary Signs of Labor
Excess Energy
Goodell’s sign
Braxton Hicks Contractions
- begin and remain irregular
- felt first abdominally and remain confined to the abdomen and groin
- disappear with ambulation or sleep
- do not increase in duration, frequency, or intensity
- do not achieve cervical dilatation
false contraction