Prenatal Care Flashcards
Conception through 10th week after LMP
EMBRYO
10th weeks after LMP to delivery
Fetus
maternal condition of having a developing fetus in body
Gestation
estimated age of a fetus calculated from the first day of LMP
gestational age
0 weeks to 13 weeks
first trimester
14 weeks to 27 weeks
second trimester
28 weeks to 40 weeks
third trimester
women who has never been pregnant
nulligravida
never given birth or never completed pregnancy > 20 weeks gestation. may have had a spontaneous or elective abortion.
nullipara
women who is pregnant for first time
primigravida
has delivered only once. fetus born alive or dead with an estimated length of gestation > 20 weeks
primipara
women who has had 2+ pregnancies
multipara
women who has > or = to 5 pregnancies
grand multipara
expulsion or extraction of all or part of the placenta, without an identifiable fetus or with a fetus weighing less than 500g.
abortion
delivered beforer 37 weeks
pre-term
delivered 37-41 weeks
term infant
delivered > 42 weeks
post-term
number of times a women has been pregnant regardless of the outcome
gravidity
parity describes the births before and after 20 weeks gestation
- term
- preterm
- abortions
- living children
What does G6P4024 mean?
– 6 pregnancies – 4 full term – 0 premature births – 2 abortions – 4 living children
Hollister Maternal/Newborn Record System
creates a uniform method of pregnancy documentation that can be easily transferred to diff. healthcare systems.
provide nutrients to embryo, forms outer layer of blastocyst, and develops into large part of placenta
Trophoblast
primarily produced by the placenta
estrogen
produced by the corpus luteum which maintains the endometrium. causes relaxation of smooth muscle which has an effect on GI, CV, and GU
progesterone
glycoprotein hormone produced by the placenta;
hCG
