NSE 13A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Stretch Marks, Corpus Luteum, Linea Nigra
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Pregnancy considerations: developmental and cultural considerations, communication/interaction, customs & beliefs, genetic disorders, adolescents: psychosocial and medical issues, education, access to prenatal care, pre-eclampsia, low birth weight, older woman, co-existing medical conditions (diabetes, obesity, hypertension, pre-eclampsia, down syndrome. Terms: gravida (g): number of pregnancies, primigravida: pregnant for 1st time, multigravida: been pregnant at least once. Parity (p): number of pregnancies past 24 weeks: nulliparous: never given birth (includes stillbirth, multipara: given birth at least once. Chloasma: dark, brown face spots/ mask of pregnancy. Spontaneous or induced abortion: loss of pregnancy before 20 weeks, spontaneous = miscarriage. Lightening: baby lowers position to prepare for birth. 3 ps of pregnancy: presumptive: amenorrhea, breast tenderness, nausea, fatigue, and increased urinary frequency, probable: detected by the examiner (e. g. , enlarged uterus, positive: fetal heart tones or positive cardiac activity. 280 days from 1st day of last missed period/ 9 months/ 40 weeks: naegele"s rule: calculation to determine edb (expected dob)
