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Maternity Unit1
Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abortion | A pregnancy that ends before 20 weeks of gestation, either spontaneously or electively. |
| Adaptation | Adjusting into new conditions, i.e. parenthood. |
| Amnion | The innermost membrane that encloses the embryo of a mammal, bird, or reptile. |
| Ballotttement | A palpatory technique for detecting or examining an organ not near the surface of the body. |
| Braxton-Hicks contractions | Irregular, mild uterine contractions that occur throughout pregnancy and become stronger in the last trimester |
| Chadwick’s sign | Bluish purple discoloration of the cervix, vagina, and labia during pregnancy as a resulf of increased vascular congestion. |
| Child rearing | Also known as parenting or looking after a child until they are old enough to care for themselves |
| Chloasma | A patchy brown or dark brown skin discoloration that usually occurs on a woman’s face and may result from hormonal changes. |
| Chorion | The cellular, outermost extraembryonic membrane, composed of trophoblast lined with mesoderm |
| Chorion gonadotropin | A glycoprotein hormone produced in pregnancy that is made by the developing embryo after conception and later by the syncytiotrophoblast. |
| Corpus leteum | Graafian follicle cells remaining after ovulation that produce estrogen and progesterone. |
| Decidua | Name applied to the endometrium during pregnancy. |
| Diastasis recti | Separation of the longitudinal muscles of the abdomen during pregnancy. |
| Endometrium | Lining of the uterus. |
| Estrogen | Steroidal hormone that promotes the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body. |
| Gravida | A woman who is or has been pregnant, regardless of the duration or outcome of the pregnancy. |
| Hyper emesis gravidarum | Excessive vomiting during pregnancy. |
| Kick count | The constellation of activity by the fetus in the uterus |
| Linea nigra | The linea alba when it has become pigmented in pregnancy. The dark line from the umbilicus to the pubes |
| Morning sickness | Nausea and vomiting upon rising in the morning, especially during pregnancy. |
| Non-stress test | A method for evaluating fetal status during the antepartum period by observing the response of the fetal heart rate to fetal movement. |
| Oxytocin challenge test (CST) | A contraction stress test in which the uterine contractions are stimulated by intravenous infusion of oxytocin. |
| Para | A woman who has given birth after a pregnancy of at least 20 weeks of gestation; also designates the number of pregnancies that end after at least 20 weeks of gestation. |
| Positive | Fetal heart tones, heard on auscultation, fetal skeleton (x-ray), fetal parts (felt on palpation. |
| Presumptive | Cessation of menses and morning sickness. |
| Probable | Enlargement of abdomen, Goodell’s sign, Hegar’s sign, Braxton Hicks’ sign, and positive hormonal test results. |
| Progesterone | A steroid hormone release by the corpus luteum that stimulates the uterus to prepare for pregnancy. |
| Quickening | The first movements of the fetus felt by the mother. |
| Striae gravidarum | Irregular pink to purple streaks on the woman’s abdomen, breats, or buttocks resulting from tears in connective tissue. |
| Torchscreen | A groupd of blood tests that check for several different infections in a newborn. (TORCH: Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes simples, and HIV) |
| Trimester | One of three equal, 13 week parts of a full term pregnancy. |
| Varicose veins | Veins that have become enlarged and tortuous. |
| Areola | The small circular area or ring of pigmented skin surrounding the nipple. |
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