Koehler LD Notes

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Across
  1. 1. medical doctors who specialize in the management of pregnancy, labor and birth
  2. 3. This refers to the thinning of the cervix in preparation for birth and is expressed in percentages.
  3. 7. tools used by the obstetrician to guide the fetal head
  4. 8. the time after delivery where rest is the mother’s primary physical need.
  5. 10. delivery.
  6. 12. contractions increase in strength and the baby is born!
  7. 13. The extent to which the cervix has opened in preparation for childbirth. It is measured in centimeters, with full dilation being 10 centimeters.
  8. 15. delivered through the vaginal opening
  9. 17. is a surgical incision made on the perineum used to enlarge the vaginal opening to help deliver a baby.
Down
  1. 2. When baby is bottom or feet first
  2. 4. sudden loss of fetus at 20 weeks
  3. 5. canal.
  4. 6. regular contractions of uterus, result in dilation & effacement of cervix
  5. 9. a pinkish plug that covers the cervix, is released at the beginning of labor.
  6. 11. The regular tightening of the uterus working to push the baby down the
  7. 14. Refers to the position of the baby in the birth canal.
  8. 16. process of fetus being expelled from uterus