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Occurs 14 days prior to start of menstrual period, 1 egg released from one of two ovaries, requires balance of estrogen and progesterone, must have follicle stimulating and lutinizing hormones for egg to burst from ovary, baby girls born with all the eggs they will ever need (~2 million)
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| Requires 200-600 million sperm per ejaculate to fertilize the 1 egg, sperm live up to 72 hours, eggs live 6-24 hours, fertilization occurs in fallopian tube, fertilized egg begins to divide immediately and travels to uterus |
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| LMP(last menstrual period) date - 3 months + 7 days = due date/estimated date of delivery (EDD) or estimated date of confinement (EDC) |
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| fertilization- 13.5 weeks, all organ systems develop, if an assault occurs there will be damage or defects (drugs/environment), spontaneous abortion may occur, abortions occur in ~25% of women who know they are pregnant and ~75% who don't know, fetus grows to ~50 grams, morning sickness |
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| 13 1/3 weeks-26 weeks 2/3 weeks gestation, a period of rapid growth, mom feels baby move ~20 weeks, mom feels better, baby grows from ~50 grams to ~1200 grams |
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| 26 2/3 weeks - 40 weeks, fetal brain grows a lot, mom experiences increasing fears and body image problems, term pregnancy is born between 38-41 weeks gestation |
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| tobacco, alcohol, radiation, pesticides result in poor sperm quality; cocaine causes birth defects; older dads: increased rates of Marfan's syndrome, dwarfism, down syndrome, schizophenia |
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| monitor every month til 28 weeks, every 2 weeks til 36 weeks, every week til delivery; first pelvic exam til 12 weeks, with hands til 20 weeks, with measuring tape til birth; ultra sounds |
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-bleeding
-swelling
-2 lb. weight gain in a week
-headache
-blurred vision
-after 20 weeks: not feeling baby move |
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| cervix dilates from 1 cm to 10 cm |
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| 1 cm- 3 cm; happy, excited, can be distracted |
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| 4 cm- 8 cm; more serious, can become afraid, contractions harder and longer |
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| 8 cm- 10 cm; sweating, panic, behavior may change |
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| signs and symptoms of labor |
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-nesting, lightening, diarrhea
-contractions
-effacement and dilatation
-medications
-fetal monitoring |
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| 10 cm dilated until baby is born, pushing occurs, baby presentations (head/breech), operative deliveries (forceps, vacuumed extraction, cesarian sections) |
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| birth of the baby to delivery of the placenta; should take no longer than 30 minutes, check the placenta and umbilical cord for 3 vessels |
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| important; allows parents as much time as possible to be with baby after delivery |
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