Definitions
The ripening and shortening of the cervix.
What is effacement?
These are called "practice contractions"
What are Braxton-hicks?
Name three laboring positions.
What are standing, leaning forward, lunge, sitting on the ball or chair or toilet, hands & knees, knee to chest, squatting or side-lying?
This enables your baby to receive all the blood in the cord.
What is delayed cord clamping?
The cream-cheese like substance covering a newborn's skin at birth.
What is vernix?
This is the position baby is in when facing your belly.
What is posterior (or sunny-side-up)?
In the third stage of labor, it can take up to 30 minutes for this to deliver.
What is the placenta?
This decreases your risk of having a c-section by 50%
What is having a doula?
This position for delivery helps by widening the pelvic outlet by 1 centimeter.
What is squatting?
This is how often a newborn should eat.
What is every 2-3 hours
This describes how low baby is in your pelvis.
What is station?
This hormone is responsible for uterine contractions (also called the love hormone).
What is oxytocin?
Name three ways to naturally decrease pain.
What are heat, cold, movement, water, etc?
In order to prevent unnecessary cervical tears, it is important to not do this too soon.
Pushing before cervix is completely dilated.
What is the most important beverage a breastfeeding mom should have.
What is water?
What it's called when the cervix opens.
What is dilation?
This intense feeling results from the stretching of tissue just prior to the head being delivered.
What is the "Ring of Fire"?
Name two ways to help mom emotionally during labor.
What are encouragement, reassurance, distraction, etc.?
These instruments can be used to help deliver baby when time is of the essence.
What is vacuum or forceps.
This is the name for the yellowish tinge to a newborn's skin that peaks about 3 days after birth.
What is jaundice?
This is a term used to describe when a mother's milk "is coming in".
What is engorgement.
This is the average length of time for pushing
What is 1-4 hours?
This technique is used by the labor coach during intense labor.
What is "in your face" technique.
The mother should use this breathing technique immediately after the baby's head is delivered.
What is "pant-blow".
Where baby should be placed immediately following delivery.
What is skin-to-skin?