Signs and symptoms of pregnancy

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Signs and symptoms of pregnancy:

 The symptoms and signs of pregnancy cannot be said to be absolute in the early stage as other conditions can also give this features . It is only when pregnancy has been far enough for the fetal parts to be palpable, for fetal movement to be felt and fetal heart sound to be heard can physical signs said to be accurate.

The following below are the highly suggested symptoms and signs.

1. Amenorrhea :

This means absence of menstrual period in a woman who has previously had a regular menstrual period . Sudden cessation of periods points to pregnancy until proved otherwise.

2. Morning sickness :

As early in pregnancy as possible, some women experience nausea or vomiting. It occurs mainly in the morning hours and hence the name" morning sickness". It is mostly retching rather than vomiting and it usually does not disturb the patient. If however the vomiting is persistent and disturbs the patients health, it is termed hyperemesis gravidarum

3. Breast problems: 

In pregnancy , the breast is bigger and is tender to touch.

4. Frequency of micturition : early in pregnancy when the enlarging uterus is still a pelvic organ it presses on the urinary bladder especially in the day time when the woman is standing. This causes her to urinate frequently.

5. Abdominal enlargement: 

As the fetus develops in the uterus, the latter enlarges to accommodate it . This in turn causes the abdomen to enlarge.

6. Quickening: This is the feeling of fetal movement by the pregnant woman . women who are pregnant for the first time are called primigravida. They feel the movement between the 18th and 20th of pregnancy. Multigravida feels it about 2weeks earlier .

 

Signs of pregnancy which a nurse can easily elicit are;

1. palpation of fetal parts from the 24th week 

2. Auscultation of the abdomen for fetal heart          sound from the 24th week .ls

3. pigmentation of the areola of the nipple in            the first pregnancy.

4. Appearance of the striae gravidarum and the      linea nigra are helpful in the first pregnancy          as they persist afterwards.

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