CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 1 – Labor and Delivery Study Guide

NAME______BLOCK ______

VOCABULARY – Work in teams to fill in the correct words for each statement.

1. A baby lives inside of his or her mother’s ______, a strong balloon-shaped muscle that contracts during labor.

2. A mother’s ______must ______to 10 centimeters so that her baby can be born. It must also completely ______, which means to thin out.

3. A baby turns and drops further down in the pelvis before labor begins, usually during the last month of pregnancy. This is called ______.

4. When a pregnant woman feels like she has to immediately prepare for the baby, possibly by cleaning the house or setting up the crib, she may be experiencing the ______, which is a sign of pre-labor.

5. If the bag of water, or ______breaks, a woman can expect to be in active labor within 24 hours.

6. Forceful ______, occurring at regular intervals during labor push the baby further down the pelvis.

7. Most babies turn to face their mothers’ back, called the ______position. If they turn and face their mothers’ fronts, they are in the ______position, which may cause a longer, more difficult labor.

8. Babies’ skulls are made up of five separate ______that mold together to help them fit through the birth canal (vagina) for birth.

9. A baby’s head ______when it no longer slips back between contractions.

10. The ______is clamped and cut after birth because it no longer supplies the baby with food and oxygen.

11. The third stage of labor is marked by the delivery of the ______, a special organ created specifically for pregnancy.

WORD BANK:

Umbilical Cord Cervix Crowns Nesting Instinct Dilate Amniotic Sac Placenta Efface Bony Plates Anterior Contractions Lightening or Engagement Posterior Uterus

CLASS NOTES:

PreLabor Signs

3 Stages of Labor

Pain Management

LABOR VIDEO CLIP QUESTIONS:

What were some of the emotional milestones associated with the first stage of labor?

Early –

Active –

Transition –

AFTER CHILDBIRTH – Write down 3 things from class notes.

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POST PARTUM DEPRESSION AND BABY BLUES

What is the impact of maternal depression on children?

What is the main cause of PPD?

Paternal depression does NOT impact their children’s future mental health. TRUE or FALSE