Antepartum Assessment Questions and Answers Graded A 2025

Antepartum Assessment Questions and Answers Graded A 2024 What is antepartum? The period of pregnancy before childbirth. What are physiological changes during pregnancy? Gradual changes that affect all organ systems. normal and natural What are the trimesters of pregnancy? 1st: 1 to 13 weeks, 2nd: 14 to 27 weeks, 3rd: 28 to 40+ weeks. What are the presumptive signs of pregnancy? Subjective changes felt by the patient. What are the probable signs of pregnancy? Objective changes that can be assessed by the provider. What are the positive signs of pregnancy? Diagnostic signs such as ultrasound, fetal heart sounds, and fetal movement felt by the provider. What is the most significant change in the reproductive system during pregnancy? Enlargement of the uterus. How does the uterus withstand enlargement? Stretching of extra fibroelastic tissues. How can the uterus be palpated? As a firm spheroid. At what week is the fundus palpable just above the pubic symphysis? 10 weeks. At what week is the fundus at the level of the umbilicus? 20 weeks. At what week is the fetal outline felt and the fundus is above the umbilicus? 36 weeks. How is steady growth of the uterus assessed? By measuring fundal height using McDonald's method. What are Braxton Hicks contractions? Contractions that begin in the second trimester and increase in the third trimester, need to be differentiated from true labor contractions. True contraction change the cervix and uterus to prepare for delivery. What are some developments happening inside the uterus? Embryonic/fetal development, fetal heart tones audible by doppler at 8-12 weeks, sex of fetus visible at 16-17 weeks, quickening felt at 18-22 weeks. What is the difference between an embryo and a fetus? Embryo is 1-8 weeks old, fetus is 9 weeks until delivery. At what week is the fetus considered viable? After 20 weeks. At what week is the sex of the fetus visible? 16-17 weeks. When is quickening felt? 18-22 weeks. Placenta Disposable organ that maintains pregnancy and supplies nutrients Maternal side of placenta Dirty Duncan Fetal side of placenta Shiny Shultz Umbilical Cord Transports fetal blood to and from the placenta Has two arteries that transport wastes put and one vein that brings nutrients and fluid in Wharton's Jelly Surrounds placenta vessels and prevents crushing Amniotic Fluid Provides space for baby's movement and helps develop various