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Presumptive Signs
Signs by which a woman presumes she is pregnant. These include cessation of mentruation; morning sickness; an increase in the size, tenderness, and fullness of the breasts; darkening of the areolas; frequent urination; and overpowering sleepiness. TERM 2
Probable Signs
DEFINITION 2 Signs detected by the examining physician that indicate pregnancy is probably.. These include a positive pregnancy test; darkening of vaginal tissues and of cervical mucous membranes; softening of the cervical tissue; enlargement of the abdomen and uterus; mapping of the fetal outline manually; intermittent contractions of the uterus; and an increase in the basal body temerature. TERM 3
Positive Signs
DEFINITION 3 Signs of pregnancy detected by the physician that indicate positively that the women is pregnant. these include feeling the fetus move; hearing the fetal heartbeat; getting electrical tracing of the fetal heart, detecting a doubling of HCG leavels; mapping the fetal outline by means of ultrasound; and detecting the fetal skeleton by x-ray. TERM 4
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)
DEFINITION 4 A hormone produced by the placenta that, if present in the mother's blood or urine, is an indication of pregnancy. TERM 5
Naegele's Formula
DEFINITION 5 A method of calculating the expected date of birth by subtracting 3 months from the first day of the last period and adding 7 days.
Teratogens
Agents that disrupt prenatal development. TERM 7
Pregnancy-induced hypertention (PIH)
DEFINITION 7 A dangerous elevation of blood pressure; also called foxemia or preeclampisa. TERM 8
Abruptio Placentae (Placental Abruption)
DEFINITION 8 The Premature separation of the placenta from the uterine wall. TERM 9
Placenta Previa
DEFINITION 9 A complication of pregnancy in which the placenta grows partly or all the way over the opening to the cerix. TERM 10
Ectopic pregnancy
DEFINITION 10 attachment and growth of the embryo in any location other than inside the uterus.
Transverse birth
When the shoulder and arm of the baby are the first parts seen at the opening of the vagina. TERM 17
Labor
DEFINITION 17 Rhythmic muscular contractions of teh uterus that expel the baby. TERM 18
Show
DEFINITION 18 Blood-tingd mucus plug that is expelled from the cervix TERM 19
Bag of water (amniotic
sac)
DEFINITION 19 Sac containing the fluid in which the fetus is suspended. TERM 20
Cesarean section
DEFINITION 20 Removal of the fetus by incising the abdominal and uterine wall.
Umbilical cord
the hollow cord connecting the circulation system of the fetus to the placenta. TERM 22
Apgar scale
DEFINITION 22 A widely used system to evaluate the physical condition of the newborn, namd after the originator, Virgina Apgar. TERM 23
Bonding
DEFINITION 23 development of emotional attachment between the mother and newborn immediately after birth. TERM 24
Rooming-in
DEFINITION 24 Method of postpartum care in which the mother andfather care for their newborn themselves in an area of the hopital assigned to them.
