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OB abbreviations

RNSG 1251: Care of the Childbearing Family

AbbreviationMeaning
+ positive
- negative
+ FM positive fetal movement
- FM negative fetal movement
Ab Abortion
AC Abdominal circumference
Accel Acceleration of fetal HR
AFAFP Amniotic fluid alpha fetoprotein
AFI Amniotic Fluid Index
AFP Alpha Fetoprotein
AGA Avergae for gestational age
AROM Artifical rupture of membranes
AWHONN Association of Women's Health, Obsetric, and Neonatal Nurses
BOW Bag of waters
BTL Bilateral Tubal Ligation
CPD Caphalopelvic disproportion
C/S or C-S Cesarean section, C-section
CST Contraction Stress Test
Ctx Contraction
Cvx Cervix
D & C Dilation and Curettage
D & P Demerol & Phenergan
Decels Deceleration of fetal HR
Dil Dilatation
DTR Deep Tendon Refelxes
DTV Due to Void
EBM Expressed Breast Milk
EDC Estimated Date of Confinement
EDD Estimated Date of Delivery
EFM Electronic (or external) fetal monitoring
EGA Estimated Gestational Age
Epis Episiotomy
Ext External
FAS Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fern Ferning or fern pattern
FD Fetal Demise
FHR Fetal Heart Rate
FHRA Fetal Heart Rate Abnormalities
FHT Fetal Heart Tone
FOB Father of Baby
FSE Fetal Scalp Electrode
GBS Group B Strep
G, Gr, Grav Gravida
G,T,P,A,L Gravida, Term, Pre-term, Abortion, Living Children
GYN or Gyn Gynecology
HMD Hyaline Membrane Disease
IUFD Intrauterine fetal death
IUGR intrauterine Growth Restriction
IUP Intruterine Pregnancy
LBW Low Birth Weight
Lac Laceration
LC Living Children
L & D Labor and Delivery
LDR Labor, Delivery, Recovery
LGA Large for Gestational Age
LMP Last Menstrual Period
L/S ratio Lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio
Mec Meconium
Mec st Meconium stain
ML Midline episiotomy
MPDPS Multiparity; Desires Permanent Sterilization
Multip Multipara
NB Newborn
NST Nonstress Test
NSVD Normal Sterile Vaginal Delivery
OB Obstetrics
OBRR Obstetrical Recovery Room
OCT Oxytocin Challenge Test
p, P Para, Parity
PID Pelvic Inflammatroy Disease
PIH Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
Pit Pitocin
PKU Phenylketonuria
PP Postpartum
Preemie Premature infant
Primip Primipara
PROM Premature Rupture Of Membranes
PPROM Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
RDS Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ROM Rupture of Membranes
SFD Small For Dates
SGA Small for Gestational Age
SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SRBOW Spontaneous Rupture of Bag Of Waters
SROM Spontaneous Rupture of Membranes
STD Sexually Transmitted Disease
SVE Sterile Vaginal Exam
TIUP Term Intrauterine Pregnancy
TAUS Transabdominal Ultrasound
TVUS Transvaginal Ultrasound
UOP Urinary Output
U/S, US Ultrasound
VBAC Vagial Birth After Cesarean
Vtx Vertex
WIC Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children
ML Midline
U, @U at the Umbilicus
U/# Number of fingerbreadths below umbilicus
#/U Number of fingerbreadths above the umbilicus
LH Lochia Heavy (> 1 pad per 15 minutes)
LM Lochia Moderate (1-4 pads/hr)
LL Lochia Light (1/4 - 1/3 pad per 1-2 hr or less)
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