Introduction to Perinatal Nursing

Operculum

________ is the term for a mucus plug, the mucus plug acts as a barrier against a bacterial invasion into the uterus.

goodwells sign

caused by increased vasculatiry, hypertrophy and hyperplasia. also increased friability. Can cause bleeding during vaginal exam

fundal height

done at 20 weeks, cm roughly correlates to weeks woman is pregnant

naegele's rule

used to estimate date of delivery. calculate by subtracting 3 months from the first day of pts last menstrual period then add 7 days.