Prenatal Complications

Question 1

What is Oligohydramnios and what can it cause

Answer 1

Oligohydroamnios- Deficiency of Amniotic Fluid

Reduces the baby’s mobility

Question 2

What is in the Umbilical Cord other than the two arteries and 1 vein and what does it do?

Answer 2

Wharton’s Jelly

Prevents Compression of arteries and vein

Question 3

What is the term when the umbilical cord raps around the fetus’ neck?

Answer 3

Nuchal Cord

Question 4

How long does the placenta lasts?

Answer 4

About 40 weeks

Question 5

What is the early function of the placenta?

What are the lat functions?

Answer 5

Endocrine

• Respiration (Only way the baby gets O2 is from the placenta), (Lungs don’t work while inside the mother)
• Nutrition
• Excretion
• Storage

Question 6

What does the Veins in the umbilical cord do?

What does the Arteries do?

Answer 6

Vein moves oxygenated blood from the lungs of the mother, to the placenta, to the fetal body

Artery moves DEoxygenated blood from the lungs of the mother to the plac

Question 7

What are the main pregnancy hormones?

Answer 7

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG)

Progesterone

Estrogen

Question 8

What does hCG do?

Answer 8

hCG
Maintains pregnancy until PLACENTA is Working (Makes Progesterone)
- Basis of Pregnancy Test, Serum Tests detects 8 days after conception

Question 9

What does Estrogen do?

Answer 9

Estrogen
Maintians Sutiable environment for fetus
- Increased Uterine Muscle Mass
- Increased Vascularity
-Produced by ductal system of breasts

Question 10

What does Progesterone do?

Answer 10

Progesterone

• Maintains pregnancy
• Smooth muscle relaxant
• Breast develop for lactation

Question 11

What occurs to the veins of pregnant women?

Answer 11

Veins vasodilate and has more fluid in them, which causes backflow

Question 12

What is vena cava syndrome?

Answer 12

The baby compresses the inferior vena cava when the mother lays in supine position, which causes reduced venous return to the heart from the legs

-Can cause DVTs

Question 13

What can you give to a pregnant woman with N&V and Pyrosis (Hearburn)

Answer 13

Milk

Question 14

What is PICA?

What are some of the causes?

Answer 14

Craving for Non-Nutritive Substances
-ex. pickles and ice cream,
dirt, clay,

Nutritional Deficiency
Culture
Mental Health

Question 15

What virus can be passed through the placenta to the fetus by way of a mosquito?

Answer 15

ZIKV Infection

Question 16

What should you avoid when bathing and why?

Answer 16

Hot tub because high temperatures can damage the fetus

-Babies get tachycardic and reduces O2 consumption

Question 17

How long should you monitor a pregnant woman after a fall?

Answer 17

4 hours

Question 18

What should you make sure when a pregnant woman is driving?

Answer 18

Make sure seatbelt going horizontally across the body is under the belly