Labour and Delivery Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. – The stage when the baby’s head is emerging through the vaginal opening.
  2. 5. – The process of the opening of the cervix during labour and childbirth.
  3. 9. – A term often used to describe the sensation felt by the mother when the baby is crowning.
  4. 10. – When the baby is positioned lying sideways across a mother's uterus, rather than head up or down.
  5. 13. – When the baby is positioned with the head up rather than head down. Typically a term used just prior to labour or delivery.
  6. 14. – A synthetic form of the hormone oxytocin used, via IV, to induce labour.
  7. 15. – A white, creamy coating that covers and protects the baby’s skin during the last trimester of pregnancy and is often still seen when the baby is born.
  8. 16. – An opioid medication given via IV or through an epidural to reduce pain during labour.
Down
  1. 1. – The dark green, tar-like, first bowel movement of a newborn infant.
  2. 2. – An anesthetic used during childbirth to produce loss of sensation below the waist.
  3. 3. – a technique using steady, strong force applied to the lower back during contractions to help alleviate pain during labour.
  4. 4. – The fine, soft hair covering the body of a fetus and newborn.
  5. 6. – Shortening or tightening of uterine muscles occurring at intervals before and during childbirth.
  6. 7. – The process of thinning of the cervix during labour and childbirth.
  7. 8. – An induction method where a healthcare provider inserts gloved fingers into the cervix to loosen the amniotic sac from the uterus.
  8. 11. – The use of medications or other methods to bring on labour.
  9. 12. – An opioid medication given by injection to reduce pain during labour.