Across
- 1. (True or False) - False labor contractions help to prepare the mothers body for the birthing process.
- 2. What medication class might be administered to relax the uterus and stop contractions?
- 5. What organ develops in a fetus of 24-34 weeks gestation when corticosteroids are given to a pregnant woman?
- 6. What is another name for false labor?
- 8. When the cervix thins out it is called?
Down
- 1. If a woman experiences labor before ------ weeks gestation she is considered to be in preterm labor.
- 3. If contractions lessen in strength or frequency with light activity, it is termed ----- labor.
- 4. How many day(s) do corticosteroids need to be administered to be considered effective?
- 6. What is the term used to describe mucus mixed with blood that may appear before labor?
- 7. What type of labor has contractions that start in the back and then spread to the abdominal area?