Unit E Notes/Objectives

Question 1

Ballottement

Answer 1

A technique of palpating a floating structure by bouncing it gently and feeling it rebound

Question 2

Quickening

Answer 2

First recognition of fetal movements or “feeling life”

Question 3

Chadwick Sign

Answer 3

Violet-blue vaginal mucosa and cervix. Can be evident as early as the 6th week of pregnancy but it easily noted by the 8th week.

Question 4

Operculum

Answer 4

Mucus Plug

Question 5

Gravidity

Answer 5

Pregnancy

Question 6

Nulligravida

Answer 6

A women is not currently pregnant and never been pregnant

Question 7

Primigravida

Answer 7

A woman who is pregnant for the 1st time

Question 8

Parity

Answer 8

The # of pregnancies in which the fetus or fetuses have reached 20 weeks gestation, not the number of fetuses born. Parity is not affected by whether the fetus is born alive or is still born

Question 9

Nullipara

Answer 9

A woman who has not completed a pregnancy with a fetus who has reached 20 weeks gestation or more

Question 10

Primapara

Answer 10

A woman who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus who have reached 20 weeks gestation or more

Question 11

Multipara

Answer 11

A woman who has completed two or more pregnancies to 20 weeks of gestation or more

Question 12

Naegele’s rule

Answer 12

Common method for calculating EDB.

• Determine 1st day of last menstural cycle
• Subtract 3 calendar months
• Add 7 days