Pregnancy Flashcards
(39 cards)
What is another word for fertilization?
Conception
Fertilization
When the egg and sperm meet.
Zygote
The egg and the sperm at 0-3 week
What is the first thing the zygote does
Splits
Embryo
When the sperm and egg are 3-8 weeks
When do u find out your pregnant
3-8 weeks
Fetus
Sperm and egg 8 weeks and on
When can the doctors physically start checking if you are pregnant?
6-8 weeks because they need to see a heartbeat
Amniotic sac
Clear membrane that is filled with amniotic fluid that protects and holds the baby
Amniotic fluid
Regulates temp of baby and holds all DNA information
Placenta
Blood riches tissue attached to the uterus that helps nuerush the baby.
Where does everything the mom eats go?
The placenta
Umbilical cord
Rope like structure that attaches the placenta to the embryo
True or false: the baby breathes before it comes out of the mom
False
List the three trimesters and what is happening in each.
1) 0-14 weeks: organs are starting to be made, mouth, fingers, hands begin to form, fetus makes crying sound
2) 15-28 weeks: fetus can blink, can kick, gender can be found out, earliest a baby can be born is 24 weeks.
3) 29-40 weeks or birth: baby is getting bigger and fatter, begins to pass water through bladder, practices swallowing amniotic fluid
Preterm
Born before 36 weeks
Full term
Born anytime after 36 weeks
What are the three stages of birth and what happens during these stages?
1) dilation: amniotic sac is breaking, cervix dilates, contractions begin.
2) passage through the birth canal: when cervix is fully dilated, babies head comes out first, the doctors turn shoulders and pull out rest of the babies body.
3) afterbirth: nurse takes baby and checks for reflex, crying, weight, ect. right after birth, uterus is still contracting, placenta and umbilical cord detach and come out
Patosen
Hormone that helps baby come out of it doesn’t after 40 weeks
Apgar test
When a nurse checks for reflex, crying, coloring, and weight right after birth
Breech birth
When baby is not head first and doctors go to c-section
What are 4 complications during pregnancy
Miscarriage
Still birth
Ectopic pregnancy
Preeclampsia
Miscarriage
Something is wrong when the cells are dividing or hormones aren’t working. Usually happens 0-20 weeks
Still birth
Anytime after 20 weeks when you loose the baby
