Ch.7 Labor and Delivery (The Developing Child)

The process that moves the baby out of the mother.

• Lamaze

• labor

• reflexes

• midwife

A nurse who has special training delivering babies during low-risk pregnancies.

• baby nurse

• certified midwife

• nurse practitioner

• practical nurse

A place to give birth near a hospital that provides health care for low-risk pregnancies.

• planned parenthood

• hospital center

• Lamaze center

• birth center

Giving birth without using any pain-relieving drugs, only breathing techniques.

• painful childbirth

• relaxing childbirth

• natural childbirth

• sterile childbirth

Classes the expectant couple can take before giving birth to learn pain-relieving techniques.

• Lamaze classes

• pregnancy classes

• contractions classes

• drug-free classes

The change that takes place during the last weeks of pregnancy when baby changes position.

• moving

• birthing

• lightening

• contracting

When baby's feet, legs, or buttocks emerge first, it is called:

• Episiotomy

• Breech

• Cesarean

• Dilation

The incision the doctor sometimes has to make to widen the birth canal to avoid tearing.

• Apgar

• Dilation

• Vacuum Suction

• Episiotomy

A curved instrument that fits around the sides of the baby's head during birth.

• tongs

• forceps

• vacuum suction

• C-section

When the abdomen and uterus are surgically opened and the baby is removed.

• episiotomy

• natural childbirth

• Cesarean section or C-section

• placenta