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

2. Birth Length of time depends on the size of the woman & the size of the fetus First birth: Primiporous mother After first birth: Multiporous mother

3. Before the Stages of Childbirth Braxton-Hicks Contractions (BHC) BHC help in 2 ways: 1) 2)

4. Stages 1)Labor (longest stage); 2) Delivery; (push baby to cervix & crowning) 3) Placenta & umbilical cord expelled from uterus;

5. Complications with birth Cesarean section

6. Fetal monitoring: Forceps Vacuum extraction

7. Breech presentation- fetus descends to the cervix… Transverse presentation- fetus descends to the cervix… Fetal distress- the abrupt loss of oxygen…

8. The Newborn The NB must take their 1 st breath 6 Fontanels

9. Full- term- Preterm- LBW- VLBW- ELBW-

10. Newborn “Neonate” = average Jaundice- Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZisX_F6HAfE 3:33

11. Apgar

12. Reflex- a semiautomatic behavior, triggered by specific elicitors Some reflexes are apparent during the last trimester… Factors that influence the strength & clarity of a reflex response…

13. Think about… How do you define colic? What have you been “taught” about colic? Causes? Remedies? Cultural factors?

14. Colic Colicky babies cry after a feeding, show distress in their facial expressions… Colic usually decreases According to research colic may be caused/prevented by…

15. Colic includes the following aspects: Crying occurs… Crying is intense… Infant seems normal… Soothing & feeding …

16. Know Methods to Soothe an infant