OB Week 5: Labor and Birth Process
1. how to determine baby's position during labor: use fontanells to determine position
2. anterior fontanel: closes by 18 months
3. posterior fontanel: closes by 6-8 weeks
4. presentation: part of the baby that enters the pelvis first
5. cephalic presentation: head first
6. breech presentation: butt, feet, or shoulder first
7. vertex presentation: head presenting
8. lie: relationship of baby's spine in relation to mom's spine
9. transverse baby: baby perpendicular
will need a c-section
10. attitude: relationship of body parts to one another
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, 11. position of baby: relation of presenting parts to four quadrants of the pelvis
12. back pain: baby is posterior
13. how to say baby location: Location: right or left with mom's hips- R or L
Presenting part: occiput, sacrum, mentum (chin), scalpula- O, S, M, Sc
where in pelvis: anterior, posterior, transverse- A, P, T
14. factors affecting labor: 5 Ps
15. Pelvis: mom's pelvis, soft tissue of the cervix, vagina, pelvic floor, vaginal opening
16. when is size of pelvis noted: prenatal appointments
17. powers: primary- involuntary uterine contractions, responsible for effacement and thinning of cervix and
dilation
secondary- pushing of mom
18. position: relieves fatigue
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1. how to determine baby's position during labor: use fontanells to determine position
2. anterior fontanel: closes by 18 months
3. posterior fontanel: closes by 6-8 weeks
4. presentation: part of the baby that enters the pelvis first
5. cephalic presentation: head first
6. breech presentation: butt, feet, or shoulder first
7. vertex presentation: head presenting
8. lie: relationship of baby's spine in relation to mom's spine
9. transverse baby: baby perpendicular
will need a c-section
10. attitude: relationship of body parts to one another
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, 11. position of baby: relation of presenting parts to four quadrants of the pelvis
12. back pain: baby is posterior
13. how to say baby location: Location: right or left with mom's hips- R or L
Presenting part: occiput, sacrum, mentum (chin), scalpula- O, S, M, Sc
where in pelvis: anterior, posterior, transverse- A, P, T
14. factors affecting labor: 5 Ps
15. Pelvis: mom's pelvis, soft tissue of the cervix, vagina, pelvic floor, vaginal opening
16. when is size of pelvis noted: prenatal appointments
17. powers: primary- involuntary uterine contractions, responsible for effacement and thinning of cervix and
dilation
secondary- pushing of mom
18. position: relieves fatigue
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