OB Exam 1 Galen College of Nursing
Pinkish or darkened streak resulting from stretching of the skin during pregnancy that
occur on breast and abdomen - ✔️✔️Striae Gravidarum
Naegele's rule - ✔️✔️A method used to determine date of birth taking the first day of
the last menstrual period (LMP), subtracting 3 months, and adding 7 days
Probable changes - ✔️✔️Goodell's sign, chadwick's sign, positive pregnancy test
(serum or urine), hegar's sign, braxton-hicks contractions, ballottement
Absence of menstration for 3 or more months in a women who have established
menstral cycles. - ✔️✔️Amenorrhea
first fetal movement felt by mother, noticed at 18-20 weeks - ✔️✔️Quickening
Number of Pregnancy regardless of duration or outcome - ✔️✔️Gravida
Development of organs - ✔️✔️Organogenesis
Cure for preeclampsia/HELLP? - ✔️✔️Delivery of baby
Rebounding of the floating fetus against the examiners finger. - ✔️✔️Ballottement
Subjective symptoms suggesting pregnancy - ✔️✔️Presumptive signs
Movement of the presenting parts of the fetus into the true pelvis - ✔️✔️Lightening
Objective information of pregnancy that can be documented by physical exam and are
signs that are most often characteristic of pregnancy - ✔️✔️Probable signs
Intermittant painless contractions of the uterus observed throughout pregnancy -
✔️✔️Braxton hicks contraction
Physical finding that can establish a diagnosis of pregnancy - ✔️✔️Positive signs
Dark lines of pigmentation that extends from the symphysis pubis to the umbilicus -
✔️✔️Linea Nigra
Established date of confinement or "due date" - ✔️✔️EDC
Brownish pigment of the face commonly called "mask of pregnancy" - ✔️✔️Chloasma
, Pregnancy that reaches 37 weeks gestation - ✔️✔️term pregnancy
Pregnancy before 37 weeks gestation - ✔️✔️Preterm pregnancy
Number of births after 20 weeks' gestationm whether live or stillborn - ✔️✔️Para
Condition of reduced blood flow to the right atrium when the pregnant women lies in a
supine position - ✔️✔️Supine hypotension
Umbilical cord consists of - ✔️✔️2 arteries and 1 vein
Goodell's sign - ✔️✔️Softening of the cervix during pregnancy.
Chadwick's sign - ✔️✔️A purplish-blue color of the cervix and vagina caused by the
increased vascularity are both noted at about 8 wks.
1st trimester - ✔️✔️Period of gestation when embryo becomes a fetus, 1 to 12 weeks
2nd trimester - ✔️✔️13-27 weeks/ LMP Weight Gain = less than 1 pound per week-
Growth is rapid! End- fetus is 35 cm long and weighs about 2 lbs.
3rd trimester - ✔️✔️28-40 weeks
fetal growth continues
weight 7lbs 8 oz
length 19-21 inches
braxton hicks contractions
mom gains about 12-15 pounds
Diastasis - ✔️✔️separation of the recti abdominis muscles along the median line
Presumptive changes - ✔️✔️breast changes, amenorrhea, N&V, urinary frequency,
fatigue, quickening
Positive changes - ✔️✔️U/S, xray, fetal heart tone (doppler), fetal movements palpated
Normal Hgb - ✔️✔️11
Normal Hct - ✔️✔️33
Normal WBC - ✔️✔️15000
RhoGAM - ✔️✔️Given at 28 weeks gestation and within 48 hours of delivery,
miscarriage, injury, or abortion
Pinkish or darkened streak resulting from stretching of the skin during pregnancy that
occur on breast and abdomen - ✔️✔️Striae Gravidarum
Naegele's rule - ✔️✔️A method used to determine date of birth taking the first day of
the last menstrual period (LMP), subtracting 3 months, and adding 7 days
Probable changes - ✔️✔️Goodell's sign, chadwick's sign, positive pregnancy test
(serum or urine), hegar's sign, braxton-hicks contractions, ballottement
Absence of menstration for 3 or more months in a women who have established
menstral cycles. - ✔️✔️Amenorrhea
first fetal movement felt by mother, noticed at 18-20 weeks - ✔️✔️Quickening
Number of Pregnancy regardless of duration or outcome - ✔️✔️Gravida
Development of organs - ✔️✔️Organogenesis
Cure for preeclampsia/HELLP? - ✔️✔️Delivery of baby
Rebounding of the floating fetus against the examiners finger. - ✔️✔️Ballottement
Subjective symptoms suggesting pregnancy - ✔️✔️Presumptive signs
Movement of the presenting parts of the fetus into the true pelvis - ✔️✔️Lightening
Objective information of pregnancy that can be documented by physical exam and are
signs that are most often characteristic of pregnancy - ✔️✔️Probable signs
Intermittant painless contractions of the uterus observed throughout pregnancy -
✔️✔️Braxton hicks contraction
Physical finding that can establish a diagnosis of pregnancy - ✔️✔️Positive signs
Dark lines of pigmentation that extends from the symphysis pubis to the umbilicus -
✔️✔️Linea Nigra
Established date of confinement or "due date" - ✔️✔️EDC
Brownish pigment of the face commonly called "mask of pregnancy" - ✔️✔️Chloasma
, Pregnancy that reaches 37 weeks gestation - ✔️✔️term pregnancy
Pregnancy before 37 weeks gestation - ✔️✔️Preterm pregnancy
Number of births after 20 weeks' gestationm whether live or stillborn - ✔️✔️Para
Condition of reduced blood flow to the right atrium when the pregnant women lies in a
supine position - ✔️✔️Supine hypotension
Umbilical cord consists of - ✔️✔️2 arteries and 1 vein
Goodell's sign - ✔️✔️Softening of the cervix during pregnancy.
Chadwick's sign - ✔️✔️A purplish-blue color of the cervix and vagina caused by the
increased vascularity are both noted at about 8 wks.
1st trimester - ✔️✔️Period of gestation when embryo becomes a fetus, 1 to 12 weeks
2nd trimester - ✔️✔️13-27 weeks/ LMP Weight Gain = less than 1 pound per week-
Growth is rapid! End- fetus is 35 cm long and weighs about 2 lbs.
3rd trimester - ✔️✔️28-40 weeks
fetal growth continues
weight 7lbs 8 oz
length 19-21 inches
braxton hicks contractions
mom gains about 12-15 pounds
Diastasis - ✔️✔️separation of the recti abdominis muscles along the median line
Presumptive changes - ✔️✔️breast changes, amenorrhea, N&V, urinary frequency,
fatigue, quickening
Positive changes - ✔️✔️U/S, xray, fetal heart tone (doppler), fetal movements palpated
Normal Hgb - ✔️✔️11
Normal Hct - ✔️✔️33
Normal WBC - ✔️✔️15000
RhoGAM - ✔️✔️Given at 28 weeks gestation and within 48 hours of delivery,
miscarriage, injury, or abortion
