1. Ch. 3, Sec. 1 & 2: Childbirth & the newborn
Week 6
Ch. 3, Sec. 1 & 2:
Childbirth & the newborn

2. Birth
Length of time depends on
First birth:
After first birth:

3. Before the Stages of Childbirth
Braxton-Hicks Contractions (BHC)
BHC help in 2 ways:

4. Stages
Labor
2) Delivery
3) Placenta & umbilical cord expelled

5. “Labor”: Dilation
Dilation at the end of the 1st stage…

6. 2) The baby’s head “crowns” /passes the cervix… 3) Afterbirth

7. Complications with birth
Cesarean section

8. Fetal monitoring:
Electronic devices (invasive/non-invasive) to detect physiological changes in the fetus…
Forceps
Vacuum extraction

9. Breech presentation-
Transverse presentation-
Fetal distress-

10. The NB must take their 1st breath, failure to breathe causes anoxia
The Newborn
The NB must take their 1st breath, failure to breathe causes anoxia
Fontanels