Showing posts with label Sign of pregnancy and their explanations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sign of pregnancy and their explanations. Show all posts

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

SIGNS OF PREGNANCY & THEIR EXPLANATIONS

Sign of pregnancy and their explanations

1. Hartman sign

- First three month
- implantation bleeding

2. Palmer sign

- 4-8 Weeks
- Regular rhythmic contraction during bimanual examination

3. Goodell's Sign

- 6 Weeks
- Softening of lower part of cervix.

4. Hegar's Sign

- 6-10 weeks
- And bimanual examination abdominal and vaginal singers opposes each other.

5. Piskacek Sign

- 6-8 weeks
- asymmetric enlargement of uterus.

6. Osiander's Sign [Octa-8]

- 8 weeks
- Increased pulsation felt through lateral fornix of vagina.

7. Chadwick Sign/ Jacquemier Sign 

- 8 weeks 
- Bluish coloration of vestibule.

8. Braxton Hicks Contraction

- >20 weeks of pregnancy.
- Painless irregular spasmodic contraction without any effect on dilation of cervix can also be felt in pedunculated fibroid submucous type and hematometra.

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