OB Myths & Facts
You can tell if someone is dilated by watching them walk into triage.
What is a Myth - Labor walks can be deceiving — some 1-centimeter patients roll in screaming, and some 9 centimeter patients stroll in asking for snacks.
This nutrient is essential for spinal cord development
What is Folic Acid?
While this varies by state and location of practice, one sure answer is a Cesarean Section.
This handheld device allows you to hear the fetal heart beat.
What is a doppler?
LMP
What is Last Menstrual Period?
Spicy foods can induce labor?
What is a Myth?
In this fetal position, the baby is not head-down — which usually triggers a lot of activity if found at 10cm.
What is breech?
This is the most common setting in the U.S. where CNMs attend births.
What is the Hospital? - Over 90% of CNM attended births are in a hospital.
This common imaging tool is used during pregnancy to check fetal growth, position, and amniotic fluid
What is an ultrasound?
CNM
What is Certified Nurse Midwife?
CNMs must have their collaborating physician co-sign their prescriptions and epidural orders.
What is a Myth - Midwives have prescriptive authority in all 50 states
This is the love hormone.
What is Oxytocin?
Midwives are trained to recognize complications and do this when a pregnancy or labor falls outside their scope.
What is consult, collaborate, or refer?
This is used to measure cervical dilation, effacement, and station.
What are your fingers?
TOLAC
What is Trial of Labor After Cesarean?
A doula is a midwife who delivers babies at home.
What is a Myth? - A doula provides non-medical support and can accompany a birthing person at home or in the hospital.
This part of the fetal skull help providers to determine the position of the baby in the pelvis.
What are Fontanelles?
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What are Sutures?
This is the process where midwives and physicians work together, share decision-making, and respect each other’s expertise to provide the best care for patients.
What is Collaboration?
This tool has knowledge, intuition, and skill to keep the whole unit running smoothly.
What is a labor and delivery nurse?
BPP
What is Biophysical Profile?
Labor is quicker after your first child.
What is a Fact? While every labor is different, the first labor and delivery are typically the longest.
This is where fertilization of an egg by a sperm typically occurs in the female reproductive system.
What is the Fallopian Tube?
The term that describes the broad practice of midwifery that includes not just pregnancy and birth, but also gynecologic, reproductive, and primary care across the lifespan.
What is Full-Scope Midwifery?
The Chamberlen family invented this in the 1600s - the invention was kept secret for generations — even bringing the invention in a locked box to deliveries.
What are Forceps
NTSV
What is Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex?