PREGNANCY Flashcards
Refers to the medical and nursing care given to the pregnant woman between conception and the onset labor
Consideration is given to the physical, emotional, and social needs of the woman, the unborn child, her partner, and other family members
Pregnancy-antepartum
The process of carrying or being carried in the womb between conception and birth
Gestation
Is the ability of a fetus to survive outside of the womb at the end of 20 weeks
Viability
Is the number of times pregnant, regardless of duration and outcome, including the present pregnancy
Gravida
Is a woman who has not and never has been pregnant
Nulligravida
Is a woman pregnant for the first time
primigravida
Is the number of pregnancies that lasted more than 20 weeks, regardless of outcome
Para
Is a pregnant for second or subsequent time
Multigravida
is a woman who has not given birth to a baby beyond 20 weeks gestation
Nullipara
Is a woman who has given birth to one baby more than 20 weeks gestation
Primipara
Para is subdivided to reflect births that went to Term, Premature births, abortions, and living children
TPAL
A newbord born before 37 weeks of gestation
Preterm
Is a newborn born after 37 weeks to 40 weeks of gestation
Term
Is a newborn born after 40 weeks
Post term
LMP
Last Menstrual Period
EDC
Expected date of delivery/confinement
AOG
Age of Gestation
CIL
Cephalic in Labor
Duration of pregnancy
266-280 days, 38-42 weeks, 9 calendar months, 10 lunar months (28 days)
Periods of pregnancy
First trimester, 2nd, 3rd
Period organogenesis; teratogens are highly damaging
First trimester
Most comfortable period for mother, fetal growth continues
Second trimester
rapid deposition of fats, thus period of most rapid growth, with rapid iron and calcium deposition
Third Trimester
CONDITIONS FOR FERTILIZATION
- live, motile, normal sperm present in cervical mucus
- Fallopian tubes paten
- endometrial biopsy indicates adequate progesterone and secretory endometrium
- Semen is supportive to pregnancy at least 2 ml semen and contain at least 200 million sperm/ml >60% normal and >50% motile (moving forward)
The production of offspring; in general humans copulate purely for the purpose of procreation
Procreation
TWO RELATED THEORIES FOR PROCREATION
CREATION AND EVOLUTION
God created the world and all that’s in it, including humans, and they reproduce through sexual intercourse
Creation
Darwin’s theory that humans evolved over the years through natural occurrences and from the growth and development of monkeys and other creatures
Evolution
This happened during sexual intercourse
some sperm ejaculated from the male penis swim up through the female vagina and uterus toward an oocyte (Egg cell) floating in one of the uterine tubes
Fertilization takes place where
ampula (outer 1/3) portion of the fallopian tube
The sperm and egg are ___
gametes
the sperm and egg contain half the ____ necessary for production. When a sperm cell penetrates and fertilizes an egg, that genetic information combines
genetic information
The 23 chromosomes from the sperm pair with 23 chromosomes in the egg, forming a 46- chromosome cell called a
zygote
___ Starts to divide and multiply. As it travels toward the uterus it divides to become a ___, which will burrow into the uterine wall
zygote ; blastocyst
A fertilized egg, or zygote takes about how many days to reach the uterus from the uterine tube
Five days
As the zygote moves, the zygote divides and develops into a ___, with an inner mass of cells and a protective outer ring
blastocyst
attaches to the wall of the uterus and gradually implants itself into the uterine lining
blastocyst
During implantation, its cells differentiate further. At day 15 after conception, the cells that will form the embryo become an
embryonic disc
the___, on one side of the disc, will become part of the digestive tract
yolk sac
As the cells multiply, they will also separate into two distinctive masses:
- the OUTER CELLS will eventually become the placenta and umbilical cord, which will bring in nutrients and eliminate waste and
- the inner cells from the embryo
On the other side, the ___ fills with fluid and will surround the embryo as it develops
amnion
By week 4, the embryo ____
the embryo has a distinct head and tail and a beating heart
Over the next six weeks, _________ form. Primitive versions of all body systems appear
limbs, eyes, brain region, and vertebrae form
In eight weeks, the embryo develops
contains a flat embryonic disc that now differentiates into three layers:
endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm
skin and nervous system
ectoderm
digestive and respiratory system
Endoderm
Muscle and skeletal systems
Mesoderm
All organs of the human body derive from these three tissues called___. They begin to curve and fold and to form an oblong body
Ectoderm, Endoderm, Mesoderm