Key roles and responsibilities of a midwife during antenatal A midwife is a trained professional to help aid throughout the stages of a woman’s pregnancy. Prenatal care is from the first appointment where you would get to meet your expectant parent/s. (Tommy’s 2013). This is where the midwife will receive confirmation of the pregnancy and calculate the woman’s due date‚ where all relevant questions will be asked about her general health and the health of her partner and the family. http://www.nhs
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Tara is a 32yo‚ G3 P2002‚ who is currently 22 weeks 2 days. She follows in the High Risk Obstetrical Clinic secondary to a history of chronic HTN. She also has a history of preeclampsia in both her prior pregnancies. She reports that her high BP developed in her 1st pregnancy. Around 2 years later she had a stroke that she reportedly thinks was related to uncontrolled HTN. There has been some question in her history about a thrombophilia specifically factor V Leiden‚ although we do have a negative
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Previous pregnancy complications - Antenatal history (of current pregnancy) o EDD confirmation of dates o Screening (routine; every four weeks until second trimester – maternal and foetal wellbeing) o Complications (e.g. gestational diabetes‚ preeclampsia) - Previous medical/surgical history - Medications/IVDU/allergies - Family history o Thalassaemia‚ thrombophilia - Systems review o Thyroid (HP axis) - Social history o Relationship‚ job‚ finances‚ JW Male reproductive history
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abortion should be available if needed. Some examples of physical complications include placenta previa (the placenta is attached close to or covering the cervix)‚ ectopic pregnancy (the fertilized egg becomes embedded outside the womb)‚ and pre-eclampsia (pregnancy induced hypertension). These life-threatening situations would pose a serious hazard to the mother if the child is carried full term‚ which means the mother’s life could be spared if an abortion is performed. According to the Guttmacher
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TIAs are powerful forerunners of stroke. Approximately 10% of patients diagnosed as having a TIA have a stroke in the 90 days following the TIA diagnosis‚ with half of them having a stroke within 2 days of the TIA. TIAs are short-lived episodes of acute‚ focal‚ nonconvulsive neurologic dysfunction presumably caused by reversible ischemia to an area of the retina or brain. Onset of symptoms is sudden and often unprovoked‚ reaching maximum intensity almost immediately. Completed Stroke A completed
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candidate for vaginal birth because she has an android or heart shaped pelvis. The birth of her first child resulted in an emergency cesarean delivery and she has opted to have planned cesarean deliveries since then. During this pregnancy M.C had preeclampsia‚ which is an increase in blood pressure after 20 weeks gestation‚ which is also commonly accompanied by protenuria. During this pregnancy M.C also had placenta previa‚ which is a placental implantation in the lower uterine segment over or near
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Early marriages are marriages that happen between people under the age of eighteen. Such marriages are spread all over Palestine. In particular‚ they occur in Palestinian rural rather than urban areas. These practices take place for several reasons. One very important cause is the religious definition of adulthood which is more related to physical and biological aspects rather than psychological and behavioral. Another essential purpose for this practice is the lack of adequate education. Moreover
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Decelerations Defined Decelerations are categorized as early‚ late‚ variable‚ or prolonged. FHR decelerations are defined according to their visual relationship to the onset and end of a contraction and by their shape. Early decelerations Visually apparent gradual decrease in and return to the baseline FHR associated with uterine contractions. The onset‚ nadir‚ and recovery of the deceleration generally correspond to the beginning‚ peak‚ and end of the contraction. Early decelerations are thought
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agents (Magnesium / general anaesthetic/ tocolytics) Trauma Operative delivery Cervical / vaginal lacerations Previous caesarean section increases risk of morbidly adherent placenta Tissue Retained placental tissue or membranes Thrombin Pre-eclampsia HELLP Syndrome Placental abruption Amniotic Fluid Embolism Sepsis Bleeding disorders Drugs (aspirin / heparin) Potential Consequences of PPH Shock Maternal Death DIC Hysterectomy Treating a Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage Pull emergency bell and
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concerns for mothers aged fewer than 15. For mothers aged 15–19‚ risks are associated more with socioeconomic factors than with the biological effects of age. However‚ research has shown risks of low birth weight‚ premature labor‚ anemia‚ and pre-eclampsia are connected to the biological age itself‚ as it was observed in teen births even after controlling for other risk factors. The worldwide incidence of premature birth and low birth weight is higher among adolescent mothers. In a rural hospital
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