Nutrition/Exercise
A pregnant woman should get between 80 to 100 grams of this each day.
What is protein?
These are the four things that are measured in a vaginal exam.
What are dilation, effacement, position and station?
This is the most effective way to relieve unnecessary pain.
What is relaxing?
This is the point of labor where a woman may feel very unsure of herself and is most likely to ask for medication.
What is transition?
Name two signs a mother might be ready to push.
What are: 1. Mom says "its time to push" 2. mom starts to grunt/groan 3. increased difficulty relaxing 4. mom feels like she needs to move her bowels ?
This exercise helps open the outlet of the pelvis by 10% or more.
What is squatting?
This can be done to help expel the placenta once the baby has been born.
What is breast feed?
These are the three types of relaxation.
What are mental, physical and emotional?
These are the five things you should do if you think you might be in labor.
What are eat, sleep, drink water, walk and take a shower?
These three things should be done before a pressure episiotomy is done.
What are baby is crowning, mother is pushing, skin on perineum blanches white?
This can help speed labor up to almost 30%.
What is walking?
This is the stage where you might experience two steps forward and one step back.
What is second stage (pushing)?
This type of breathing is conducive to relaxation; it lowers blood pressure, uses less of the body's energy, and helps a person avoid hyperventilation.
What is abdominal breathing?
This is how contractions should be timed.
What is from the beginning of one to the beginning of the next?
This is nature's vaccine for the baby after it is born.
What is colostrum?
Name 3 types of food that are important in a healthy, balanced diet.
What are protein, dairy, whole grains, healthy fats and oils, citrus, eggs; yellow veggies; green leafy vegetables, salt and water?
What should you ask your health care provider if he/she recommends a intervention that was not in your birth plan?
B- What are the benefits?
R- What are the risks?
A- Are there any alternatives?
I- What is my intuition (gut)?
N- What if I do nothing?
Name three things that can help alleviate pain if you have back labor.
hands and knees position, warmth on lower back, cold on lower back, lots of counterpressure (hips squeeze, rolling pin, tennis ball), massage, or stroking (criss/cross back massage)
Name the four emotional signposts of first stage labor.
What is excitement (early first stage), acceptance, seriousness (late first stage - hard labor) and self-doubt (transition)?
Describe the "classic" position for pushing.
What is the mother should pull her legs back, keep her elbows out, and put her chin to chest while pushing?
Name two things that can be done to decrease the risk of vaginal tearing.
What are practice perennial massage if desired in the last weeks, do lots of Kegels, have good nutrition including fats & oils, do plenty of squatting?
List three things on the "coach's labor checklist" (things to look for during a contraction).
1) Check mom's position. 2) Check her relaxation. 3) Time the contractions. 4) Guide her breathing, if needed. 5) Rub her back. 6) Talk during contractions. 7) Maintain a peaceful environment.
A mother should only push to this point.
What is the point of comfort?
This is a normal period in many labors where dilation is not increasing, but uterine contractions continue.
What is the Natural Alignment Plateau (NAP)?
What are having a normal birth, drinking orange juice, breast feed, and feels good and ready to be steady on feet?