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PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH. SIGNS OF PREGNANCY. MISSED PERIOD TENDERNESS IN BREAST FREQUENT URINATION MORNING SICKNESS. 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.
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SIGNS OF PREGNANCY • MISSED PERIOD • TENDERNESS IN BREAST • FREQUENT URINATION • MORNING SICKNESS
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
EMBRYO • IT IS CALLED AN EMBRYO FROM THE TIME OF IMPLANTATION TO 8 WEEKS • LENGTH IS 1/3
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
MIDWIFE • MIDWIFE: REGISTERED NURSE WHO IS TRAINED IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
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)
COMMON MEDICINES EPIDURAL: A SHOT GIVEN IN THE SPINE TO NUMB THE BODY FROM THE WASTE DOWN.
EPISIOTOMY • SURGEON WILL CUT THE PERINIUM TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF TEARING DURING THE BIRTH PROCESS
LAMAZE • BREATHING METHODS USED DURING THE DELIVERY PROCESS TO REDIRECT THE FOCUS FROM THE PAIN.
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
LACTATION • ALSO KNOWN AS BREAST FEEDING