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

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 FETUS

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