HESI 101OB STUDY EXAM.

Childbirth Preparation 1. Lamaze (psychoprophylactic): Dissociative relaxation, controlled muscle relaxation, and specific breathing patterns are used to promote birth as a normal process. 2. Kitzinger (sensory-memory): Women use chest breathing, abdominal breathing, and their sensory memory to help work through the birthing process. 3. Bradley (partner-coached childbirth): Consists of a 12-week session in which the woman works on controlled breathing and deep abdominopelvic breathing with a focus on achieving a natural 4. HypnoBirthing: Breathing and relaxation techniques help prepare the body to work in neuromuscular harmony to make the birth process easier, safer, and more comfortable. Factors that Affect Labor 1. The birth passageway (birth canal) 2. The passenger (fetus) 3. The physiologic forces of labor 4. The position of the mother 5. The woman's psychosocial considerations Passageway 1. True pelvis 1. Inlet, midpelvis, outlet 2. Four types 1. Gynecoid 2. Android 3. Anthropoid 4. Platypelloid