Chapter 14 - Preparing a family for childbirth and parenting

Question 1

Alternative birthing centers are _____;

their main features are_____

Answer 1

a setting for birth separate from a hospital.

• Provides medical resources in case of complications
• Screening process to determine medical fitness
• LBRP rooms, may have play & cooking areas
• Minimal anesthesia/analgesia
• Early discharge 4-24 hrs

Question 2

Define amblyopia

Answer 2

reduced vision in one eye; “lazy eye”

Question 3

A birthing chair is a ______.

features include

Answer 3

chair used in labor and birth

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Question 4

Describe how a cleansing breath is performed

Answer 4

• it is a deep breath taken at the beginning and end of breathing exercises during labor that helps prevent hyperventilation

Question 5

Define a doula

Answer 5

• a person without professional experience who guides and assists a women in labor

Question 6

Define effleurage

Answer 6

light message done by the fingertips on the abdomen or thigh to relieve pain during a contraction

Question 7

What is the gating control theory of pain perception?

Answer 7

• a theory of how pain impulses can be interrupted before they trvel between a site of injury and the brain where the impulse is actually registered as pain.

Question 8

What is the Laboyer method?

Answer 8

• a birthing method
• emphasis on encouraging a quiet, darkened room and maternal bonding
• cord cut late