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  2. Colposcopy - Wikipedia

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    Colposcopy (Ancient Greek: κόλπος, romanized: kolpos, lit. 'hollow, womb, vagina' + skopos 'look at') is a medical diagnostic procedure to visually examine the cervix as well as the vagina and vulva using a colposcope. [1] The main goal of colposcopy is to prevent cervical cancer by detecting and treating precancerous lesions early.

  3. Postpartum physiological changes - Wikipedia

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    It will contract midline with the umbilicus. It begins its contractions and by twelve hours after the birth it can be felt to be at the level of the umbilicus. [9] The uterus changes in size from one kilogram to 60-80 grams in the space of six weeks. After birth, the fundus contracts downward into the pelvis one centimeter each day.

  4. Timeline of human prenatal development - Wikipedia

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    Gestational age: 6 weeks and 0 days until 6 weeks and 6 days old. 43–49 days from last menstruation. Embryonic age: Week nr 5. 4 weeks old. 29–35 days from fertilization. The embryo measures 8 mm (0.31 in) in length and weighs about 1 gram. [4] Optic vesicles and optic cups form the start of the developing eye. Nasal pits form.

  5. Placental expulsion - Wikipedia

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    As the fetal hypothalamus matures, the activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis initiates labor through two hormonal mechanisms. The end pathway of both mechanisms lead to contractions in the myometrium, a mechanical cause of placental separation, which is due to the sheer force and contractile and involutive changes that occur within the uterus, distorting the placentome.

  6. Stenosis of uterine cervix - Wikipedia

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    Cervical stenosis may be present from birth or may be caused by other factors: Surgical procedures performed on the cervix such as colposcopy, cone biopsy, or a cryosurgery procedure [3] Trauma to the cervix [3] Repeated vaginal infections [3] Atrophy of the cervix after menopause [3] Cervical cancer [1] Radiation [1] Cervical nabothian cysts

  7. Postpartum confinement - Wikipedia

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    Isabella of Hainault rests after having given birth to the future Louis VIII of France.. Postpartum confinement is a traditional practice following childbirth. [1] Those who follow these customs typically begin immediately after the birth, and the seclusion or special treatment lasts for a culturally variable length: typically for one month or 30 days, [2] 26 days, up to 40 days, two months ...

  8. Endocervical curettage - Wikipedia

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    Endocervical curettage is a medical procedure used to extract cells of the endocervix to visualize under a microscope. Direct cervical visualization, colposcopy, and even endocervical colposcopy are not enough to fully analyze all areas of the endocervical epithelium and thus endocervical curettage is the method of choice in cases where this is necessary.

  9. Culdoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Culdoscopy is an endoscopic procedure performed to examine the rectouterine pouch and pelvic viscera by the introduction of a culdoscope through the posterior vaginal wall. [1] The word culdoscopy (and culdoscope) is derived from the term cul-de-sac, which means literally in French "bottom of a sac", and refers to the rectouterine pouch (or called the pouch of Douglas).