SAS#7 Flashcards
ACCEPTING THE PREGNANCY - “ I am pregnant”
1st Trimester:
Sonogram - done between
18 - 22 weeks
ACCEPTING THE BABY - “ I am going to have a baby!”
2nd TRIMESTER
PREPARING FOR PARENTHOOD - “ I am going to be a mother.”
3rd TRIMESTER
Feeling of both pleased and not pleased
Ambivalence
Give up or alter the present role
Grief
PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES
- Presumptive
- Probable
- Positive
Least indicative of pregnancy & individually may be symptoms of
other conditions
❏ Subjective
❏ Amenorrhea
❏ Nausea and vomiting
❏ Breast Changes
❏ Urinary Frequency
❏ Skin changes: Chloasma, Linea Nigra, Striae Gravidarum
❏ Diaphoresis
❏ Leukorrhea
❏ Weight Gain
❏ Quickening : 18-20th (primipara)
14-16th (multipara)
Presumptive Signs
❏ Can be documented by the examiner
❏ Objective
❏ More reliable than presumptive signs but still are not positive
❏ Uterine enlargement
❏ Goodell’s Sign - softening of cervix
❏ Hegar’s Sign- softening of lower uterine segment
❏ Chadwick’s Sign- bluish discoloration
❏ Mcdonald’s Sign - ease in flexing the body of the uterus against cervix
❏ Braxton-Hicks contractions - painless and irregular; relieved by walking
❏ Ballotement - fetal rebound against examination
❏ Positive pregnancy test : HCG
PROBABLE SIGN
❏ Fetal parts on palpation by examiner
❏ Fetal skeleton on X-ray (safe from 16 weeks)
❏ Fetal outline on ultrasonography
❏ Fetal Heart Tone is audible
➔ Normal range: 120-160 bpm
➔ FUNIC souffle: sound of blood in the cord
➔ Uterine souffle: NOT a diagnostic sign
POSITIVE SIGNS
palpated as a firm globe under the abdominal wall,
under symphysis pubis
12th week:
palpated at the level of the umbilicus
20th to 22nd week
for primigravida, fetal head settle into the pelvis, uterus
returns to its height at 36 weeks (LIGHTENING)
38th week:
Goodell’s Sign
➢ Consistency of non-pregnant uterus:
pregnant uterus:
like the tip of the nose
like the earlobe
to seal out bacteria
Operculum