Maternity: Labor and Birth with 100% correct answers 2024/2025

Maternity: Labor and Birth with 100% correct answers 2024/2025 What are the 5 P's of labor and birth? 1) Passenger (Fetus) 2) Passage (Pelvis & maternal soft parts) 3) Position (maternal/fetal) 4) Powers (Uterus, maternal effort) 5) Psyche (Maternal) Tell me some things that affect the "passenger" of the 5 P's - Size of fetal head - Fetal presentation - Fetal lie - Fetal attitude - Fetal position How many bones make up the fetal skull and what are they called? 6! - 1 frontal - 1 occipital - 2 parietal - 2 temporal What's the deal with fetal skull molding? It is the overlapping of fetal skull bones during labor Usually resolves within 3 days of birth Definition of fetal skull sutures Membranous tissue between bones of the skull Definition of fontanel Membrane-filled spaces where sutures intersect What's the size/shape of anterior fontanels and when do they close? - Large and diamond shaped - Closes by 18 months after birth What's the size/shape of posterior fontanels and when do they close? - Small and triangular - Closes 6 to 8 weeks after birth