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4. skin to skin
5. company
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1 Simkin's 5 keeps for epidurals 2 antepartum
3 What do contractions cause? 4 Probable signs of pregnancy
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antepartum pregnancy - before birth
Intrapartum within (during) labor and childbirth
, a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of gestation but
preterm
ends before completion of 37 weeks of gestation
Signs that a woman may have that make her think that
Presumptive signs of
she is pregnant. Including: Amenorrhea, fatigue,
pregnancy
nausea/vomiting, breast changes, uterine enlargement
examiner suspects a women is pregnant. such as
abdominal enlargement, hegar's sign(softening and
compressibility of the lower uterus), chadwick's sign
Probable signs of
(deepened violet-bluish color of the cervix and vaginal
pregnancy
mucosa), goodell's sign(softening of the cervical tip),
ballottement, braxton hicks, positive pregnancy test,
fetal outline felt by examiner.
audible fetal heartbeat, fetal movement felt by
Positive signs of pregnancy
examiner, ultrasound visualization of fetus
GTPAL Gravida, Term, Preterm, Abortions, Living
Age as measured in weeks from the first day of the
Gestational Age
mother's last menstrual cycle.
age since conception (minus 2 weeks from gestational
postconceptional age
age)
3 trimesters
1. wks 1-13
Pregnancy
2. wks 14-26
3. wks 27-term (40)
Ways of estimating due height of fundus (drops at 40 wks, lightening),
dates ultrasound, naegele's rule (add 7 go back 3)
labour stage (early and active)
birthing stage (active and passive)
Stages of Labour
placental stage
recovery stage
What do contractions effacement and dilation
cause?
How are contractions frequency (how many in time), duration (how long for
described? one), intensity (height of the graph)