PREG

1. WARM UP W2
 Do you think it is important for kids to learn about sex
education? Where should they learn it? What age? Why or why
not should kids learn about it in school?

2. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
OF PREGNANCY

3. EARLY SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
1. Missed Period
2. Ache or feeling of fullness in lower abdomen
3. Fatigue, drowsiness, faintness
4. Urinate more frequent
5. Discomfort or tenderness in breast
6. Morning nausea – 1st indication for some

4. TO CONFIRM A PREGNANCY
…
Blood Test
 Done at Doctor’s office
 Detects sooner- 7 to 12 days
after conception
 More expensive
 100% accurate
 Two types
 Quantitative: gives amount of
hCG levels, can guess how far
along you are
 Qualitative: gives simple yes or
no
Urine Test (store bought)
 A test that you most likely take at
home
 Place stick in mid-urine stream
 Looking for a change on indicator
screen
 Most doctors recommend taking
on first day of last period (2
weeks after conception)
 97% accurate
 If test is negative, but you still
have pregnancy symptoms wait a
week then retake

6. OBSTETRICIAN- OBGYN
Doctor who specializes in pregnancy
Examination includes
1. Blood pressure, pulse, respiration, weight
2. Pelvic measurement
3. Analysis of urine- condition of kidneys
4. Blood Test- check for anemia
5. History of illness and operations

7. MEDICAL VISITS
 Medical Visits
 First 5 months - Once a month
 6 or 7th month – Every other week
 9th month – Every week

8. PRESUMPTIVE VS POSITIVE
SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
Presumptive Signs
 Amenorrhea ( Missed Period)
 Internal Changes – softening of
the cervix, Uterus is enlarged
 Leg cramps
 indigestion
Positive Signs
 HCG (Human Chronic
Gonadatrophin)
 Hormone found in the blood
and urine of pregnant
women
 Fetal image – May be seen
with ultra sound scanning

9. DURATION OF PREGNANCY
280 days
 40 weeks
calculate due date
 take first day of last period
 count back 3 months
 add 7 days

10. PRENATAL TESTS
Ultrasound
 high frequency sound waves bounce off
 woman’s internal structures
 this gives “map” of fetus
 actual picture is called a sonogram
 chorionic villi sampling
 an instrument inserted through cervix, takes a
 small sample of the tissue from the amino -
 chorionic membrane
 8th-10th week of pregnancy
 amniocentesis
 amniotic fluid is drawn out through the stomach
 14th-16th week of pregnancy