Labor and Delivery Vocabulary Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated 2024 | Guaranteed A+

Stage One of Labor - ️️Dilation of Cervix; opening measures 10 centimeters (4 inches) and water breaks Postpartum care - ️️The medical help a mother receives during the six to eight weeks following childbirth Vacuum extraction - ️️Technique that uses suction to help the doctor move the baby down the birth canal Stillbirth - ️️Loss of a baby after week 20 of pregnancy Certified nurse-midwives - ️️Persons who are specially trained to deliver babies but not handle problem deliveries Stage Two of Labor - ️️Delivery of the baby Stage Three of Labor - ️️Delivery of the Placenta (called afterbirth) Transition - ️️Most difficult part of labor when contractions last 90 seconds and are spaced closely together Caesarean Section - ️️Delivery method in which the mother's abdomen and uterus are surgically opened to remove the baby. Lightening - ️️Change in the baby's position that indicates birth is nearing