Pregnancy Confirmation

Question 1

What are subjective signs of pregnancy?

Answer 1

Aka presumptive

• Amenorrhea (no period)
• N/V
• Urinary frequency
• Breast tenderness
• Quickening
• Excessive fatigue

Question 2

What are objective signs of pregnancy?

Answer 2

Aka probable

• Uterine and cervical changes: Goodell sign, Chadwick sign, Hegar sign, uterine enlargement
• Braxton-Hicks contractions
• Ballottement
• Fetal outline palpation
• Uterine and funic souffle
• Skin pigmentation changes: chloasma, linea nigra, areola darkening
• Straie gravidarum
• Positive preg test

Question 3

What are positive signs of pregnancy?

Answer 3

Aka diagnostic

• FHR heard with doppler
• Fetal movement palpated by provider or visible fetal movement
• Visualization of fetus via ultrasound

Question 4

Goodell’s sign

Answer 4

Softening of cervix

Question 5

Chadwick’s sign

Answer 5

Bluish color of cervix/vagina

Question 6

Hegar’s sign

Answer 6

• Softening of lower uterine segment
• Enlarged abdomen
• Pigmentation changes
• Stretch marks

Question 7

Ballottement

Answer 7

Method of diagnosing pregnancy in which uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a fetus moves away and returns again