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Chapter 6 - Baby's Arrival

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happens when lightening occurs?

a)

A storm is coming

b)

The baby makes sudden kicks that causes excruciating pain

c)

The baby settles into the lower pelvis at the time birth nears

2.

What is the "blood show?"

a)

Early sign that labor has begun

b)

The blood that is release after the birth

c)

A horror movie about child birth

3.

What occurs when a woman's water breaks?

a)

Pipes burst in the home causes chaos

b)

The amniotic sac ruptures, and the woman feels a trickle or gush of warm amniotic fluid

c)

When a female is in the late stages of pregnancy and wet her pants because the baby is pushing on the bladder too much

4.

What are contractions?

a)

Tightening and releasing of muscles of the uterus during labor

b)

When two words are combined to make one

c)

When the baby's heart rate indicates stress

5.

What is the purpose of fetal monitoring during labor?

a)

To watch the baby's heart rate for indicators of stress

b)

To watch the baby's heart rate to know when labor will be over

c)

To look and see if the baby smiles during labor

6.

When is labor considered premature?

a)

When the fetus has been developing for 37 weeks or less

b)

When the fetus has been developing for 38 weeks or less

c)

When the fetus has been developing for 39 weeks or less

7.

What are signs of premature labor?

a)

Contractions every ten minutes or less

b)

Dull backache

c)

Leaking fluid or blood

d)

All of the above

8.

Which of these are NOT breech position?

a)

When the baby is in the birth canal with head down position

b)

When the baby is in the birth canal with feet first position

c)

When the baby is in the birth canal with head up position

9.

What is an episiotomy?

a)

When the baby is remove through a surgical procedure of the abdomen

b)

A surgical cut made to enlarge the opening in the mother's body if it is too small

c)

When forceps are used during child birth

10.

What is a cesarean birth?

a)

When the baby is delivered through a surgical procedure in the mother's abdomen

b)

A surgical cut made to enlarge the opening in the mother's body if it is too small

c)

When forceps are used during child birth

11.

What factors increase the chances of premature birth?

a)

If the mother has had other premature births

b)

If there are multiple babies

c)

If the mother has other medical problems

d)

If the mother is a teen

e)

All of the above

12.

What are fontanels?

a)

Open spaces in the skull where the bones have not yet joined

b)

What a babies fingers and toes are called while in the womb

c)

The babies genital parts

13.

What is lanugo?

a)

Course, dark hair growing on a newborn's forehead, back and shoulders, that disappears soon after birth

b)

Fine, downy hair growing on a newborn's forehead, back and shoulders, that disappears soon after birth

c)

Fine, downy hair growing on a newborn's forehead, back and shoulders, that never goes away

14.

What is the purpose of the Apgar scale?

a)

It rates the intensity of labor

b)

It rates the size of the baby

c)

It rates the physical condition of a newborn

15.

What are two steps taken to record a baby's identity?

a)

A photo and arm band for baby and mother

b)

A footprint and arm band for baby and mother

c)

A photo and a footprint

16.

What is colostrum?

a)

A high-calorie, high-protein early formula

b)

A high-calorie, high-protein early breast milk

c)

What a mother's breast milk does not come in at all

17.

What condition is possible when a newborn's skin and eyes appear slightly yellow?

a)

Jaundice

b)

Colostrum

c)

Cancer

18.

What does a lactation consultant do?

a)

Help a new mother learn how to give birth

b)

Help a new mother learn how to breast-feed

c)

Help a new mother learn how to recover from childbirth

19.

What are two legal forms parents should complete for their new baby?

a)

Discharge papers and birth certificate

b)

Discharge papers and application for the baby's Social Security number

c)

A birth certificate and application for the baby's Social Security number

20.

What are the physical needs a new mother needs during the postnatal period

a)

Rest

b)

Good nutrition

c)

Gentle exercise

d)

Medical check-up 6 weeks after giving birth

e)

All of the above

21.

If the bag of waters, or amniotic sac breaks, a woman can expect to go into labor in the next _____ hours.

a)

2

b)

10

c)

24

d)

48

22.

A baby lives inside of the mother's ______, a strong ballon-shaped muscle that contracts during labor.

a)

placenta

b)

uterus

c)

ovary

d)

cervix

23.

A mother's cervix will dilate to ____ centimeters so that the baby can be born.

a)

10

b)

5

c)

2

d)

20

24.

The mother's ___________ will dilate so that the baby can be born.

a)

ovary

b)

uterus

c)

placenta

d)

cervix

25.

The ____________ _____________ is clamped and cut after birth because it no longer supplies the baby with food and oxygen.

a)

amniotic sac

b)

umbilical cord

c)

bony plates

26.

The 3rd stage of labor is marked by the delivery of the _______, a special organ created specifically for pregnancy.

a)

placenta

b)

uterus

c)

amniotic sac

d)

cervix

27.

Breastfeeding speeds up the process of ______________, when the uterus contracts and shrinks.

a)

evolution

b)

involution

c)

revolution

d)

convolution

28.

A baby's head __________ when it no longer slips between contractions and stretches the mother's perineum to the fullest.

a)

delivers

b)

contracts

c)

rotates

d)

crowns

29.

To start; to make the process of labor or a birth begin by a medical intervention.

a)

cesarean

b)

induce

c)

fertility

d)

contraction

30.

Drugs that cause a loss of feeling, used for pain relief.

a)

anesthesia

b)

asthma

c)

antiseptic

d)

axon