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Antepartum - ✔✔before onset of labor
Intrapartum - ✔✔time of labor and birth
Postpartum - ✔✔first 6 weeks after childbirth
LH - ✔✔stimulates final maturation of graafian follicle
surges approx. 14 days before next menstruation period
stimulates transformation of graafian follicle to corpus luteum
FSH - ✔✔stimulates final maturation of graafian follicle
stimulates growth and maturation of graafian follicles before ovulation
Estrogen - ✔✔Stimulates growth of endometrium before ovulation
breasts: induce growth of mammary ductal tissue
puberty: limits mature growth
pregnancy: stimulates uterine growth, hyperpigmentation and milk production
Can cause nasal stuffiness and increased risk of nosebleeds.
Progesterone - ✔✔breasts: growth of lobes, lobules and alveoli
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, pregnancy: maintains uterus for implantation, decreases uterine contractility, relaxes all
smooth muscle, suppresses immunologic response.
Can cause slight hyperventilation.
Relaxin - ✔✔causes relaxation of the ligaments around the ribs
hCG - ✔✔presence produces (+) pregnancy test
Follicular phase - ✔✔maturation of ovum
Begins on day 1
Estrogen and progesterone levels decrease
FSH and LH increase
Follicle - ✔✔sacs within the ovary containing the immature ovum, released by estrogen
Ovulatory phase - ✔✔release of ovum
Begins on day 14.
LH is the main hormone that stimulates ovulation.
Mature ovum goes down the fallopian tube.
Luteal phase - ✔✔This phase lasts for 12 days
Corpus luteum - ✔✔cells remaining after ovulation that produce estrogen and large
amounts of progesterone.
Located in the ovaries
Prepare endometrium for fertilized ovum
Menstrual phase - ✔✔Days 1-6
The endometrium becomes ischemic & necrotic which separates from basal layers.
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