A 19-year-old, single, sexually active college student, who has not used birth control on a regular basis, is in her first trimester of pregnancy. She is at the OB/GYN clinic for her first prenatal visit.
In assessing her nutrition, the nurse discovers that the patient drinks heavily on a regular basis. She also states she does not like milk. What information should the nurse give the patient regarding nutrition?
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Question 2) A 28-year-old woman has been in the first stage of labor for several hours. Her uterine contractions are weak, and her labor is not progressing normally.
Because the woman insists upon a vaginal delivery, the physician orders that pitocin (a synthetic oxytocin) be infused. What will be the effect of pitocin? What is the normal mechanism by which oxytocin acts to promote birth?
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Question 3) Mrs. Phang, eight months pregnant with her first child, makes an appointment with her obstetrician to investigate the cause of vaginal bleeding. Because it is actually more spotting than frank bleeding, and painless, she is becoming worried.
Ultrasound visualization of her abdomen shows that the placenta is formed across the internal os of the cervix, and she is ordered to her bed for the remainder of the pregnancy. What name is given to Mrs. Phang's condition? Why is it an extremely serious condition? Why was she ordered to have complete bed rest for the remainder of her pregnancy?
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Question 4) A couple interested in conceiving has been carefully charting her menstrual cycles for many months. Relative to ovulation, what window of time does coitus need to occur in order to achieve fertilization?
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Question 5) When do we begin to call the developing individual a fetus rather than an embryo?
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Question 6) Describe the events allowing monospermy.
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Question 7) Briefly describe the physiological changes occurring in the mother during pregnancy.
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Question 8) Define Braxton Hicks contractions.
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Question 9) How are the metabolic needs of the implanted embryo provided for?
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Question 10) Briefly describe the events leading to the implantation of the blastocyst in the uterus, including how it is nourished.
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