Previous pregnancy complications - Antenatal history (of current pregnancy) o EDD confirmation of dates o Screening (routine; every four weeks until second trimester – maternal and foetal wellbeing) o Complications (e.g. gestational diabetes‚ preeclampsia) - Previous medical/surgical history - Medications/IVDU/allergies - Family history o Thalassaemia‚ thrombophilia - Systems review o Thyroid (HP axis) - Social history o Relationship‚ job‚ finances‚ JW Male reproductive history
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Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes (GD)‚ also known as gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)‚ is a diabetic disorder that affects 4% of pregnancies making it one of the most common health complications of pregnancy. This condition usually occurs during the second or third trimester when the pregnancy hormones start to take place then fortunately disappears after the child is born. Increased glucose levels in the blood result from when a woman’s body does not produce enough insulin. In most
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Maternity Test 2 A woman who is pregnant for the third time is referred to as a: Multigravida A woman who is 8 weeks pregnant has a daughter age 5 and a son age 2. Previously‚ she had a spontaneous abortion at 12 weeks’ gestation. Therefore‚ she is gravida _4____‚ para ___2__. A woman’s last normal menstrual period began July 4. Using Nägele’s rule‚ what would be her estimated date of delivery? April 11 A woman comes to the physician’s office because she has missed a menstrual period
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candidate for vaginal birth because she has an android or heart shaped pelvis. The birth of her first child resulted in an emergency cesarean delivery and she has opted to have planned cesarean deliveries since then. During this pregnancy M.C had preeclampsia‚ which is an increase in blood pressure after 20 weeks gestation‚ which is also commonly accompanied by protenuria. During this pregnancy M.C also had placenta previa‚ which is a placental implantation in the lower uterine segment over or near
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The birthing center is a site managed by kind and understanding nurses‚ who are willing to do anything to help accommodate and facilitate birth for the mother and her baby. The purpose of the birthing center is to provide a safe and comfortable environment for the future mother and her infant. The nurses there are very compassionate and understanding‚ making the patient’s stay a great one. In the birthing center there is various equipment to be found‚ for both the wellbeing of the baby and the mother
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Decelerations Defined Decelerations are categorized as early‚ late‚ variable‚ or prolonged. FHR decelerations are defined according to their visual relationship to the onset and end of a contraction and by their shape. Early decelerations Visually apparent gradual decrease in and return to the baseline FHR associated with uterine contractions. The onset‚ nadir‚ and recovery of the deceleration generally correspond to the beginning‚ peak‚ and end of the contraction. Early decelerations are thought
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Kirstin Zaloum Miss. Orlowski April 26‚ 2013 Health and Illness in Society Infant Health: United States Verses South Korea Each country has a different procedure when it comes to their health care and their care with pre and postnatal. Some countries can spend a great amount of money on their health care (such as the United States) but still might not have the best health care in the world. Others have special arrangements that new mothers and infants can go through to make sure that they
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mothers and mothers who don’t wouldn’t. In reality though‚ abortions are not only necessary‚ but a medical and natural right. In the frightening case of some women‚ an anti-abortion government can mean death or irreversible damage their bodies. Preeclampsia‚ one of the leading life threatening pregnancy complications‚ kills 800 women every day. In milder cases‚ doctors can sometimes manage it for short periods of time but the only cure is delivery or‚ in earlier trimesters‚ abortion. Although rarer
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too long after arriving‚ I was given Pytocin to get the contractions started‚ a drug given to speed up the dilation of the cervix‚ since there was a chance of my son’s heart rate dropping. Shortly after I was examined‚ I was diagnosed with severe Preeclampsia‚ a condition in which the blood pressure is significantly high and chances of seizures and liver failure can occur. Not only was I diagnosed with something that I had never heard of with the potential to become fatal‚ the woman in the
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menstruation or for wound healing. But when angiogenesis is altered by some disease the body loses the ability to remove excess or create new vessels when needed. For example‚ some diseases caused by lack of blood vessels are erectile dysfunction‚ preeclampsia and even heart attack. Moreover‚ cancer‚ obesity‚ multiple sclerosis are caused or go together with excessive creation vessels. He explained that the tumors and cancer cells need blood and nutrients supplies through these blood vessels‚ and that
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