Gestational Diabetes ✔️Ans - diabetes developed during pregnancy
Gestational Hypertension ✔️Ans - high blood pressure during pregnancy
Incompetent cervix ✔️Ans - when premature or weak cervical tissues cause
premature birth or loss of pregnancy
Anemia ✔️Ans - insufficient levels of iron could require blood transfusions
can be treated with Iron supplements
Perinatal Workforce Act ✔️Ans - Everyone should have a choice in their
health environments regardless to geographic, social or economics
Placenta Previa ✔️Ans - abnormally low implantation of the placenta on the
uterine wall completely or partially covering the cervix
preeclampsia ✔️Ans - characterized by high blood pressure and signs of
damage to another organ system most often liver and kidneys. symptoms are
swelling, loss of vision, headaches
progesterone ✔️Ans - Important hormone to balance during pregnancy. Its
supply to the endometrium helps nurture the developing fetus
Dr. Joseph Bolivar DeLee ✔️Ans - (1869- 1942)
Believed that obstetricians have a wider skill set than Midwives, used twilight
sleep method ( Ether drug)
The Mothers of Gynecology ✔️Ans - Anarcha, Lucy, Betsy
, Endometrium ✔️Ans - inner lining of the uterus
SROM ✔️Ans - (spontaneous rupture of membranes) Normal water break
in term pregnancy
PROM ✔️Ans - Premature rupture of membranes before onset of labor
EDD ✔️Ans - Estimated Due Date
Oxytocin ✔️Ans - a hormone released by the pituitary gland that causes
increased contraction of the uterus during labor and stimulates the ejection of
milk into the ducts of the breasts. ( The Love Hormone)
Melatonin ✔️Ans - sleep-inducing hormone. Released in dark quiet settings.
Helps boost oxytocin
Endorphins ✔️Ans - Pain reliever hormone. Stimulated by light touch and
massage. promoted by laughter and oxytocin
Pitocin ✔️Ans - Synthetic oxytocin ( can cause complications)
Adrenaline ✔️Ans - "fight or flight" Hormone
Increases heart rate, breathing rate. Released with fear and stress. Blocks
Oxytocin, slows labor
Psychological Changes 1st trimester ✔️Ans - Nausea, vomiting, cravings,
taste diversions , mood swings, tightened sense of smell
Augumenting ✔️Ans - changing the speed of labor
ex: nipple stimulation, orgasm, evening primrose
Cultural Congruence ✔️Ans - providing care to a patient while being aware
and inclusive of their cultural values, beliefs, and practices
Birth Morbidity ✔️Ans - any short- or long-term health problems that
result from being pregnant and giving birth.
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