Dysmenorrhea: pain during menstruation
→ Headache, faintness, dizziness, nausea, diarrhea, backache, and leg pain → Caused by muscular contractions of the myometrium, infection, inflammation
Sever pain should be monitor and treat asap
→ Presence of an intrauterine device (IUD)
Mittelschmerz: pain may occur as a result of follicular rupture and bleeding from ovary during menstrual cycle
→ Pain in the right or left lower abdominal quadrant during normal mid-cycle of
menstrual period
→ Differentiate pain from appendicitis or other surgical emergencies
Gravida: # of times a women has been pregnant (including current)
Para: # of live birth (infants born after 20 weeks' gestation)
Antepartum: the maternal period before delivery
Intrapartum: the maternal period during delivery
Postpartum: the maternal period after delivery
Term: a pregnancy that has reached 40 weeks gestation
Stages of labour:-
First Stage of Labor: Begins with contractions and ends when the cervix is fully dilated (10cm)
Second Stage of Labor: Measured from full dilation to delivery of the newborn
Third Stage of Labor: Begins with delivery of the baby and ends with placental delivery
Precipitous Birth: onset of labor to birth is less than 3 hours.
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