Pregnancy: From Conception to Birth

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1. Lets start at the beginning. From what date is a pregnancy dated from? The date of the mother's last menstrual period The date of ovulation The date conception occurred The date of the mother's first missed period

2. Conception has occurred, and the mother suspects she may be pregnant. Which of these signs will not usually indicate early pregnancy? Feeling nauseous or vomiting A missed period Weight gain Tiredness

3. The mother is to do a pregnancy test to confirm the pregnancy. She must now wait until the day of her missed period to do the test. True False

4. The mother has confirmed she is pregnant. Which of these foods should she now avoid? Uncooked or softly-cooked eggs Paté All of them Soft or mould ripened, unpasteurised cheeses, such as brie and Stilton

5. In addition to a vitamin supplement (not containing vitamin A), the mother should also take a supplement of folic acid. What defect does folic acid help to prevent? Spina bifida Cerebral Palsy Down Syndrome Hydrocephalus

6. The mother is now into her 13th week of pregnancy and has entered the second trimester. Her risk of a miscarriage has now reduced to about 1% (for a normally-progressing, low risk pregnancy). Those nasty, early pregnancy symptoms should now be subsiding. However some women suffer a particularly unpleasant side effect of their pregnancy- extended or extreme morning sickness, that can continue until the baby is born. What is the medical name for this condition? Hypertension Hyperemesis gravidum Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction Obstetric cholestasis

7. A mother should give up all exercise in her pregnancy. True False

8. The mother is now 18 weeks into her pregnancy. Which of the following might she start to notice within the next few days and weeks? The baby moving All of these Braxton Hicks Contractions A dark line appearing from her pubic bone to her navel

9. The mother is now 20 weeks pregnant- half way through! She should now be offered a scan to check the baby's size, organs, brain etc. It can even reveal the sex of your baby. What is this scan most commonly known as? Anomaly scan Reassurance scan Dating scan Sexing scan

10. The mother is now 24 weeks pregnant. A scan at 20 weeks revealed that the placenta was lying across the cervix. Her scan today showed it had moved out of the way, so there are no problems. However some women's placentas do not move out of the way, meaning that baby's exit is blocked. What is the name given to this condition? Answer: (two words)

11. The mother has entered the Third Trimester (or, as I called it, the 'looking like I've swallowed a beach ball' phase). She has 13 weeks or so left of her pregnancy. However at her routine midwife appointment today protein was found in her urine and her blood pressure was very high. Our mother has also been suffering from a lot of swelling to her ankles and fingers, plus has had some really bad headaches. Although a trip to the obstetrician showed all was fine, what potentially life-threatening condition could her symptoms have indicated? Answer: (Two Words, can develop into a more serious condition)

12. We're now at 37 weeks, and our mother is getting close to the birth- in fact she is medically classed as 'full term' now and from a medical point of view her baby could be born any day. She had a midwife appointment today, but was sent to the consultant for him to perform an 'ECV'. What was wrong with her baby? The heart rate of the baby was too fast and they might be in distress The baby wasn't moving enough The midwife thought the baby felt too small for the mother's dates The baby was breech (bottom down)

13. Our poor mother is now overdue! Which of the following is NOT recommended for trying to kick-start labour at home? Sexual intercourse Nipple stimulation Eating Pineapples Drinking Castor Oil

14. The mother has gone into labour at 40 weeks and 5 days. Twelve hours in and she is fully dilated, after long, painful contractions. She begins to push and her baby is born. Our mother didn't use pain relief, but many women do. Which of these methods of pain relief can cross the placenta and get into the bloodstream of the baby? TENS Machine Gas and Air Opiates such as pethidine Epidural

15. Congratulations to our mother and her newborn baby. Our mother has opted to have a physiological third stage- what does this mean? To have drugs to induce the delivery of the placenta To deliver the placenta standing upright so gravity can assist its delivery To wait for the cord to stop pulsating before it is cut To wait for nature to deliver the placenta without the help of drugs