What is gravida? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Total number of pregnancies
What is para? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Total number of viable pregnancies (at lease
20 weeks gestation)
Describe Naegele's Rule? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Used to determine the expected
date of delivery (EDD)
How is the EDD determined? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Naegele's Rule:
(First day of last period+ 7 days) - 3 months
What are the signs of pregnancy? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Presumptive, Probable,
Positive
What is a presumptive sign of pregnancy? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔N&V, breast
changes, fatigue, urinary frequency
What is a probable sign of pregnancy? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Goodell's sign,
Chadwick's sign, Hegar's sign, positive pregnancy test
What is a positive sign of pregnancy? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔Hearing fetal heart
tones (12 wks), Visualization of the fetus (4 wks), palpating fetal movement, and visualizing
fetal movements: Ultrasound (18 wks)
, What are the effects of pregnancy on the cardiovascular system? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔There is extra fluid on board so the CO increases 10%-50%. The heart rate
increases 10-15 bpm
What is asked/done in first GYN appt? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔-Pap smear
-STD's
-Were they on birth control or antibiotics?
-Currently taking any medications?
-Currently using tobacco, alcohol, or illegal drugs?
- Ask about resources (social, financial)
-Any previous pregnancies
How much should caffeine be decreased to? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔1-2 servings a
day
What foods are rich in iron? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰 ✔✔-Red meat
-Dark leafy greens
-Beans
-Poultry
What are ways in which the mother can avoid heartburn? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔-Good posture
-Avoid spicy foods
-Eat small meals
At how many weeks can you see the fetus on an ultrasound? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS🔰
✔✔6 weeks