Terms obsterics Flashcards
Ovaries
Are the female gonads or sex glands. Two ovaries, one on each side of the uterus, in the upper portion of pelvic cavity
Releases hormones estrogen and progesterone also developed and released mature eggs
Afterbirth
The placenta and other tissues that are expelled after the delivery of the fetus
Placenta separates from the uterine wall
Amniotic sac
A thin transparent membrane that forms a sac that holds the fetus suspended in amniotic fluid
Bag of waters
Amount of amniotic fluid in sac ranges from 500 milliliter to 1000
Sac tears at the onset of labor (water breaking)
Antepartum
Period of pregnancy prior to the onset of labor
(Before labor)
(Predelivery)
Complications during this period often involve potential for severe hemorrhage and fetal death
Bloody show
The mucus and blood that are expelled from the vagina as labor begins. Signals first stage of labor
(The mucus plug that seals the uterine opening during pregnancy)
Breach birth
A common abnormality of deliver where the fetal buttocks or the legs are the first to be delivered.
Cervix
The neck of the uterus
Contains a plug of mucus that seals the uterine opening during pregnancy, preventing contamination from entering the uterus.
Crowning
The fetal head starts to show.
Fallopian tubes
Thin flexible structures that extend from the uterus to the ovaries
Fetus
Child in the uterus from the 3rd month of pregnancy to birth
Intrapartum
Period time of from onset of labor to delivery of infant
Labor
Process by which the fetus is expelled from the uterus to the vagina to the outside of the body.
Childbirth
Limb presentation
Abnormal obstetric presentation, when a arm or single leg are the first showing through the birth control.
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Meconium staining
Greenish or brownish yellow staining of the amniotic sac. Poop in amniotic fluid
Miscarriage
Spontaneous abortion. Delivery of fetus or placenta before it can live in own
Multiple birth
More than one fetus
Neonate
Birth to 1 month
Nuchal Chord
Umbilical chord wrapped around baby during delivery
Obstetric
Having to do with pregnancy or childbirth
Perineum
Area of skin between vagina and anus
Placenta
Fetal organs through which the fetus exchanges nourishment and waste products during pregnancy
Post maturity syndrome
Condition that occurs during pregnancy when gustation of the fetus is beyond the normal 42 weeks leading to reduce oxygen delivery to fetus
Postpartum
Period following delivery
Postpartum hemorrahage
Bleeding after delivery. 500 ml
Post-term pregnancy
Gustation lasting longer than 42 weeks
Precipitous delivery
Delivery after less than 3 hours of labor
Pregnancy induced hypertension
Bp increase of greater than 30 systolic or 15 diastolic
Premature infant
Weighs less than 5 lbs or born before 38 weeks
Premature rupture of membranes
Spontaneous rupture of the amniotic sac prior to onset of true labor and before the end of 37th week of gestation.
Preterm labor
Labor that occurs after the 20th week but before the 37th week of gestation. Also called premature labor
Prolapsed cord
When the umbilical cord, rather than the head of the fetus, is the first part to come out of the vagina.
Shoulder dystocia
Abnormal delivery where the fetal shoulders are larger than the fetal head and the head delivers but the shoulders are caught between the symphysis pubis and the sacrum.
Spontaneous abortion
Without apparent cause, the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus reaches the stage of viability, generally before the 20th week of pregnancy.
(Miscarriage)
80% of miscarriage happen prior to 12 week of gestation
Supine hypotensive syndrome
Inadequate return of Venous blood to the heart, reduced cardiac out put, lowered blood pressure resulting from pressure on the inferior vena cava , cause bump the weight of the fetus and uterus when the patient in the late pregnancy is in a supine position.
Umbilical cord
An extension of the placenta through which the fetus receives nourishment while in the uterus.
Infant lifeline
Uterus
And organ of the female reproductive system for containing and nourishing the embryo and fetus from the time of fertilized egg is implanted to the time of birth.
Vagina
The passage way through which the fetus is delivered. The lower part of the birth canal.
