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Normal birth Flashcards

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The three P’s of birth

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Passage, Passenger, Powers

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Physiological processes of parturition

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  • Quiescence - of uterus with growth, distension, pressure
  • Timing- for safe birth
  • Activation- stimulation of uterine musculature changes in genital tract
  • Birth- fetal-neonatal adaptations
  • Involution- haemostasis, establishing lactation
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What is labour?

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Getting the fetus from the uterus to the outside world

• ie, uterine activity and cervical change which leads to the expulsion of the fetus and placenta

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Anatomical changes leading to birth

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UTERUS
UPPER AND LOWER SEGMENTS

CERVICAL CHANGES - RIPENING

SOFTENING SHORTENING EFFACEMENT

MEMBRANE RUPTURE

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Quiescence

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For most of gestation the uterus remains ‘quiet’
There are small and painless uncoordinated contractions.
Cervix remains firm and closed

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Quiescence and hormones? Where do they come from?

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Progesterone is the main hormone responsible for uterine quiescence. Comes from placenta and corpus luteum.

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Progesterone changes with birth?

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In humans progesterone doesn’t decrease at the time of birth. Receptor expression changes. Relative balance between PR- A and PR-B is important.
Mifepristone is an antiprogesterone and it blocks A and B induces labour - and abortion.

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Progesterone and PGs

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Progesterone reduces the synthesis of Prostaglandin F, PGF is responsible for oxytocin which makes the uterus contract. It also effects calcium transport and also increases beta adrenergic receptors.

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Gestation length is determined by?

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Parity
Age
Genetics- maternal and paternal
Race- Ethnicity

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Stress and Labour

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Mediated through cytokines or acute phase reactants.
There is evidence that is you are in a very stressful environment - manual labour - disturbed circaidian patterens - maybe some of APRs are elevated and shorten gestation. Has to be severe.

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Activation

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Timing – uncertain process in Humans 280days from LMP (37-42wks)
• Activation involves fetal genome
uterine stretch- growth
fetal HPA axis
upregulation of myometrium
Melatonin and circadian rhythms
abnormally if membranes rupture prelabour

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Activation- upregulation of myometrium

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Before you go into labor you get an increase in PG receptors, Oxytocin receptors and gap junctions linking everything together.

Labor - lots more wiring uterus is activated and ready to go.

Instead of uncoordinated BH contractions you get coordinated strong contractions.

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Contraction associated proteins

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Increased myometrial activity - actin and myosin

Increased myocyte excitability ion channels - Ca2+

↑intercellular connectivity gap junctions

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Main modulator of activation

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Withdrawal of Progesterone from the PG receptors modulates this cascade, the uterus get itself ready to be stimulated and the main stimulators are PGs.

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PGs and Labour

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The final establishment of labor is an inflammatory event through PGs.

PGs are the most potent inducers of labor.

PGE predominant

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PGs effect in labour

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Increase myometrial contractility

Lead to cervix changes

Associated with membrane rupture

17
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Oxytocin- when do we use it?

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Use it to stimulate labor and after labor to induce uterine contraction and stop the woman bleeding.
Not good at starting labor.
Nonapeptide from the posterior pituitary and genital tract

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The Cervix - cervical ripening

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Closed cervix prevents ascending infections from vagina. Has to soften and open up to deliver baby.

1. Firm cervix
2. Gets remodelled by a whole lot of cytokines
3. ECM breaks down.

Can happen at term cos estrogen rises and progesterone falls.
Can happen preterm cos of inflammatory process.

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Fetal membranes

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Amnion and chorion
• Site of PG production
• Rupture not essential for labour
• Rupture at Zone of altered morphology
• Amniotomy in normal labour small effects on progress
• A method of inducing labour
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The Zone of altered morphology

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At lower segment of uterus - we have the zone of altered morphology - more receptors in that area that you can get more PG synthesis.

21
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Ideal birth setup

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Mature fetus - timing right
Pelvic ligaments - softened
extra 1+ cm pelvic diameters
Uterus excitable and contractions coordinated
Cervix soft and easily dilated
Membranes may rupture –more PGs and possible mechanical benefits

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The stages of Labour

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1 - until full dilatation 10cm
2- full dilatation to birth of the baby
3- from birth to placental birth

23
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What is a Partogram?

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the graphic description of labour

24
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What happens during the first stage of labour?

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  1. Contractions
  2. Cervical effacement & dilatation
  3. Descent of the presenting part
    SRM - spontaneous rupture of membranes
    ROM - rupture of membranes – PROM - premature ROM
25
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What is the first thing a baby has to establish at birth?

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First thing baby has to establish breathing.

90% transition easily from fetus to neonate.
10% need some help to breathe.
1% need major resuscitation

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Cardiovascular adaptations in the neonate

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Closure of foramen ovale
100% Rt vent output through lungs
Reduction Pul vasc resistance
Reduction-closure ductus aretiosus

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What need to happen to neonate pulmonary resistance?

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Has to be a rapid reduction in the pulmonary vascular resistance to allow blood to traverse the lungs and be oxygenated.

28
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Thermogenesis

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Baby needs to maintain heat - dry baby to avoid evaporative heat loss. Stimulation also help baby breath.

Non shivering-vascular brown fat
Sympathetic nervous control
Term neonates can maintain body temp to ambient 230 C (30-60mins)

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Birth and feeding

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Fetus- constant supply of nutrients
Neonate-intermittent feeding
risk of hypoglycaemia
Establishment of Lactation- breast feeding

30
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Clinical outcomes in Labour

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Around 6 women per 10’000 go into labor with a live baby but then birth a not alive baby. Also a number of babies which suffer from neonatal encepholopathy - long term handicap.

(Excludes the 15% of women that get pregnant and miscarry before 20 weeks).

31
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Head Cooling

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Early on in neonatal asphyxia you can cool the brain which can substantially reduce the damage done.

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Involution

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  • Placental separation (begins after)
  • Cleavage through decidua basalis
  • Contractions to prevent postpartum haemorrhage
  • Increased uterine sensitivity to oxytocin
33
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Suppressors of Labour?

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Tocolysis

Progesterone

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Activators of Labour?

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Mifepristone, PGs, possibly

NO donors

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Stimulators of Labour?

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PGs, oxytocin

36
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Stimulators of Involution?

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Oxytocin, PG analogues, Tranexamic acid (PPH)

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Summary

Normal labour-mechanisms?

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Pregnancy hormones put the brake on myometrium

Placental clock in humans (needs intact fetus)
Placental oestrogens ↑ CRH

Prog “withdrawal” (receptor level )↑ C43

Prostaglandins stimulate PrA

Activation of circadian signalling

38
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Summary of normal term labour?

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An inflammatory process
Multiple steps in a cascade
complexity possibly protective
Requires interplay between fetoplacental unit and myometrium
Timing and initiation processes unknown in humans

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