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Category Archives: Pregnancy Related Problems

Discomforts Of Pregnancy

1.    Nausea and vomiting
-    due to altered hormone levels usually occurring on 1st trimester
-    sedatives or antiemetics as necessary or as ordered
-    advise expectant mother to eat dry crackers before arising in the morning to prevent N/V
-    modify diet to small and frequent feedings
-    ice chips
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Pregnancy at Risk: Hyperemesis Gravidarum

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Child birth at Risk: Uterine Rupture

  • Occurs when uterus undergoes more strain than it is capable of sustaining.
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Child birth at Risk: Ineffective Uterine Force

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Child birth at Risk: Problems with Fetal Position and Presentation

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Child birth at Risk: Shoulder Dystocia

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Child birth at Risk: Developmental Anomalies

Hydrocephalus and anencephaly may also complicate birth.

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Child birth at Risk: Multiple Pregnancy

  • Often causes a flurry of excitement in the delivery room due to the health team’s curiosity.  IT MUST be remembered that the focus is the delivering mother and her baby not the curiosity of the DR staff.
  • Usually, it is delivered via a cesarean section due to the higher risk posed to the second fetus when delivered via spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD).  If it is to be delivered via SVD, instruct mother to go to the hospital earlier.

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Child birth at Risk: Placental Problems

-    It is a must to examine the placenta and the cord after birth for presence of anomalies.
-    Normal placenta weighs approximately 500 grams and is 15-20 cm in diameter and 1.5-30 cm thick.
-    For women with diabetes mellitus, placenta may be exceptionally large.  Normally, placenta weighs 1/6th of the fetus weight.  In abnormal cases such as this, placenta may weigh as much as ½ of the weight of the fetus.

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Child birth at Risk: Umbilical Problems

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Child birth at Risk: Cephalopelvic Disproportion

  • Disproportion between size of normal fetal head to the pelvic diameters. It causes failure to progress in labor. Read More »
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Child birth at Risk: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

  • A disorder resulting to a deficiency of clothing ability secondary to vascular injury / excessive trauma. Read More »
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Child birth at Risk: Amniotic Fluid Embolism

  • Occurs when amniotic fluid is forced into an open maternal uterine blood sinus through some defect in the membranes or after membranes rupture or abruptio placenta. Read More »
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Child birth at Risk: Hydramnios

  • Hydramnios = excessive amniotic fluid formation (volume of > 2000 mL or an amniotic fluid index above 24 cm.

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