A health concern a pregnant woman should contact her doctor immediately for?
(Must name at least one)
What is:
Vaginal Bleeding
Pre-Labor Contractions
Swelling of feet, hands, or face
100
Another name for the birth canal.
What is Vagina?
100
A special bed for a newborn, particularly premature newborns, that helps to regulate the body temperature and provide oxygen if needed.
What are Incubators?
100
TWO characteristics of a safe crib.
What is
Firm Mattress
Mattress fits tight
No lead paint
Slats no more than 2 3/8 inches apart?
100
The doctor who specializes in pregnancy and childbirth.
What is Obstetrician?
200
A mineral that helps in the production of red blood cells and healthy blood supply.
What is Iron?
200
The lower part of the uterus which dilates in the first stage of labor.
What is Cervix?
200
The best source of nutrition for an infant.
What is Breast Milk?
200
MO state law on children in no longer in booster seats.
(Name at least two stipulations.)
What is children meeting at least two of these:
-at least 4 years old
-weighs at least 60 pounds
-measures at least 4'8" tall
to no longer ride in a booster seat?
200
Device used during labor to monitor the baby's heart rate.
What is Fetal Monitor?
300
The term used to describe the baby dropping into the lower pelvis during the last few weeks of pregnancy.
What is Lightening?
300
TWO ways a doctor might induce labor
What are Pitocin and
breaking the amniotic sac?
300
The white coating that protects the fetus from exposure to the amniotic fluid
What is Vernix?
300
Timeframe in which mother should start to breastfeed a baby after birth.
What is immediately, or right away?
300
An intensive care unit for newborns with special medical needs. Not the acronym......the full name.
What is Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?
400
A medical problem in pregnant mother characterized by high blood pressure and presence of protein in the mother's urine?
What is Preeclampsia?
400
The baby's head has these which helps it through the birth canal.
What are fontanels?
400
Occurs when the liver cannot remove bilirubin from the blood.
What is Jaundice?
400
Time in which a father takes off from a job in order to be home with a new baby.
What is Paternity Leave?
400
TWO forms of anesthesia for women in labor.
What epidurals and local anesthetics (paracervical block, saddle block, or pudential block)?
500
A form of diabetes that occurs only during pregnancy?
What is Gestational Diabetes?
500
The names of the three stages of labors.
What are
Dilation
Expulsion
Afterbirth?
500
A scale used at birth to visually assess the newborn's level of muscle tone, response to stimulation, skin color, breathing, and heart rate.
What is the APGAR scale?
500
Amount of calories a pregnant mother and/or breastfeeding mother should consume over the regular amount.
What is 200-300.
500
Premature babies must be able to do these things before leaving the hospital. (There are three things.)
What is drink (eat) on their own, maintain their own body temperature, and breathe on their own?