Labor and Delivery

Name the 3 stages of childbirth?

• birth of baby
• birth of placenta
• labor
• all answers

What is one signal that labor has begun?

• contractions
• water breaking
• loss of mucus plugs
• all of the above

What is dilation?

• the thinning of the cervix
• the widening of the cervix
• labor pains
• the baby crowning

What is effacement?

• the thinning of the cervix
• the widening of the cervix
• labor
• the birth of the baby

What is one thing the mother can do to help with labor pain?

• Epidural
• sleep
• drink a beer
• watch TV

What does the cervix have to be for the mother to start pushing?

• 5cm
• 10cm
• 3cm
• 9cm

What will the mother feel when she gets to 10cm?

• euphoria
• laughter
• uncontrollable urge to push
• love

What is it called when the head is first visable?

• Lightening
• Quickening
• Crowning
• the head

1.  What is it called when an incision is made through the skin and muscles in the perineum?

• suture
• episiotomy
• tear
• Cesarean section

What is it called when the baby comes out feet first?

• upside down
• sunny side up
• breech
• correct