Maternity Test 2 A woman who is pregnant for the third time is referred to as a: Multigravida A woman who is 8 weeks pregnant has a daughter age 5 and a son age 2. Previously‚ she had a spontaneous abortion at 12 weeks’ gestation. Therefore‚ she is gravida _4____‚ para ___2__. A woman’s last normal menstrual period began July 4. Using Nägele’s rule‚ what would be her estimated date of delivery? April 11 A woman comes to the physician’s office because she has missed a menstrual period
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Obstetrics – Unit 1 Study Guide Components of preconception care activities that promote healthy mothers and babies must be initiated before period of critical fetal organ development between 17 – 56 days after fertilization Health Promotion Risk Factor Assessment Interventions Nutrition healthy diet (+ folic acid)‚ optimum weight Exercise and rest Avoid substance abuse tobacco‚ alcohol‚ “recreational” drugs Use of risk-reducing sex practices Attending to family and social
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Over the years birthing methods have changed a great deal. When technology wasn’t so advanced there was only one method of giving birth‚ vaginally non-medicated. However‚ in today’s society there are now more than one method of giving birth. In fact‚ there are three methods: Non-medicated vaginal delivery‚ medicated vaginal delivery and cesarean delivery‚ also known as c-section. In the cesarean delivery there is not much to prepare for before the operation‚ except maybe the procedure of the operation
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Chapter 28: Care of the High-Risk Mother‚ Newborn‚ and Family with Special Needs High-risk pregnancy One in which the life or health of the mother or the infant is jeopardized by a d/o that is associated with or exists at the same Morbidity State of being diseased Mortality Quality or state of being subject to death Classifications of high-risk factors of pregnancy Biophysical‚ Psychosocial‚ Sociodemographic‚ Environmental Biophysical Genetic considerations‚ nutritional status‚ medical
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Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome When you think of your body attacking itself‚ what comes to mind? Many people have a hard time understanding how your own body would attack itself and how it would do it. Your immune system plays a big role in your everyday life to help protect you from the outside world to prevent you from getting infected with any living bacteria or virus. Your body is capable of producing and breaking down many things‚ but it’s also capable of destroying itself with autoimmune
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Teenager’s Pregnancy In Colombia Adolescence in Colombia is often the age of contradictions and misunderstandings‚ which makes the discovery of oneself possible. The development and maturity of these psychosocial characteristics are shifted‚ in adolescents‚ in later ages of life‚ unlike the first biological maturity prevailing in this phase. Thus misinformation and lack of education in the sexual order is considered a major risk on reproductive health‚ which could lead to early parenthood. Many
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birth defects‚ such as neural tube defects. High blood pressure Pregnant teens have a higher risk of getting high blood pressure -- called pregnancy-induced hypertension -- than pregnant women in their 20s or 30s. They also have a higher risk of preeclampsia. This is a dangerous medical condition that combines high blood pressure with excess protein in the urine‚ swelling of a mother’s hands and face‚ and organ damage. Low-birth-weight baby Teens are at higher risk of having low-birth-weight babies
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BMC Public Health Research article BioMed Central Open Access Effect of Body Mass Index on pregnancy outcomes in nulliparous women delivering singleton babies Sohinee Bhattacharya*1‚ Doris M Campbell2‚ William A Liston3 and Siladitya Bhattacharya2 Address: 1Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women’s Health‚ Aberdeen Maternity Hospital‚ Aberdeen‚ AB25 2ZD‚ UK‚ 2Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology‚ Aberdeen Maternity Hospital‚ Foresterhill‚ Aberdeen‚ AB25 2ZD‚ UK and 3The Simpson Centre
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of the factors that contribute to maternal mortality. Though interrelated to several of these causes‚ nutrition alone is not the major causative factor in maternal mortality. Some of the major causes of maternal deaths are as follows: anemia‚ preeclampsia‚ hemorrhage‚ sepsis‚ abortion and obstructed labor. Also the lack of proper dietary intake during pregnancy affects both the mother and the growing fetus. This establishes the need for a transformation in the mindset of people in order to prioritize
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Current Health Promotion Pamphlet Paper Current Health Promotion Paper Pamphlet Hemolysis‚ elevated liver enzymes‚ and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome is a dangerous complication of pregnancy. It is a severe form of preeclampsia and is most common in the third trimester of pregnancy. The cause of the disease is unknown‚ but the cure is the delivery of the infant and removal of the placenta. This illness can be challenging to diagnose and often presents in atypical fashion involving multiple
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