1. PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH

2. SIGNS OF PREGNANCY MISSED PERIOD TENDERNESS IN BREAST
FREQUENT URINATION
MORNING SICKNESS

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. EMBRYO IT IS CALLED AN EMBRYO FROM THE TIME OF IMPLANTATION TO 8 WEEKS
LENGTH IS 1/3

7. 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

8. 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

9. TERMINOLOGY CONT..
PLACENTA: LARGE DISK LIKE ORGAN THAT SUPPLIES THE FETUS WITH OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS.

10. Amniotic Sac
A thin membrane filled with fluid in which the developing baby floats.
Two functions:
Protection
Temperature control

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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

14. MIDWIFE
MIDWIFE: REGISTERED NURSE WHO IS TRAINED IN PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH

15. 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)

16. COMMON MEDICINES
EPIDURAL: A SHOT GIVEN IN THE SPINE TO NUMB THE BODY FROM THE WASTE DOWN.

17. EPISIOTOMY
SURGEON WILL CUT THE PERINIUM TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF TEARING DURING THE BIRTH PROCESS

18. LAMAZE
BREATHING METHODS USED DURING THE DELIVERY PROCESS TO REDIRECT THE FOCUS FROM THE PAIN.

19. MEDICAL TEST
AMNIOCENTESIS: A REMOVAL OF AMNIOTIC FLUID WITH A NEEDLE FROM THE AMNIOTIC SAC.
USED TO DETECT CHROMOSOME DISORDERS

20. MEDICAL TEST CONT… ULTRASOUND
TEST USING SOUNDWAVES TO DEPICT AN IMAGE OF THE DEVELOPING FETUS
USUALLY PERFORMED AT 10 WEEKS ON

21. 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)

22. 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

23. LACTATION
ALSO KNOWN AS BREAST FEEDING