NURS 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Syphilis, Genetic Counseling, Prenatal Care
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Week 2: obstetrics antenatal period, assessment for risk factors. Implantation = chorionic villi chorion (membrane covering the fetal side of the placenta) and amnion becomes the covering of the umbilical cord and covers the chorion. Uterus anatomy: muscular pear-shaped organ stretches throughout pregnancy to accommodate growing baby. Cervical changes: goodell"s sign (increased vascularity, slight hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the cervical cells), chadwick"s sign (cervix, vagina, labia bluish: quickening: first feeling of fetal movements can be as early as 14 weeks fluctuates during pregnancy. Pica non food cravings (dirt: mouth and teeth, gum swelling (estrogen) (teeth are not affected myth, dental care important calcium may be taken from the bones displacement of intestines/stomach. Increase estrogen causes decreased secretion of hcl- flare up of peptic ulcer. Fullness, heaviness, heightened sensitivity from tingling to sharp pain in early weeks of gestation is response to increased levels of estrogen and progesterone: areolae become more pigmented, montgomery"s tubercles: small bumps on breasts.
