Prenatal and Postpartum Care Flashcards
What does antepartum care include?
- Education at every visit
- Screening
True or false: for women with regular menstrual cycles, a h/o one more more missed periods following a time of unprotected sex pretty much diagnoses pregnancy
True, for the most part
When does the softening and enlargement of the uterus begin after the LMP?
6 weeks after
When is the uterus enlarged enough to be palpable in the lower abdomen?
12 weeks
What is Chadwick’s sign
Bluish discoloration of the cervix
What is Hegar’s sign?
Softening of the cervix
What is Quickening? When does this occur?
Patient’s initial perception of fetal movement at 16-20 weeks
What do pregnancy tests measure? What produces this?
hCG produced by the syncytiotrophoblasts of the placenta
When do standard urine lab tests become positive for pregnancy (how long after LMP)?
about 4 weeks
When during the day is urine concentration of hCG the highest?
Morning
What allows the serum pregnancy test to be more sensitive and specific for pregnancy? When does this become positive?
Tests for unique beta subunit of hCG
Two weeks from ovulation
Can the serum pregnancy test detect a pregnancy before a missed period?
Yes
What is the doubling time of serum hCG?
2 days
How do you detect fetal heart tones? (2 methods) When are these detectable for each method?
- Traditional acoustic fetoscope (18-20 weeks)
- electronic doppler (12 weeks)
When does the fundal height represent the gestational age of the fetus?
When the uterus grows in size so that it exits the pelvis
What is the correlation between the fundal height and gestational age?
Fundal height in cm represents that gestation age of the fetus to about 36 weeks (+/- 2 weeks)
What level of exercise should pregnant women get to? Why not more?
Speaking while jogging etc
Do not risk the fetus
What is gestational age, technically?
Number of weeks that have elapsed between the 1st day of LMP and the date of delivery (NOT the presumed time of conception)
What is the EDD? How is this calculated?
Estimated date of delivery
What is Naegele’s rule?
Rule to determine the date of expectancy:
Add 1 year + 7 days to first day of LMP andn subtract 3 months
True or false: US established dates should take precedence over menstrual dates
True
When, in weeks gestation, can an abdominal US detect the gestational sac? What are the bhCG levels?
5-6 weeks
5000-6000
When, in weeks gestation, can an TVUS detect the gestational sac? What are the bhCG levels?
3-4 weeks
1000-2000
The embryo and cardiac activity should be seen if the hCG level is greater than what value?
4000
What are the components of the GTPAL?
- Gravida
- Parity (term/preterm)
- Abortions
- Living
What is the technical definition of abortion for the GTPAL system?
Any pregnancy loss before 20 weeks
What are the normal pregnancy PE intervals for prenatal care? (3)
- q 4 weeks until 28 weeks
- q 2 weeks until 36 weeks
- q 1 week until delivery
What are the leopold maneuvers, and when can you perform these?
Feeling for the fetus
third trimester
What is the gestational age at which the fundal measurement is at the pubic symphysis
6 weeks
What is the gestational age at which the fundal measurement is at the umbilicus?
20 weeks
What is the gestational age at which the fundal measurement is at the xiphoid?
36 weeks
What is felt with leopold maneuvers? What is the sequence?
- Head
- buttocks
- back
- arms/legs
What are the infection screens that are done at the first prenatal visit? (6)
- Rubella
- HIV
- Hep B and C
- VDRL
- GC/CT
When should glucose screen be performed at the first prenatal visit?
If BMI is greater than 30
What are the general labs that are obtained at the first prenatal visit? (4)
- CBC
- TSH
- ABO/Rh
- Urine culture
During what gestational weeks is rechecking for Hb necessary in patients with gestational DM?
24-28