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Antepartum haemorrhage: Causes, Management & Prevention

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 …

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Ectopic pregnancy: Causes, Management and prevention

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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 …

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Physiological Changes during pregnancy

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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 …

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5 Hormones of Pregnancy and functions

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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 …

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Complications of Pregnancy: How to manage disorders of pregnancy

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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 …

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Understanding Woman’s Period: Pregnancy, Signs and Diagnosis

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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 …

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Multiple pregnancy: Signs and Management

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When there is more than one fetus is in utero, the term plural or multiple pregnancy is applied. Twin pregnancy occurs about 1 in 100 pregnancy. While triplets occur 1 in every 8000 to 9000 pregnancies.This article shall be lengthy, consider the table of contents: What is multiple pregnancy? Multiple pregnancy is a state of …

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Prolonged pregnancy: causes, symptoms and management

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When a pregnancy is prolonged beyond the usual period of gestation, it is considered to be postmature or overdue. Before the midwife can diagnose postmaturity, he or she should know the accepted average duration of pregnancy and should also be able to calculate the expected date of delivery. The average duration of a normal pregnancy …

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Gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM): Causes, symptom and management

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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GMD) or diabetes complicated by pregnancy is far common in temperate countries than in tropics. In the pre-insulin days, diabetic women failed to menstruate and conception was usually ruled out. With the advent of insulin, pregnancy occurs in the presence of diabetes. Sometimes, diabetes is noticed for the first time in pregnancy. …

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Intrauterine death (IUD): Causes; Signs and Management

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Intrauterine death refers to the death of the fetus occurring after 28th weeks of gestation resulting in a macerated stillbirth. If the fetal death occurs before the 28th, the term “missed abortion” is used. 24 hours after the death of the fetus, aseptic degeneration called maceration occurs. Blisters first form on the skin which peels …

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