MATERNAL NEWBORN EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE Chapters 16-19

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MATERNAL NEWBORN EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE Chapters 16-19 Chapter 16: Physiology of Labor and Birth •Different types of Preparation methods oLamaze (psychoprophylactic) ▪Dissociative relaxation,... controlled muscle relaxation, and specific breathing patterns are used to promote birth as a normal process. oKitzinger (sensory-memory) ▪Women use chest breathing, abdominal breathing, and their sensory memory to help work through the birthing process. •Bradley (partner-coached childbirth) ▪Consists of a 12-week session ▪Woman works on controlled breathing and deep abdominopelvic breathing with a focus on achieving a natural birth. •HypnoBirthing ▪Breathing and relaxation techniques help prepare the body to work in neuromuscular harmony to make the birth process easier, safer, and more comfortable. •Do not need to know the different types, just know the patient’s expectations for child birth. HAVE PT EXPLAIN EXPECTATIONS •The Critical Factors of Labor (The 5 Ps) •The fetus, or the Passenger ▪Fetal head = Largest part of the fetus ▪If the head comes out, the baby will come out fine ▪Fetal Attitude = relationship of the fetal parts to one another ▪Flexed ▪Extended •Fetal Lie = Relationship of the fetal spine to the mother’s ▪Longitudinal = Up and down position ▪Transverse = Crosswise •Fetal Presentation = The body part that enters the pelvic passage first ▪Cephalic (Head) ▪Breech (Sacrum) = malpresentation ▪Shoulder = malpresentation •Fetal position ▪Engagement = When the presenting part reaches the pelvic inlet ▪Above = (-) ▪Below = (+) •Asynctialism = Suture is not in center or the baby has entered crooked ▪Hard to deliver - > Swollen [Show More]

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