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What are the signs that labor could begin soon?
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(1) Lightening (baby dropped)
(2) Sudden outflow of fluid from the vagina (3)increased vaginal discharge/bloody show (4)Backache (5) Braxton Hicks Contractions (6)Last week weight loss (1-3lbs) (7) Last minute burst of energy (also called nesting) |
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When is home delivery permitted?
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Home delivery is permitted only when an uncomplicated delivery is exppercted adn the primary care physician has resonable confidence that no harm will come to either mother or baby.
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What are the 5 P's of delivery? Define each of them.
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(1)Passageway~ the pelvis and soft tissues
(2) Passengers~ the fetus and placenta (3)Powers~ contractions (4)Position of the mother~ sideline, squatting, standing, walking, ect... (5) Psyche~ psychological response of the mother. |
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What is the fetal lie?
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Fetal lie is the relationship of hte heaad to toe axis of the fetus to the head to toe axis of the mother.
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What is fetal attitude?
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Fetal attitude is the position of fetal bady parts to one another.
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What is fetal position?
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Fetal postition is the relationship of the fetus's occiput, sacrum, chin or scapula to the mother's pelvis.
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What is fetal presentation?
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Fetal presentation is the part of the fetus that first enters the pelvis and lies over the ilet.
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The following symptoms are sugns of what complication?
~Firmly contracted fundus, change in the uterus from disk like to egg shaped, sudden gush of dark blood form the uterus, apparent lengthening of the umbilical cord as the palcenta gets closer, vaginal fullness upon exam~ |
Those are signs of placenta seperation
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What are the four stages of labor and delivery?
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(1) First stage:
~Early latent phase ~ Active Phase ~Transitional (2)Stage II ~complete dialation and ends with birth of the baby (3)stage III ~Delivery of placenta (4)stage IIII ~stabilization, 2 hrs after deliery of the placenta |
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What criteria is used to score the Apgar?
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Apgar is done at 1 and 5 minutes of birth, HR, Respiration, muscle tone, refles irratability and skom color.
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What is precipitous labor?
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Labor that lasts less than 3hrs from the onset of contractions to the time of birth.
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What are the 5 classic steps in the normal mechanisms of labor?
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(1)decent
(2)Flexion (3)Internal Rotation (4)Extension (5)External Rotation |
