intrapartum 1 Flashcards
the 5 P’s
passage, passenger, position, powers, psyche
passage
size and type of pelvis
cervix ability to dilate and efface and ability of vaginal canal and external opening to distend
Bony pelvis -> lower uterine segment (support) -> cervix (thin and stretch) -> pelvis floor muscles (rotate fetus) -> vagina -> introitus
passage - gynecoid
wider and broader, ischial spines less prominent
best for vaginal delivery
passage - android
longer sacrum, males, narrow arch (CPD), posterior position of baby more likely
passage - anthropoid
apes, OP position
passage - platypelloid
flat, longer, transverse
most likely c/s
cervical effacement
gradual thinning, shortening, drawing up of cervix (0-100%), shorten distance btw internal and external os
cervical dilation
gradual opening of cervix (0-10cm)
usually occurs faster than effacement
can be longer with damage (scar tissue)
passenger
fetus
passenger: head
frontal, 2 parietal, 2 temporal, occipital bone (6 bones)
connected by 4 membranous sutures -> intersect at fontanelles, cone head disappears after 24 hrs (modeling), allow flexibility, delivery, brain growth
anterior = diamond, closes 12-18 mo
posterior = triangle, closes 6-8 wk
passenger: attitude
refers to relation of fetal parts to one another
rounded back, chin to chest, thighs to abd, legs flexed at knees, arms crossed
BPD = head size
passenger: lie
relationship of long axis of fetus to long axis of mom
passenger: lie - longitudinal
vertical
cephalic (vertex) = head down
breech = butt down
passenger: lie - transverse
shoulder, horizontal
cephalic - suboccipitobregmatic
best!, smallest diameter
cephalic - occipitofrontal
military
chin not flexed