Pelvis types - ANS Gynecoid
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Anthropoid
Platypelloid
Gynecoid - ANS Most favorable pelvis for vaginal delivery
Platypelloid - ANS Less liked pelvis for vaginal delivery
Group B strep - ANS Vaginal and rectal swab done at 35 to 37 weeks of gestation to protect
infant from infection during labor and birth
Recommended schedule for prenatal visits - ANS Conception to 28 weeks: Every 4 Weeks
29 to 36 weeks: Every 2-3 Weeks
37 weeks to birth: Weekly
First trimester tests - ANS Blood type and RH factor
CBC
Hemoglobin or Hemacrit
VDRL or RPR
Rubella titers
Tuberculosis
Hepatitis B
Urinalysis and culture
Pap Test
Vaginal culture
Blood glucose Screen - ANS 24 to 28 weeks gestation
Gravida - ANS Any pregnancy, regardless of duration, including present pregnancy
Para - ANS A woman who has given birth to one or more children who reached the age of
viability (20 weeks gestation)
Abortion - ANS Termination of pregnancy before 20 weeks
Term - ANS Infant born after 37 weeks
Preterm - ANS Infant born after 20 weeks but before 37 weeks
, Live - ANS Number of children alive now
Multiple - ANS Birth number of multiple gestation
TPALM - ANS Term, Preterm, Abortions, Living, Multiples
Age of Viability - ANS A fetus that has reached the stage (usually at 20 weeks) where it is
capable of living outside of the uterus.
Nagele's Rule - ANS Count backwards 3 months
Add 7 days
Correct the year if necessary
Presumptive - ANS Amenorrhea
Nausea
Breast changes/tenderness
Deepening pigmentation
Urinary frequency
Quickening (fetal movement felt by mother)
Probable - ANS Goodell's sign
Chadwick's sign
Hegar's sign
McDonald sign
Braxton hicks
Ballottement
Striae
positive home pregnancy test
Positve - ANS Audible fetal heart rate
Fetal movement felt by examiner
Ultrasound (fetus is visible)
Chadwick's sign - ANS purplish or bluish discoloration of the cervix, vagina, and vulva caused
by increased vascular congestion
Goodell's Sign - ANS The softening of the cervix and vagina caused by increased vascular
congestion
Supine hypotensive syndrome occurs when - ANS Laying supine position and the uterus
compress the inferior VENA CAVA reducing the amount of blood returned to the heart
Calorie increase during pregnancy - ANS 2nd trimester: 340
3rd trimester: 450