Doula Training questions with verified answers
0-4 centimeters dilation is considered Ans✓✓✓ early labor.
apgar Ans✓✓✓ Activity- (muscle tone)- absent or arm/ legs flexed or active
movement.
Pulse-absent or below 100 bpm or above 100 bpm
Grimace(reflex irritability)- no response or Grimace or Sneeze,cough,pulls away.
Appearance- (skin color)- Blue grey, pale all over/ Normal except for extremities/
Normal over entire body
Respiration- Slow/irregular or good/crying
APGAR Ans✓✓✓ The APGAR is a quick assessment of overall newborn well being.
B.R.A.I.N. Ans✓✓✓ B-Benefits
What are the benefits of option proposed? Whether the decision is beneficial for
you or your baby?
R-Risk
What are the risks of the proposed options? Whether these decisions negatively
impact you or your baby?
A-Alternative
Any other options? Are there any other available alternative measures that may
be more beneficial?
I-Intuition
What is your intuition telling you? Do you have any inkling about the decisions
you Take?
N -No
, What would happen if you choose not to do anything?
Breech position Ans✓✓✓ the baby's buttocks and/or feet, will be in place to be
delivered first.
Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD) Ans✓✓✓ when a baby's head or body is too
large to fit through the mother's pelvis.
Consumer Advocacy Ans✓✓✓ The act of informing and supporting a person so
that he or she can make the best possible decisions for himself.
Cord Prolapse Ans✓✓✓ the umbilical cord drops (prolapses) through the open
cervix into the vagina ahead of the baby. The cord can then become trapped
against the baby's body during delivery.
CPR stands for Ans✓✓✓ Comfort, Praise, and Reassure
Description of episiotomy Ans✓✓✓ Just before the baby is born, the obstetrician
numbs the vaginal area opening and makes one of two cuts:
1.) A mediolateral cut is angled down away from the vagina and into the muscle.
2.) A midline cut is made straight down between the vagina and anus.
The cut is stitched closed after the baby and placenta have been delivered.
Dilation of 4-7 centimeters Ans✓✓✓ occurs during active labor.
Dilation of 7-10 centimeters Ans✓✓✓ is the transition phase
0-4 centimeters dilation is considered Ans✓✓✓ early labor.
apgar Ans✓✓✓ Activity- (muscle tone)- absent or arm/ legs flexed or active
movement.
Pulse-absent or below 100 bpm or above 100 bpm
Grimace(reflex irritability)- no response or Grimace or Sneeze,cough,pulls away.
Appearance- (skin color)- Blue grey, pale all over/ Normal except for extremities/
Normal over entire body
Respiration- Slow/irregular or good/crying
APGAR Ans✓✓✓ The APGAR is a quick assessment of overall newborn well being.
B.R.A.I.N. Ans✓✓✓ B-Benefits
What are the benefits of option proposed? Whether the decision is beneficial for
you or your baby?
R-Risk
What are the risks of the proposed options? Whether these decisions negatively
impact you or your baby?
A-Alternative
Any other options? Are there any other available alternative measures that may
be more beneficial?
I-Intuition
What is your intuition telling you? Do you have any inkling about the decisions
you Take?
N -No
, What would happen if you choose not to do anything?
Breech position Ans✓✓✓ the baby's buttocks and/or feet, will be in place to be
delivered first.
Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD) Ans✓✓✓ when a baby's head or body is too
large to fit through the mother's pelvis.
Consumer Advocacy Ans✓✓✓ The act of informing and supporting a person so
that he or she can make the best possible decisions for himself.
Cord Prolapse Ans✓✓✓ the umbilical cord drops (prolapses) through the open
cervix into the vagina ahead of the baby. The cord can then become trapped
against the baby's body during delivery.
CPR stands for Ans✓✓✓ Comfort, Praise, and Reassure
Description of episiotomy Ans✓✓✓ Just before the baby is born, the obstetrician
numbs the vaginal area opening and makes one of two cuts:
1.) A mediolateral cut is angled down away from the vagina and into the muscle.
2.) A midline cut is made straight down between the vagina and anus.
The cut is stitched closed after the baby and placenta have been delivered.
Dilation of 4-7 centimeters Ans✓✓✓ occurs during active labor.
Dilation of 7-10 centimeters Ans✓✓✓ is the transition phase
