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Normal Processes
stages of labor, breastfeeding, expected physiological changes during pregnancy
Abnormal Processes
Prenatal care
Supervision of normal pregnancy
General: Measuring fundus height during pregnancy
Infections: Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus)
Obstetric complications
Abortions: induced, septic, missed, spontaneous, threatened, inevitable, incomplete, complete
amniotic fluid embolism, cervical incompetence, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, fetal growth restriction, gestational diabetes, placental abnormalities (abruptio placentae, placenta previa), preeclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, hyperemesis gravidarum, intrauterine fetal demise
Labor and delivery
Delivery complications: shoulder dystocia, uterine rupture, uterine inversion
Other: cesarean delivery, preterm birth
Puerperium, including complications
postpartum blues, postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum endometritis, products of conception (placenta accreta)
Newborn (birth to 4 weeks of age)
Disorders of the newborn
phenylketonuria, toxoplasmosis, meconium aspiration syndrome, bronchopulmonary dysplasia