OB Flashcards
when is quickening felt? range
16-20 weeks
when is the fetal heart rate audible? range
8-12 weeks
What are the positive signs of pregnancy?
- Xray
- ultrasound
- FHR audible
- examiner palpates fetal movement
What is Chadwick’s sign?
cyanotic color to cervix
what is goodall’s sign?
softening of cervix
what is Hagar’s sign?
uterine softening
normal Hgb for pregnancy?
- can go as low as 10.5 to 10 in 3rd trimester.
Pattern of office visits:
0-28 weeks:
28-36 weeks:
36 weeks:
0-28 weeks: 1x month
28-36 weeks: q 2 weeks
36 weeks: q week
what is the date of viability?
22-24 weeks (end of second trimester)
what is most common fetal-uterine positioning?
ROA (right occiput anterior)
(back is to the mother’s right. head near pelvis)
Negative station: where
Positive station: where
- Negative station: above ischial spine
+ Positive station: below ischial spine (baby coming soon!)
What to do for morning sickness?
Which trimester is it most common?
CHO before get out of bed
1st
What to do for urinary incontinence?
Most common in what trimesters?
Void q 2 h
1st and 3rd bc baby sitting on bladder
contractions should never last longer than ____ seconds or occur more frequently than ____ minutes
No longer than 90 seconds
No more frequently than q 2 minutes
What to do for boggy uterus?
What to do for displaced uterus? (uterus not midline)
Boggy: massage!
Displaced: straight cath!
