<prompt> Goodell sign in early pregnancy isCervical softeningEctocervical blue tintIsthmic softeningUterine softnening  <response>: In early pregnancy, increased vascularity within the cervix stroma beneath the epithelium creates an ectocervical blue tint that is characteristic of Chadwick sign. Cervical edemaleads to softening , whereas isthmic softening is Hegar sign.Ref: Williams Obstetrics; 25th edition 