Calculating expected date of delivery/Naegale's Rule - Correct Answer-FIRST day if last menstrual period + 7 days - 3 months
Example: June 10-15 was last menstrual period
Expected date of delivery:
March 17
Calculating pregnancy weight - Correct Answer-Week of gestation - 9 = lbs
Should only gain 3 lbs during first trimester (12 weeks or 3 months)
Example:
28 weeks gestation - 9 = 19 lb weight gain
Total weight gained during pregnancy - Correct Answer-28 lbs +/- 3
Fundus - when will you first palpated it? - Correct Answer-After the first trimester ~12 weeks
When will the fundus be at the level of umbillicus? - Correct Answer-Weeks 20-22
Can you determine what trimester a pregnant women is in by the fundal height? How? - Correct Answer-Pregnant but can NOT feel the fundus = first trimester, priority = Mom
Can palpated fundus at or below the umbilicus = second trimester, priority = Mom
Palpated ABOVE the umbilicus = third trimester, priority = baby
- positive signs of pregnancy - Correct Answer-Fetal skeleton on X-ray
Fetal presence on ultrasound Auscultation of fetal heart rate (between 8-12 weeks) When examiner palpates (NOT mom)
Types of OB questions - Correct Answer-When would you first... (earliest) When would you most likely...(middle) When should you by...(last)
When would you first auscultate a fetal heart? - Correct Answer-8 weeks
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When would you auscultate a fetal heart? - Correct Answer-10 weeks
When should you auscultate a fetal heart? - Correct Answer-12 weeks
Probably (maybe) signs of pregnancy - Correct Answer--All urine/blood pregnancy tests
-Chadwick's sign- cervical color change to cyanosis (all C's)
-Goodell's sign - cervical softening
-Hegar's sign - uterine softening
Signs are in alphabetical order: Chadwick's, Goodell's, Hegar's
A POSITIVE pregnancy test is... - Correct Answer-NOT a positive sign of pregnancy (it is a PROBABLE sign)
Pattern of office visits - prenatal care - Correct Answer-Once a month until week 28
Once every 2 weeks until week 36
Once a week until delivery or week 42 (then induced)
Example:
Pregnant women comes in at week 12, when should she come in next?
Week 16
Hemoglobin will do what during pregnancy? - Correct Answer-DROP in pregnancy
11 (first trimester) = normal 10.5 (second trimester) = normal 10 (third trimester) = normal
Normal female hemoglobin - Correct Answer-12-16 g/dL
Morning sickness - what trimester? How do you treat it? - Correct Answer-First trimester
DRY carbohydrates before you get out of bed
Urinary incontinence - Correct Answer-1st and 3rd trimester
(Do not get it in 2nd trimester because the baby is high in the abdomen)
Tx: VOID EVERY 2 HOURS even 6 weeks after pregnancy
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