Handbook of obstetric nursing / by Francis W.N. Haultain and James Haig Ferguson.

  • Haultain, Francis W. N. (Francis William Nicol)
Date:
1898
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Credit: Handbook of obstetric nursing / by Francis W.N. Haultain and James Haig Ferguson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    is usually accompanied by congestion of the ovaries and uterus, with which menstruation co-exists as a rule. Ova, however, may escape from the ovary, pass along the Fallopian tube, and get into the uterus, inde- pendently of menstruation. If the ovum do not become impregnated, it is simply passed off in the discharge. Should, however, the ovum become impregnated, con- ception is said to have taken place. It gets caught in the folds of the greatly thickened mucous membrane of the uterus, and there grows and develops during the term of pregnancy. Conception most usually takes place immediately or shortly after a menstrual period. This, however, is not always the case, for women have become pregnant before menstruation has become established, or even after the menopause. They may also become pregnant during lacta- tion, when menstruation is in abeyance. When a woman suffers excessive pain at her menstrual periods, she is said to have dysmenorrhoea. When the men- strual flow is excessive, it is called me7iorrhagia; and when it is absent it is called amenorrhea. Hemorrhage between the menstrual periods is metrorrhagia.