WorksheetsChapter 6 - Baby's Arrival
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What happens when lightening occurs?
A storm is coming
The baby makes sudden kicks that causes excruciating pain
The baby settles into the lower pelvis at the time birth nears
What is the "blood show?"
Early sign that labor has begun
The blood that is release after the birth
A horror movie about child birth
What occurs when a woman's water breaks?
Pipes burst in the home causes chaos
The amniotic sac ruptures, and the woman feels a trickle or gush of warm amniotic fluid
When a female is in the late stages of pregnancy and wet her pants because the baby is pushing on the bladder too much
What are contractions?
Tightening and releasing of muscles of the uterus during labor
When two words are combined to make one
When the baby's heart rate indicates stress
What is the purpose of fetal monitoring during labor?
To watch the baby's heart rate for indicators of stress
To watch the baby's heart rate to know when labor will be over
To look and see if the baby smiles during labor
When is labor considered premature?
When the fetus has been developing for 37 weeks or less
When the fetus has been developing for 38 weeks or less
When the fetus has been developing for 39 weeks or less
What are signs of premature labor?
Contractions every ten minutes or less
Dull backache
Leaking fluid or blood
All of the above
Which of these are NOT breech position?
When the baby is in the birth canal with head down position
When the baby is in the birth canal with feet first position
When the baby is in the birth canal with head up position
What is an episiotomy?
When the baby is remove through a surgical procedure of the abdomen
A surgical cut made to enlarge the opening in the mother's body if it is too small
When forceps are used during child birth
What is a cesarean birth?
When the baby is delivered through a surgical procedure in the mother's abdomen
A surgical cut made to enlarge the opening in the mother's body if it is too small
When forceps are used during child birth
What factors increase the chances of premature birth?
If the mother has had other premature births
If there are multiple babies
If the mother has other medical problems
If the mother is a teen
All of the above
What are fontanels?
Open spaces in the skull where the bones have not yet joined
What a babies fingers and toes are called while in the womb
The babies genital parts
What is lanugo?
Course, dark hair growing on a newborn's forehead, back and shoulders, that disappears soon after birth
Fine, downy hair growing on a newborn's forehead, back and shoulders, that disappears soon after birth
Fine, downy hair growing on a newborn's forehead, back and shoulders, that never goes away
What is the purpose of the Apgar scale?
It rates the intensity of labor
It rates the size of the baby
It rates the physical condition of a newborn
What are two steps taken to record a baby's identity?
A photo and arm band for baby and mother
A footprint and arm band for baby and mother
A photo and a footprint
What is colostrum?
A high-calorie, high-protein early formula
A high-calorie, high-protein early breast milk
What a mother's breast milk does not come in at all
What condition is possible when a newborn's skin and eyes appear slightly yellow?
Jaundice
Colostrum
Cancer
What does a lactation consultant do?
Help a new mother learn how to give birth
Help a new mother learn how to breast-feed
Help a new mother learn how to recover from childbirth
What are two legal forms parents should complete for their new baby?
Discharge papers and birth certificate
Discharge papers and application for the baby's Social Security number
A birth certificate and application for the baby's Social Security number
What are the physical needs a new mother needs during the postnatal period
Rest
Good nutrition
Gentle exercise
Medical check-up 6 weeks after giving birth
All of the above
If the bag of waters, or amniotic sac breaks, a woman can expect to go into labor in the next _____ hours.
2
10
24
48
A baby lives inside of the mother's ______, a strong ballon-shaped muscle that contracts during labor.
placenta
uterus
ovary
cervix
A mother's cervix will dilate to ____ centimeters so that the baby can be born.
10
5
2
20
The mother's ___________ will dilate so that the baby can be born.
ovary
uterus
placenta
cervix
The ____________ _____________ is clamped and cut after birth because it no longer supplies the baby with food and oxygen.
amniotic sac
umbilical cord
bony plates
The 3rd stage of labor is marked by the delivery of the _______, a special organ created specifically for pregnancy.
placenta
uterus
amniotic sac
cervix
Breastfeeding speeds up the process of ______________, when the uterus contracts and shrinks.
evolution
involution
revolution
convolution
A baby's head __________ when it no longer slips between contractions and stretches the mother's perineum to the fullest.
delivers
contracts
rotates
crowns
To start; to make the process of labor or a birth begin by a medical intervention.
cesarean
induce
fertility
contraction
Drugs that cause a loss of feeling, used for pain relief.
anesthesia
asthma
antiseptic
axon
