Pregnancy Overview

Question 1

What anterior pituitary hormone readies the breast for lactation?

Answer 1

Prolactin

Question 2

What resets the receptors for thirst and ADH release, leading to decreases in serum sodium concentration and possibly, polyuria?

Answer 2

HcG

Question 3

What hormone relaxes tone and contractions in the ureters, causing hydronephrosis as well as increased risk for bacteruria in the bladder?

Answer 3

Progesterone

Question 4

What sign is when the vagina becomes bluish

due to increased vascularity?

Answer 4

Chadwick’s sign

Question 5

What sign is palpable softening of the

vaginal isthmus?

Answer 5

Hagar’s sign

Question 6

What is a Brownish-black pigmented line along the midline of the abdomen?

Answer 6

Linea-nigra

Question 7

What is separation of the rectus abdominus?

Answer 7

Diastasis recti

Question 8

What is Thin pink bands which appear as a result of tearing of the collagen in the dermis and stretching of the skin?

Answer 8

Striatum Gravidarum

Question 9

How do Fraternal twins come about?

Answer 9

2 eggs are fertilized by 2 sperm

Question 10

How do Identical twins come about?

Answer 10

1 egg is fertilized by 1 sperm and then divides in 2

Question 11

What week is the baby known as the fetus?

Answer 11

Week 10

Question 12

By what week is the head is approximately one-third of the size of the body?

Answer 12

Week 12

Question 13

How big is the fetus from weeks 13-16?

Answer 13

size of a peach

Question 14

What trimester is when the daylong nausea subsides and their appetite for food and sex returns?

Answer 14

2nd trimester (4th month)

Question 15

What is the currently recommended healthy weight gain for pregnant women?

Answer 15

25-35 pounds

Question 16

What is the currently recommended healthy weight gain for pregnant women below the ideal weight?

Answer 16

30-40 pounds

Question 17

How much more weight should you gain if you suspect twins?

Answer 17

10 more pounds

Question 18

What trimester of pregnancy is also known as the pregnancy’s honeymoon?

Answer 18

2nd trimester

Question 19

What position does the baby enter the birth canal with the buttocks or feet first as opposed to the normal head first presentation?

Answer 19

Breech position

Question 20

What type of breech has the baby’s bottom comes first and his or her legs are flexed at the hip and extended at the knees?

Answer 20

Frank Breech

Question 21

How much of of breech babies are of Frank Breeches?

Answer 21

65-70%

Question 22

What type of breech has the baby’s hips and knees are flexed so that the baby is sitting crosslegged, with feet beside the bottom?

Answer 22

Complete breech

Question 23

What type of breech has one or both feet comes first, with the bottom at a higher position?

Answer 23

Footling breech