Labor Process
The process of the fetal head dropping into the lower pelvis area as birth becomes closer
What is lightening?
True or false? Anticonvulsants can interfere with the effectiveness of oral contraceptives
What is true?
The most common reason for maternal death following delivery
What is postpartum hemorrhage?
The name of the monitor placed on the fundus to assess contractions
What is the tocotransducer?
The vitamin that enhances the absorption of iron when prescribed to a woman during pregnancy
What is vitamin C?
Part of the pelvis involved in childbirth
What is the true pelvis?
Two tests performed during pregnancy to screen for neural tube defects or chromosomal defects
What are the triple-marker screen and quadruple-marker screen?
An emergency situation in which the fetal head is delivered but the shoulders become stuck and are not able to pass under the pubic arch
What is shoulder dystocia?
The 3 characteristics of assessing contractions during labor
What is frequency, duration, and intensity?
Bradycardia due to compression of the inferior vena cava when a pregnant woman lies supine
What is supine hypotensive syndrome?
The name of the contractions that occur in the late stages of pregnancy but are not true contractions
What are Braxton Hicks contractions?
The least effective method for birth control
What are behavioral or natural rhythm methods?
One of the main causes of late pregnancy bleeding in which the placenta implants in the lower uterine segment
What is placenta previa?
The first two actions you take if you notice late/variable decelerations on the monitor
What is stop the Pitocin and change the mother's position?
Exercises that a woman can perform to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles
What are Kegel exercises?
The imaginary lines drawn between the maternal ischial spines and measures the degree of descent of the presenting part through the birth canal
What is station?
A couple is using the basal body temp method for birth control and should check the temperature at what time to determine ovulation
What is every morning before getting out of bed?
Hypertension with proteinuria that occurs after 20 weeks gestation
What is preeclampsia?
Deceleration that mirrors a contraction and is considered a normal finding due to fetal head compression
What is an early deceleration?
Common structural defect of the fetus; woman can decrease risk by taking folic acid
What is a neural tube defect?
Spinal anesthesia is placed in the ______________ and an epidural is placed in the __________________
What is subarachnoid space and epidural space?
The time period implantation occurs following conception
What is 6-10 days?
Artificial rupture of membranes in order to augment or induce labor
What is an amniotomy?
The four fetal heart rate patterns that are not considered normal and require intervention during labor
What are baseline tachycardia, baseline bradycardia, late decelerations, and variable decelerations?
One of the earliest signs of pregnancy and is the bluish discoloration of the cervix
What is Chadwick's sign?