Childbirth Review

3. This is an incision to widen the birth canal and prevent tearing.
4. This is the most intense and painful part of labor.
8. This consists of the placenta, umbilical cord, amniotic sac, and lochia.
10. When the cervix is fully dilated, you can compare it to this type of food.
13. After delivery of the baby, the mother has more contractions. This is the delivery of the _______.
14. When is a baby is born dead at birth.
15. __________ score is a visual reading of the newborn that checks skin color, respiration, reflex, and pulse.
18. This refers to the time when the baby's head is first seen during childbirth.
20. After baby is born, contractions continue causing the placenta to separate from the _______.

1. This is a term for a woman who helps deliver babies without a doctor (usually at home birth)
2. This is tightening of the uterine muscles that help move the baby from the uterus through the birth canal.
5. This injection help relieves all pain from the hips down.
6. When a baby is delivered through a cut in the abdominal wall.
7. Baby's position is bottom or feet first.
9. The soft spot on top of the baby's head where the skull bones have not grown together.
11. This is rich, watery fluid that comes from the mother's breast before milk comes.
12. Baby may not be mature enough to survive.
16. After full dilation of the cervix
17. The cervix dilates from one centimeter to ______ centimeters.
19. __________childbirth without need of pain killers or medication.