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| time between conception and the onset of labor, period during which a woman is pregnant |
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| scoring system used to evaluate newborns at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth |
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| The apgar score is based on what 5 signs? |
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| HR, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color |
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| Highest possible apgar score |
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| assessment of 5 things in the fetus to evaluate fetal risk: breathing mvmt, body mvmt, tone, amniotic fluid volume, HR reactivity |
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| softening of the cervix, occurs normally before labor or is stimulated to occur when labor is induced |
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| periodic decreases in the baseline fetal HR |
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| incision of the perineum to facilitate birth and avoid laceration of the perineum |
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| obstetric instrument occasionally used to aid in childbirth |
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| the time from the onset of true labor until the birth of the infant |
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| rolling or turning inward, the reduction in size of uterus following childbirth |
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| an infant born between 34-37 weeks of gestation |
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| a series of 4 maneuvers designed to allow the examiner to find out fetal presentation/positiong |
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| maternal discharge of blood, mucus, and tissue from uterus, may last for several weeks after birth |
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| a method of determining the estimated date of birth, first day of last menstrual period- 3 months+ 7 days. |
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| an assessment method in which the response of the fetal heart rate to fetal mvmt is evaluated |
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| decreased amt of amniotic fluid, which may indicate fetal urinary tract defect |
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| physical contact between the mother and baby, the naked baby is placed prone on the mothers chest during the first 24 hours |
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| assists in the birth of a fetus by applying suction to the fetal head with a soft suction cup attached to a suction bottle by tubing |
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| baseline fluctuations of two cycles per min or greater in FHR and classified by visually quantified amplitude of peak-to-trough in bpmm |
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| BUBBLE-HE is an acronym for |
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B-breasts
U-uterus
B-bowel mvmt
B- bladder
L-lochia
E-episiotomy
H-homan's sign
E-Emotional |
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| intrauterine fetal demise |
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| a death that occurs in utero or during delivery after the completion of the 20th week of pregnancy |
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| electronic fetal monitoring |
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| a method for examining the condition of a baby in the uterus by noting any unusual changes in its heart rate |
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| excess amt of fluid in the amniotic sac |
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| the number of times a woman has given birth |
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| estimated gestational age |
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| how far along your pregnancy is |
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| labor occurring between 20 and 38 weeks of pregnancy |
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| intrauterine growth restriction |
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| poor growth of a baby while in the mother's womb during pregnancy, fetus is less than 10th percentile of weight at a given gestational age |
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| intrauterine pressure catheter |
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| a catheter placed through the cervix into the uterus to measure urine pressure during labor, also used to add warm saline during oligohydramnios |
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| fetal heart beats, normally 120-160 bpm |
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| appropriate for gestational age |
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| describes a fetus or newborn infant whose size is within the normal range for his or her gestational age |
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| the membrane containing the amniotic fluid |
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| artificial rupture of membranes |
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| use of a device such as amnihook or forceps to rupture the amniotic membranes |
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| spontaneous rupture of membranes |
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| the breaking of "water" or membranes marked by the expulsion of amniotic fluid from the vagina |
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| bag of water is bulging outside of the cervix and can break at any time |
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| relaxation of uterine muscle tone after birth |
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| high frequency sound waves used to identify various maternal and fetal tissues, bones, and fluids |
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