QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
How to improve chances of conception - CORRECT ANSWER planning out sexual
intercourse- day following ovulation temp dips down
Conception takes place - CORRECT ANSWER in outer third of fallopian tube
Zygote - CORRECT ANSWER fertilized egg
When does cell division begin - CORRECT ANSWER 36 hours
Embryo - CORRECT ANSWER first 8 weeks of gestation
Fetus - CORRECT ANSWER after 8 weeks
First trimester - CORRECT ANSWER 1-13 weeks
Hormonal increases
Breasts swell and tingle
Need to urinate more often
Morning sickness
Increase in vaginal discharge
Fatigue and sleepiness
Second trimester - CORRECT ANSWER 14-26 weeks
Aware of fetal movement
Edema
Colostrum
Third trimester - CORRECT ANSWER 27-40 weeks
, Uterus is large and hard
More fetal activity
Placenta - CORRECT ANSWER mass of tissue that surrounds the conceptus early in the
development and natures its growth
Labor (first stage) - CORRECT ANSWER A discharge of the bloody mucus plug that was in
the cervical opening
In 10 percent of women the membranes containing amniotic fluid rupture and there is a rush of warm
fluid down the leg
Contractions produces effacement (Thinning out) and dilation of the cervix
Contractions far apart, become more frequent and intense
Delivery (second stage) - CORRECT ANSWER Cervix is fully dilated
Episiotomy: An incision made in the perineum (skin just behind the vagina)
Birth (third stage) - CORRECT ANSWER The placenta detaches from the walls of the uterus
and the afterbirth is expelled (placenta and fetal membranes)
Lasts from a few minutes to an hour
Several contractions may accompany the placenta expulsion
Any tears are sewn up
Post partum period- physical - CORRECT ANSWER Characterized by low levels of estrogen
and progesterone
Increased hormones associated with breastfeeding
Discomfort from an episiotomy if one is performed
Post partum- psychological - CORRECT ANSWER Postpartum blues
Postpartum depression
Postpartum psychosis