What is Cholesterol? Cholesterol is simply a waxy substance produced by the liver and found in some foods and tends to accumulate in the blood. It is needed to manufacture vitamin D and some hormones, build cell walls and create bile salts that assist in digestion of fats easily. Actually, your body makes sufficient cholesterol …
Cephalopelvic Disproportion is anatomical disproportion between fetal head and maternal pelvis. It may be as a result of big head, small pelvis or combination of both. It occurs when the head of the fetus does not fit in to the mother’s pelvis or a delivery condition in which the mother’s pelvis is too small or …
Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD): Causes, Signs and Management Read More »
Malpresentations & Malpositions are among the causes of poor progress of labour. Good progress of labour is enhanced when the presenting part is well applied to the cervix. In malpresentation like face presenting part is not well applied resulting to poor progress. Also, in face presentation the face is not compressible for a lesser diameter …
Malpresentations & Malpositions: Causes and What the Midwife Should Do Read More »
Trial of labour is conducted in the presence of a minor or moderate degree of cephalopelvic disproportion in an attempt to achieve a vaginal delivery. The factors supporting the achievement of vaginal delivery in trial of labour are: What is trial of labour? Trial of labour is defined as a test given to a woman …
Trial of Labour: Indications, Contraindications, Risks and More Read More »
What is Antepartum haemorrhage? Antepartum refers to existing or occurring before birth. Hence, antepartum haemorrhage (APH) is defined as vaginal or genital bleeding during pregnancy after the 28th week’s gestation. Another name for antepartum haemorrhage (APH) is called pre-partum haemorrhage. How common is antepartum haemorrhage? APH as one of obstetric haemorrhages affects 3-5% of all …
Antepartum haemorrhage: Causes, Management & Prevention Read More »
What is an ectopic pregnancy? Ectopic pregnancy is otherwise known as extrauterine pregnancy — meaning a pregnancy where implantation occurs at sites other than the uterine cavity. That’s, it is a pregnancy that occurred when the fertilised egg embeds or implants outside the uterus(e.g. ampulla or cervix). It is an emergency obstetric condition that requires …
Ectopic pregnancy: Causes, Management and prevention Read More »
Pregnancy comes with many physiological and anatomical, biochemical, systemic or local changes in the body in order to meet the needs of the developing fetus in the uterus. These changes tend to maintain a healthy environment for the fetus without compromising the mother’s health. They also help to prepare for the process of delivery and …
In our previous posts, I have discussed pregnancy: signs and symptoms with diagnostic tips, physiological changes during pregnancy, and complications of pregnancy with their treatments. I will discuss today those hormones of pregnancy responsible for inducing physiological changes in a woman’s systems during pregnancy. Pregnancy hormones play these roles in order to make the woman’s …
To get pregnant is the desire of every woman especially those who are finding it hard to achieve conception easily. And as pregnancy is the period of joy for many families, it does come with some minor or major discomforts or disorders which the woman might experience. Some discomforts of pregnancy need treatment while some …
Complications of Pregnancy: How to manage disorders of pregnancy Read More »
Definition of Pregnancy This refers to the condition of having a developing embryo or fetus within the body; the state from conception to delivery of the fetus. Medically, it is defined as the union of male and female gametes to zygote which would further undergoes serial cell divisions and be transferred to uterus for implantation …
Understanding Woman’s Period: Pregnancy, Signs and Diagnosis Read More »
