HCC Maternal Unit 2
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| Braxton Hicks Contractions | show 🗑
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| show | Thick, tenacious mucus which accumulates and thickens to seal the endocervical canal and prevents ascent of bacteria or other substances into the uterus.
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| Mucous plug 2 | show 🗑
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| Goodell's Sign | show 🗑
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| show | A blue-purple discolorization.
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| show | Secretes progesterone to maintain the endometrium until the placenta produces enough progesterone to maintain the pregnancy. Then it disintegrates slowly.
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| show | Purplish stretch marks, that slowly turn silver after childbirth, may develop as pregnancy progresses.
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| Colostrum | show 🗑
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| show | AKA-vena caval syndrome or aortocaval compression. Pressure on the vena cava by the uterus that produces marked decrease in BP.
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| Supine Hypotensive Syndrome Symptoms | show 🗑
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| show | Hematocrit readings(measuring erythrocyte count) that are decreased.
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| show | Increased pigmentation of the midline from the pubic area to the umbilicus and above.
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| show | "mask of pregnancy" An irregular pigmentation of the cheeks, forehead, and nose.
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| show | Metabolic functions increase with pregnancy as needs must be met for mom, the fetus, labor, and lactation. No other event in life induces such profound metabolic changes.
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| Weight Gain | show 🗑
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| show | Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. This hormone stimulates progesterone and estrogen production by the corpus luteum to maintain pregnancy until the placenta takes over.
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| hPL | show 🗑
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| show | Stimulates uterine development to provide a suitable enviornment for the fetus.
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| show | Maintains the endometrium and also inhibits spontaneous uterine contractility, thus preventing early spontaneous abortion due to uterine activity.
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| show | Detectable in the serum of a pregnant woman by the first missed menstrual period. Inhibits uterine activity.
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| Prostaglandins (PGs) | show 🗑
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| show | The earliest symptom of pregnancy.
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| Morning Sickness | show 🗑
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| Quickening | show 🗑
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| show | A softening of the isthmus of the uterus, which occurs at 6-8 weeks of pregnancy.
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| show | An ease in flexing the body of the uterus against the cervix.
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| show | The passive fetal movement elicited by pushing up against the cervix with two fingers. This pushes the fetal body up and as it falls back a rebound is felt.
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