Chapter 6 - The Baby's Arrival

the opening to the uterus

the blood left behind in the umbilical cord and placenta following birth

Match the following

• fine downy hair growing on a newborn's forehead, back, and shoulders

• stem cells

• the watching of an unborn baby's heart rate for indications of stress

• incubator

• a special enclosed crib where the oxygen supply, temperature, and humidity can be closely controlled

• fetal monitoring

• cells capable of producing all types of blood cells

• fontanel

• an open space found on the baby's head where the bones are not yet joined

• lanugo

the delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the mother's abdomen

a baby born at 37 weeks or earlier

a system of rating the physical condition of a newborn baby

Match the following

• delivery of baby or baby born

• Stage 2 of Labor

• delivery of placenta

• Stage 3 of Labor

• contractions open the cervix

• Stage 1 of Labor

condition caused by the liver being unable to remove bilirubin; causes the skin to look slightly yellow

a substance produced by the breakdown of red blood cells

a high-calorie, high-protein early breast milk