Across
- 3. readers to the position of the baby in the birth canal
- 4. the amniotic sac placenta & umbilical cord are expelled
- 5. process of the fetus being expelled from the uterus
- 10. the longest stage contractions begin to dilate the
- 12. tightening of the uterus working to push the baby down the birth canal
- 14. the time after delivery when the rest is the mothers' primary physical need
- 15. of the thining of the cervix in preparation for birth
Down
- 1. obstetrician by the obstertrician to guide the fetal head
- 2. a pinkish plug that covers the cervix, released at the beginning of labor
- 6. contractions increase strength and the baby is born
- 7. A surgical incision made on the perineum used to enlarge the vaginal opening
- 8. is an opening for preparation for childbirth, Measucentimeterstimters
- 9. regular contractions of the uterus, result in dilation
- 11. oft spots between the unfused sections of the baby skull
- 13. bloody vaginal discharge