Mark Klimek: MATERNITY/OB questions and answers all are correct

calculate a due date - Answer-take the first day of LMP add 7 days, subtract 3 months ex Last LMP 6/10-6/15 3/17 how much weight should a woman gain during pregancy? - Answer-28 pounds + or - 3 how much weight should a pregnant woman gain during 1st trimester - Answer-1 pound each month 3 pounds = 3 months how much weight should a woman gain during 2nd & 3rd trimester - Answer-1 pound per week how to calculate a womans total ideal weight gain for pregnancy - Answer-take the week of gestation and subtract 9 when can you palpate the fundus - Answer-at the end of first trimester = 12 weeks when is the fundus at the belly button - Answer-22 weeks can you use fundal height to determine the trimester? - Answer-yes. palpate the fundus. if the fundus is above the umbilical what trimester is she in - Answer-3rdwhat are positive signs of pregnancy - Answer-Fetal skeleton on X-ray Fetal presence on ultrasound Auscultation of FHR (heard at week 8, most likely at 10 and should be heard by 12) Examiner palpates fetal movement When does quickening occur? - Answer-16-20 weeks what are probable signs of preganancy - Answer-urine and blood test what is Chadwick's sign - Answer-Bluish purple discoloration of the cervix, vagina, and labia during pregnancy as a result of increased vascular congestion. cervical color change to cyanosis what is Goddell's sign - Answer-softening of the cervix what is Hegar's sign - Answer-softening and compressibility of lower uterus Office Visits During Pregnancy - Answer-1-28 weeks= once a month 28-36= once every 2 weeks 36-42 = every week will a womans hemoglobin fall during pregnancy? - Answer-yes. it can fall to 11 in first triemester2nd 10. 5 and be normal 3rd 10 and be normal how to treat morning sickness - Answer-dry carbs before you're out of bed. dry crackers and ginger ale what trimester will the woman have urinary incontinence. how to treat - Answer-1st and 3rd trimester problem void every two hours how to treat difficulty breathing during preganancy? - Answer-tripod position how to treat back pain during pregnancy - Answer-pelvic tilt exercise most valid sign a woman is in labor - Answer-onset of regular progressive contractions Dialation - Answer-opening of cervix goes from 0-10 cm fully dialated is the best situation efacement - Answer-thinning of the cervix goes to thick to 100%station - Answer-Relationship of the presenting fetal part to an imaginary line drawn between the pelvic ischial spines. ishial spine - Answer-smallest part of the pelvis that the baby has to be born through vaginally Station Zero - Answer-This is when the presenting part is at the level of the ischial spine. The head is engaged when the head is at the level of the ischial spine.