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HDFS Exam 3--Pregnancy
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Undergraduate 1
03/01/2012

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-% lost in week 1
-% lost in week 2
-% of zygotes to survive to live birth
Definition
-20%
-33%
-37%
Term
hegars sign
Definition
changes in womens cervix when pregnant, cervix looks puffy and purple looking-lots of blood in area
Term
over --- american girls get pregnant before age ---
Definition
1/3, 20
Term
Teen mothers
Definition
-40% of premature babies
-babies 10 times more likely to grow up in poverty
-under age 20 or over age 35, mothers and babies have more issues
Term
causes of premature births
Definition
-40% unknown
-infection: causes stress on mothers system
-maternal or fetal stress
-bleeding
-over stretching of uterus
Term
when to induce?
Definition
-partial abruption
-infection of membranes
-fetal death
-moms health
-overdue
-intrauterine growth restriction
-premature rupture of membranes
Term
should not induce
Definition
-previos cesarean
-bad position of baby
-multiples
-placenta previa
Term
placenta previa
Definition
placenta at bottom of uterus-placenta coming first before baby
Term
how induce?
Definition
-hormone in IV
-ripen cervix: chemical by cervix
-rupture membranes
-strip membranes: doctor swipes finger along cervix
Term
Cesarean Section
Definition
-30%
-7X more likely for more to die in childbirth
-recovery time takes longer
Term
preparation for c-section
Definition
-shave
-iv
-catheter
-to operating room
-anestetic
Term
the surgery
Definition
-incision-across abdomen
-pressure
-whole just big enough for hand
Term
mothers average about --- children
Definition
2
Term
preconception care
Definition
enhancement of womens health and well-being prior to conception in order to ensure healthy pregnancy and baby
Term
embryo
Definition
organism in early stage of dvelopment: last from second to eighth week of pregnancy
Term
amnion
Definition
intermost membrane of sac enclosing embryo or fetus
Term
fetus
Definition
human organism developed in uterus from 9th week to birth
Term
ectopic pregnancy
Definition
egg implanted itself outside of uterine cavity, usually in fallopian tube
Term
premature labor
Definition
labor that occurs after the 20th week but before 37th week
Term
lamaze method
Definition
combines breathing ans pychological techniques to get through labor
Term
three stages of labor
Definition
-effacement (thinning) and dialation (opening up)--ends when women is fully dialated
-baby moves into birth canal and out of mothers body
-uterus contracts after birth--placenta seperates from uterine wall
Term
caesarean delivery
Definition
surgical procedure--infant delivered through an incision made in abdominal wall
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infertility
Definition
failure to conceive after one year of unprotected sex--affects 1/7 couples
Term
day 1 of last menstrual period
Definition
when we begin counting to determine due date
Term
conception
Definition
sperm fertilizes egg in fallopian tube and becomes a 1 cell zygote, zygote starts to divide as moves through tube
Term
5 weeks
Definition
next 10-30 days crutial in development of nervous and circulatory systems
Term
7 weeks
Definition
ultrasound can detect fetal heartbeat
Term
9 weeks
Definition
embryo's outer genitalia still sexless
Term
10 weeks
Definition
now called fetus
Term
12 weeks
Definition
outer genetalia of fetus now shows sex characteristics
Term
14 weeks
Definition
end of first trimester, morning sickness gone, risk of miscarriage greatly reduced after this week
Term
18 weeks
Definition
average stage when most mothers can feel first movement--called quickening
Term
23 weeks
Definition
fetus could possibly survive if born now
Term
30 weeks
Definition
end of second trimester--braxton hicks contractions common from now on
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37 weeks
Definition
fetus typically settles into mothers pelvis--lightening
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40 weeks
Definition
due date
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