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Care 9 Mid-term
Probable signs of pregnancy
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Health Care
Professional
02/03/2013

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Term
central soft spot at uterocervical junction
Definition
Ladin’s sign
Term
soft spot enlarges to include the entire junction
Definition
Hegar’s sign -
Term
uterus can be flexed in half at soft junction
Definition
McDonald sign -
Term
bluish coloring and soften of the cervix at 6 – 8 weeks especially the TIP of the cervix (feels like the lip vs the nose)
Definition
Goodell’s sign -
Term
bluish coloration of cervix, vagina, and vulva due to blood vessel congestion at 6 – 8
Definition
Chadwick’s / Jacquemier’s sign -
Term
varicosity's of the vulva
Definition
Kluge’s sign -
Term
softening of the uterus at the spot of implantation
Definition
Braun VonFernwald’s sign -
Term
softening of the uterine cornu, esp. if at the site of implantation
Definition
Piskacek’s sign -
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visible pulsation of blood vessels at vaginal fornices
Definition
Osiander’s sign -
Term
mucus plug in the cervical os
Definition
Operculum -
Term
intermittent contractions of the uterus after the 3rd month
Definition
Braxton Hicks sign or Contractions -
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