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Ovaries

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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

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Afterbirth

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The placenta and other tissues that are expelled after the delivery of the fetus

Placenta separates from the uterine wall

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Amniotic sac

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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)

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Antepartum

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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

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Bloody show

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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)

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Breach birth

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A common abnormality of deliver where the fetal buttocks or the legs are the first to be delivered.

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Cervix

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The neck of the uterus

Contains a plug of mucus that seals the uterine opening during pregnancy, preventing contamination from entering the uterus.

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Crowning

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The fetal head starts to show.

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Fallopian tubes

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Thin flexible structures that extend from the uterus to the ovaries

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Fetus

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Child in the uterus from the 3rd month of pregnancy to birth

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Intrapartum

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Period time of from onset of labor to delivery of infant

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Labor

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Process by which the fetus is expelled from the uterus to the vagina to the outside of the body.
Childbirth

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Limb presentation

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Abnormal obstetric presentation, when a arm or single leg are the first showing through the birth control.
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Meconium staining

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Greenish or brownish yellow staining of the amniotic sac. Poop in amniotic fluid

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Miscarriage

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Spontaneous abortion. Delivery of fetus or placenta before it can live in own

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Multiple birth

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More than one fetus

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Neonate

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Birth to 1 month

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Nuchal Chord

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Umbilical chord wrapped around baby during delivery

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Obstetric

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Having to do with pregnancy or childbirth

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Perineum

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Area of skin between vagina and anus

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Placenta

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Fetal organs through which the fetus exchanges nourishment and waste products during pregnancy

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Post maturity syndrome

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Condition that occurs during pregnancy when gustation of the fetus is beyond the normal 42 weeks leading to reduce oxygen delivery to fetus

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Postpartum

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Period following delivery

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Postpartum hemorrahage

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Bleeding after delivery. 500 ml

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Post-term pregnancy

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Gustation lasting longer than 42 weeks

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Precipitous delivery

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Delivery after less than 3 hours of labor

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Pregnancy induced hypertension

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Bp increase of greater than 30 systolic or 15 diastolic

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Premature infant

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Weighs less than 5 lbs or born before 38 weeks

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Premature rupture of membranes

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Spontaneous rupture of the amniotic sac prior to onset of true labor and before the end of 37th week of gestation.

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Preterm labor

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Labor that occurs after the 20th week but before the 37th week of gestation. Also called premature labor

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Prolapsed cord

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When the umbilical cord, rather than the head of the fetus, is the first part to come out of the vagina.

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Shoulder dystocia

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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.

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Spontaneous abortion

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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

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Supine hypotensive syndrome

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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.

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Umbilical cord

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An extension of the placenta through which the fetus receives nourishment while in the uterus.

Infant lifeline

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Uterus

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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.

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Vagina

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The passage way through which the fetus is delivered. The lower part of the birth canal.

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