Pregnancy
This organ supplies fresh nutrients to the baby and takes away waste
What is the placenta?
This is the doctor who might administer an epidural for pain in labor
What is an anesthesiologist
These scores are how we tell how baby is doing immediately after birth
What are APGAR scores?
This is the practice of putting the baby directly on Mom's chest
What is skin to skin?
True or False: breastfeeding has positive health effects for both mom and baby
What is true?
Blood volume can increase by this much in pregnancy
What is 40%?
Before this many weeks, an infant is considered pre-term
What is 37 weeks
This refers to an infant who is in any position other than head down
What is breech?
This is the only safe sleeping position for infants
What is on their back?
This is the first breastmilk produced by the body
What is colostrum?
This is a condition that causes Mom's blood pressures to rise, sometimes dangerously high
What is Pre-Eclampsia
This is what it is called when we look at baby's heart rate in labor to see if he or she is healthy
What is fetal monitoring
What stage of labor describes the time from the birth of the baby till the birth of the placenta?
What is stage three?
This is the test that looks for congenital heart conditions in newborns
What is CCHD
This is how often you should breastfeed infants
What is every 2-3 hours