pregnancy Flashcards
fetal development
0 month
4 cell stage
fetal development
1 month
heart
digestive system
back bone
spinal cord
fetal development
3 months
arms, hands and fingers
legs and feet
eyes
fetal development
5 months
hair growth
mother begins to feel movement
eyebrows and eyelibs appear
fetal development
7 months
fat layers are forming
organs are maturing
fetal development
9 months
lungs are mature
baby can now survive outside the mother
trimesters
1st trimester
how many weeks is this from and too ?
up to 12 weeks
TRIMESTERS
1ST TRIMESTERS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
CRAVINGS
FATIGUE
MOOD SWINGS
TRIMESTERS
2ND TRIMESTER
HOW MANY WEEKS FROM AND UNTIL WHEN?
13-28
TRIMESTER
2ND TRIMESTER SIGN AND SYMPTOMS
BUMP GROWTH
BABY MOVING
TRIMESTERS
3RD TRIMESTER
HOW MANY WEEKS FROM AND UNTIL WHEN
29 WEEKS +
TRIMESTERS
3RD TRIMESTER SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
BABY KICKING
SWOLLEN FEET
INDIGESTION
FREQUENT URINATION
PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES
CARDIOVASCULAR
TOTAL BLOOD VOLUME INCREASES BY 30-50% DUE TO INCREASED CARDIAC OUTPUT.
INCREASED COAGULATION
PERIPHERAL VASODILATION
PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES
RESPIRATORY
INCREASED O2 DEMAND
INCREASED TIDAL VOLUME
RESTRICTED DIAPHRAGM
PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES
URINARY
INCREASED RENAL BLOOD FLOW CAUSED INCREASED EXCRETION.
BLADDER SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXES - CAN CAUSE URINARY STATIS.
PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES
GASTROINTESTINAL
MORNING SICKNESS CAUSED BY HORMONAL CHANGES
STOMACH DISPLACED UPWARDS
LOWER OESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER IS RELAXED.
CHANGES IN SMOOTH MUSCLE FUNCTION LEADING TO GASTROPARESIS.
PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES
ENDOCRINE
INCREASED INSULIN PRODUCTION - LEADING TO INSULIN RESISTANCE.
CORTISOL LEVELS INCREASE
PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES
MSK
REDUCED BONE DENSITY
INCREASE LIGAMENT LAXITY IN THE LUMBAR SPINE CONTRIBUTE TO BACK PAIN.
WHAT IS ECTOPIC PREGNANCY??
WHEN A FERTILISED EGG IMPLANTS ITSELF OUTSIDE OF THE WOMB, USUALLY IN ONE OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCY? COMMON!
ABDOMINAL OR PELVIC PAIN AND TENDERNESS.
AMENORRHOEA OR MISSED PERIOD
VAGINAL BLEEDING
LESS COMMON SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCY.
GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS
DIZZINESS
SHOULDER TIP PAIN
URINARY SYMPTOMS
MANAGEMENT OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
UNLIKELY IN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
BUT
DISCUSS MANAGEMENT OF ANY OF THE TISSUE (HER BABY)
TRANSPORT TISSUE USING SOFT ITEM FROM MATERNITY PACK
MOTHER MAY WISH TO HOLD.
IN TOILET IF POSSIBLE REMOVE AND SENSITIVELY WRAP.
