Birthing Words Vocabulary for 1st Stage Labor
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Vocabulary for Bradley Class 5
Topics of this game:
- The baby's head is rotated so that the occipital bone (back of the head) is toward the front of the mother; most common and beneficial presentation.
- Amniotic sac; the membranes that surround the baby and the water in the uterus - amnion is the inner layer (next to baby), chorion is the outer layer.
- Vagina
- Unit of length, about half a penny; used to measure the dilation of the cervix
- Opening; the act of opening the cervix to approximately 10 cm (4 inches) or fully open
- Thinning; the act of thinning the cervix, expressed as a percentage.
- The normal period in many labors when dilation is not increasing, but uterine activity continues. Often ends in rapid, complete dilation
- Procedures encountered when arriving at the hospital or birth center; may include taking blood pressure, blood and urine samples, history, EFM strip, a vaginal exam, and changing clothes.
- Passage of blood-tinged mucus or a small amount of blood prior to the onset of labor or in labor. This is not an indication of when labor may begin or when the baby will be born.
