Lecture 3

Question 1

Characteristics of 1st Stage of Childbirth

Answer 1

Longest stage, lots of contractions and cervix relaxes causing it too dilate and thin out

Question 2

Characteristics of 2nd Stage of Childbirth

Answer 2

Uterine contractions increase in strength and the infant is delivered

Question 3

Characteristics of 3rd Stage of Childbirth

Answer 3

Placenta is expelled

Question 4

What is Anoxia

Answer 4

Oxygen deprivation at birth

Question 5

What can Anoxia lead to

Answer 5

Brain damage or later cognitive language problems

Question 6

2 Causes of Anoxia

Answer 6

1) Squeezing of umbilical cord

2) failing to breath after birth

Question 7

3 Reflexes present at birth

Answer 7

1) Rooting reflex
2) Moro reflex
3) Babinski reflex

Question 8

Rooting reflex

Answer 8

When cheek near corner of mouth is stroked baby turns head in that direction

Question 9

Moro reflex

Answer 9

startle reflex

Question 10

Babinski reflex

Answer 10

stroke foot and toe curls in (if absent, potential sign of neurological damage)