The nurse midwife is performing a pelvic examination on a client who came to her following a positive home pregnancy test. The nurse checks the woman's cervix for the probable sign of pregnancy known as Goodell's sign
Which of the following describes this alteration? A) The cervix looks blue or purple when examined.
B) The lower uterine segment softens.
C) The fundus enlarges.
D) The cervix softens.
D
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At about the eighth week of gestation, the cervix softens, a probable sign known as Goodell's sign. The cervix also looks blue or purple when examined; this is Chadwick's sign, and may occur as early as the sixth week of pregnancy. At about 6 weeks, the lower uterine segment softens, a probable sign called Hegar's sign. A softening of the uterine fundus, where the embryo has implanted, also occurs by about the seventh week and the fundus enlarges by the eighth week.
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