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Birth and the new baby

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Birth 1. How many weeks does

pregnancy last? 2. What is the correct term

for the process of giving birth.

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How does the baby grow and develop? A

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3. Up to nine weeks what is the developing baby called?

4. What is the developing baby called after 9 weeks?

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How does the baby eat and breathe? P……..P……..

U…….. C….U…….. C….

A…….. F……A…….. F……

U….. W….U….. W….

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5. Complete the labels for the diagram:

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The First Stage of Labour AAnswers

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This is usually the longest stage and can last many hours.

6. What are three signs that labour is starting?

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Contractions

Contractions are mild and infrequent at first but become stronger and closer together as the first stage progresses.

7. Name three methods of pain relief that the woman may have during labour.

8. What marks the end of this stage of labour?

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The Second Stage

Birth

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9. What happens in the second stage of labour.

10. What three parts of the mother’s anatomy make up the birth canal?

Strong contractions push the baby through the canal.

11. As the baby emerges, the top of the head is seen what is this called?

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First Breath 12. An episiotomy may be

needed to help birth what is this?

13. Sometimes help is needed to get the baby out it may be a breach birth. What is a breech birth?

14. When does the second stage end?

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The Third Stage

15. Once the baby is breathing what happens to the umbilical cord?

16. Contractions continue until what happens marking the end of the third stage?

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Sometimes it is not possible to have a natural vaginal delivery. 17. What is the name of the operation that may be needed to deliver the

baby? 18. What is it called when labour is started artificially by breaking the

waters and by giving the hormone oxytocin to start contractions?

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After the birth

19. What will the doctors do with the baby after the birth?

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Postnatal Care

20. Name three things that the midwife and/or health visitor do after the birth and in the first few weeks.

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Reflex Actions A new born baby has all its senses

and six automatic reflex actions which are to help it survive.

21. What are the 6 reflex actions?

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Problems may Sometimes Arise AAnswers

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22. What is a congenital disability? 23. Give two examples of congenital disability.

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Suggested Answers 1. 40 weeks. 2. Labour. 3. Embryo. 4. Foetus (fetus). 5. Placenta, Amniotic fluid, Foetus,

Uterus wall, Cervix. 6. Contractions, The waters break,

A ‘show’. 7. Gas and air, pethidine injection

an epidural anaesthetic 8. When the cervix is wide enough

for the baby’s head to pass through.

9. The baby is pushed out of the mother.

10. The uterus, cervix and vagina. 11. Crowning. 12. A cut made to enlarge the

opening of the vagina.

13. When the feet or bottom emerges first. 14. When the baby emerges from the

mother and takes its first breath. 15. It is clamped and cut. 16. The placenta is pushed out. 17. A caesarean section. 18. Induction. 19. Medical examination to check vital

functions, take basic measurements. 20. Check on the health and progress of

mother and child, take some other tests on the baby, give advice and support.

21. Sucking, rooting, grasping, walking movements, falling reflex, startle reflex.

22. A disability present at birth. 23. Down’s syndrome, cystic fibrosis,

sickle cell anaemia, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, cleft palate, cerebral palsy.

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