Obstetrics Terminology

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First movements of fetus felt by the mother (16-18 weeks)

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Quickening (a first time mom will feel after 20 weeks)

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Suppression or absence of menstruation

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Amenorrhea

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Hissing sound synchronous with fetal heart beat and considers produced by the umbilical cord

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Funic soufflé (blood rushing through the umbilical cord)

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Heard when auscultating abdomen over the uterus; maternal blood pulsating through the placenta; synchronous with the maternal pulse ( moms hr)

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Uterine soufflé

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Discharge of the blood tinged mucous from the cervix as labor begins

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Bloody show

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Thinning measurement of the cervix in percentage

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Effacement

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Protracted: slow rate of progress
Prolonged: long span of time for progress to occur (over 24 hours)
Arrested: progress stops

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Abnormal labor patterns

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Number of weeks since first day of last menstrual period

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Gestation

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Birth that occurs before end of 20 weeks gestation

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Abortion

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Death of a fetus

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Fetal demise

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Time between conception and the onset of labor

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Antepartum

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Time from onset of true labor until the birth of infant and placenta

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Intrapartum

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Time from birth until woman’s body returns to prepregnant condition

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Postpartum 4-6 weeks

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Labor that occurs between 20 and 36 6/7 weeks

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Premature labor

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Labor that occurs after 42 weeks gestation

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Posterm labor

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Infant born dead after 20 weeks gestation

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Still birth

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Any pregnancy regardless of duration, including present pregnancy

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Gravida

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Has never been pregnant

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Nulligravida

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Pregnant for the first time

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Primigravida

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Woman who is in her second or any subsequent pregnancy

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Multigravida

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Birth after 20 weeks gestation regardless of whether infant is born alive or dead

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Para

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No births at > 20 weeks gestation

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Nulliparous

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One birth at > 20 weeks gestation

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Primiparous

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Two or more births at > 20 weeks

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Multiparous

Question 24

What is GTPAL?

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G is the # of times pregnant 
T is the # of term births 
P is the # of premature births 
A is the # of pregnancies ending in abortion 
L is the number of living children