PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH SIGNS OF PREGNANCY MISSED PERIOD TENDERNESS IN BREAST FREQUENT URINATION...
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PREGNANCY TERM
• IS BASED ON A 40 WEEK DEVELOPMENT
• 10 MONTHS TOTAL• FIRST MONTH WE DON’T COUNT DUE
TO THE FACT OF NOT KNOWING
• REFERRED TO THREE SECTIONS CALLED TRIMESTERS
CELL FORMATION• FERTILIZATION/CONCEPTION IS WHEN
THE SPERM AND THE EGG MEET.• OCCURS IN THE TOP 1/3 PART OF THE
FALLOPIAN TUBES• STARTS AS A ZYGOTE, THEN A
BLASTOCYST. • TRAVELS TOWARDS THE UTERUS
CHROMOSOMES
• EGG CARRIES 23 • SPERM CARRIES 23• TOGETHER MAKE UP 46 CHROMOSONES
IN THE FETUS• MALE CARRIES THE X OR Y• FEMALE CARRIES X• GIRL XX• BOY XY
FETUS• TIME FRAME FROM 8
WEEKS TO BIRTH OF THE BABY
• EVERYTHING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARMS, FINGER, LEGS, TOES,4 CHAMBERED HEART AND FACIAL FEATURES DEVELOP.
• LENGTH OF THE BABY GOES FROM 1 INCH TO 21 INCHES
TERMINOLOGY• VERNIX: WHITE, WAXY SUBSTANCE THAT
COVERS THE BABY, • ECTOPIC PREGNANCY: IMPLANTATION
OF A FERTILIZED EGG OUTSIDE THE UTERUS
• BRAXTON HICKS: FALSE LABOR PAINS• WOMB: HOUSING UNIT FOR THE FETUS
TERMINOLOGY CONT..• PLACENTA: LARGE DISK LIKE ORGAN
THAT SUPPLIES THE FETUS WITH OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS.
Amniotic Sac
A thin membrane filled with fluid in which the developing baby floats.
Two functions:•Protection•Temperature control
UMBILICAL CORD
• ROPE LIKE STRUCTURE THAT SERVES AS A PASSAGEWAY FOR THE FETUS TO RECEIVE: NUTRIENTS & BLOOD
• ALSO IS THE PASSAGEWAY FOR WASTE TO LEAVE THE FETUS BACK TO THE MOTHER.
PRENATAL CARE• MONITORS THE PROCESS OF PREGNANCY
• WATCHES THE MOTHERS WEIGHT, SUGAR LEVELS, URINE SAMPLES
• MONITORS THE GROWTH OF THE BABY & HEART RATE
• ***SHOULD BEGIN AS SOON AS PREGNANCY IS DETERMINED
MEDICAL SPECIALIST
• OBSTETRICIAN: DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN CARE OF A PREGNANT WOMEN AND THE DEVELOPING FETUS
• GYNECOLOGIST: DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN CARE OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
STAGES OF BIRTH (LABOR)• 1ST STAGE:
• Contractions and dilation of cervix to 10 cm
• 2ND STAGE• BIRTH OF BABY
• 3RD STAGE• BIRTH OF THE
PLACENTA (after-birth)
MEDICAL TEST
• AMNIOCENTESIS: A REMOVAL OF AMNIOTIC FLUID WITH A NEEDLE FROM THE AMNIOTIC SAC.• USED TO DETECT
CHROMOSOME DISORDERS
MEDICAL TEST CONT…
• ULTRASOUND• TEST USING
SOUNDWAVES TO DEPICT AN IMAGE OF THE DEVELOPING FETUS
• USUALLY PERFORMED AT 10 WEEKS ON
TYPES OF DELIVERIES
• VAGINAL BIRTH: BABY COMES DOWN THROUGH THE BIRTH CANAL
• CESAREAN BIRTH: BIRTH OF THE BABY THROUGH THE ABDOMEN• BREECH BIRTH• HIPS TO SMALL• EMERGENCY ( BABY OR MOM IN DISTRESS)
APGAR SCALE
• IS AN ASSESSMENT TEST ON A SCALE OF 1-10
• PERFORMED BY A PEDIATRICIAN
• 7 OR HIGHER INDICATES BABY IN GOOD CONDITION
• 4 TO 6 BABY MAY NEED ASSISTANCE
• UNDER A 4 BABY MAY NEED LIFE SAVING TECHNIQUES