<prompt> Which of the following is a false physical parameter during pregnancy?Its a prothrombotic conditionBlood fibrinogen levels are increasedClotting and bleeding times are reducedThere is lowering of serum protein levels  <response>: On an average the non pregnant levels of blood fibrinogen is 260mg. But in pregnancy it can reach an average value of 388 mg 288 - 576 mg even then the clotting and bleeding times remains unchanged. Ref: Mudaliar and Menons Clinical Obstetrics, 9th Edition, Page 41. 