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VENA CAVAL SYNDROME DURING PREGNANCY. WHAT IS IT AND WHAT ARE NURSING INTERVENTIONS FOR RELIEF.
WHEN THE PREG. WOMAN LIES SUPINE, THE ENLARGING UTERUS MAY PRESS ON THE VENA CAVA, THUS REDUCING BLOOD FLOW TO THE ATRIUM, LOWERING BLOOD PRESSURE, AND CAUSING DIZZINESS, PALLOR, AND CLAMMINESS

NI: HAVE THE WOMAN LIE ON HER LEFT SIDE OR BY PLACING A PILLOW OR WEDGE UNDER HER RIGHT HIP
POSITIVE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY AND EXAMPLES
SIGNS THAT ARE COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE AND CANNOT BE CONFUSED WITH A PATHOLOGIC STATE, AND OFFER CONCLUSIVE PROOF OF PREG.

EX: FETAL HEART BEAT,VISUALIZATION ON US
HCG (HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPHIC HORMONE
1ST HORMONE PRODUCED IN CHORION THAT HELPS SUPPORT THE CORPUS LUTEUM.

BASIS FOR PREG. TEST

MAY BE CAUSE OF AM SICKNESS
HPL (HUMAN PLACENTAL LACTOGEN)
ENSURES FETUS RECEIVES OPTIMAL NUTRIENTS

CAN BE USED TO DETECT FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION

MAY BE RESP. FOR GD
ESTROGEN
PRODUCED BY PLACENTA AT 8 WEEKS

HELPS BREAST/UTERUS GROW
PROGESTERONE
PROD. BY PLACENTA AT 11 WEEKS

CAUSES VASODIALATION OF BLOOD VESSLES AND HELPS GET BLOOD TO FETUS (ALSO CAUSES VASCULAR DISORDERS IN PREG MOM)

IT IS "THE PREGNANCY HORMONE"